I want to get a "fairly" inexpensive rimfire 22 pistol. For my pistol collection. Mainly for plinking, rodents, grandkids, etc.
Plus I think everyone should own one anyway. Why dont I? Good question.
Looking at Cabelas since we have one here. Heritage are fairly priced but the reviews are garbage.
Ruger Wranglers in the same price range, dont appear to be a whole lot better.
Am I only finding the bad apple reviews or is this what we get unless you whip out close to a grand? :confused:
Geeze I bought another Kimber 45 ACP for $800 a few years ago. I feel like thats 10 times the gun I'm looking for now.
Jim,
You didn't say if you were looking for an auto or revolver. Anyway, I have several of the Ruger Mark pistols and all have been accurate and fun to shoot. I had one of the tapered (pencil) barrel models and sold it fairly quickly. It shot fine, but I just didn't like the hold. I have a couple of the target models and one completion (slab side) model. I really love shooting them. I have a red dot on two of those and the third is open sights. Open sights for me are just a way of sending lead down range and I would not use it for any type of hunting – unless the game was close and pretty good size. 😉 I also have a couple of their single six models with open sights and again, are just used to send lead down range. They are pretty accurate if you put a red dot or scope on them. Had one with that set up and another person wanted it more than I did 💲. But open sight single six are fun to shoot 'bad guy' targets at relatively short range. Years back I purchased a target model for each of the sons-in-law and then enjoy them. Used tapered barrel and standard models can be found used for $300 - $400. I don't know about the price of a used slab side, but that thing is accurate and would be my first pick. Second would be a target model with a 5.5 inch barrel. Both of these come with a base for a scope or red dot. With used you can always get one that has been overused, but there are also some used models that have been well cared for and are a good choice.
Used Smith and Wesson revolvers are another possibility. You can remove the rear sight and get a base that will need to be tapped, but again, they are accurate and more money.
Have a Ruger Mark also, and love it for plinking and dispatching.
My favorite shooter is an F&N 502 suppressed. It's a real nice shooter.
GOOOod info. :eyebrownod:
I was leaning towards a revolver this time.
I dont know why I didnt even consider used. :doh2: Never even thought of it.
Cabelas has used pistols under the glass that arent listed. I was looking online when I looked. I'll have to stop in.
There's also a gun shop in the town I work in, I'm gonna visit.
Good idea :eyebrownod:
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S&W Victory semi, comes with a scope base, you can pimp them out with tons of aftermarket parts. Mines my main small game gun, VERY accurate. $300-400 price range. Excellent fiber optic sights, depending on your eyesight and if you want fine tune accuracy for head shots on squirrels and rabbits, you can easily put the scope base on and throw on a red dot or pistol scope. Semis almost always always more accurate than a revolver.
That revolver is a Model 18-4 Combat Master .22, old gun, beautiful wood and blueing. The advantage of a revolver is simple to use, simple to clean, and you can shoot all kinds of different .22 caliber ammunition in them without them jamming. You could hang that out your window loaded with Quiet .22 or other subsonic ammo basically the same speed as a pellet gun and probably get away with shooting it without alerting the neighbors. You could do the same with a semi automatic but it probably would have to be as a single shot. I wouldn't waste any money on Wrangler or heritage. The newer Ruger semi automatics that breakdown easy are really nice also. If you really want a revolver I would either hunt for a really nice old used Smith & Wesson or buy once and cry once for a new one.
I have the S&W Victory as well. Threaded for a suppressor, accurate and not too expensive. Also take a look at a Taurus TX22. Lightweight, fun to shoot and it eats anything I can feed it. As for revolvers, I have a Wrangler and a Heritage. The Heritage is marginally just OK. If I had it to do over I wouldn't buy it. It came with a .22mag cylinder and that was its main selling point to me. The hammer spring is weak and I had to modify it some to avoid light strikes. The Wrangler is a much better revolver than the Heritage IMO. Certainly not up to the quality of the Single Six but of course it is much cheaper. The bad thing about these revolvers is the six shot capacity. You spend a lot of time reloading rather than shooting them. Ruger makes a Single Ten and a Single Nine but I have no experience with them. Either one of those would be way ahead of the the Wrangler or Heritage quality though.
Taurus TX22 gets a lot of good reviews, I was thinking of grabbing one of those for myself.
KelTec P17. Extremely light weight and they just work. No, it's not finished as nice as my Browning BuckMarks, but it works well. Ships with 3 16 round magazines too. The price is the best part. I've seen them as low as $159 on Palmetto State Armory sales.
You guys are slowly talking me out of a revolver.
I think the only reason I want one anyway is because I dont own one. :laf: Everything I own is semi auto. Except for the Crosman
Anyway...by the time I get out of work. that local gun shop is closed so I havent had time to look over their inventory of used 22 pistols yet, but I'm very eager to. This is just a grandkids plinking thing. I dont need much.