what is a good 9mm that can be converted to a 22?

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Hi all you nutz,

I'm new to this forum....new to pistol shooting actually, and have been reading through various threads about shooting. I am interested in a 9mm that I can convert to a 22. The reason being my father has a lot of 22 ammo(free) so my thoughts were to get comfortable using the converted 22 before stepping up to the 9mm. I've never shot a 9mm before but I have handled a beretta 92fs and a glock 17(gen 4). I found that the clip release on the 92fs was perfect for the size of my hand but with the glock, I had turn turn my hand slightly to reach the release.

Any kind of input will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Jeff
 
It think it may be is cheaper to buy a used Ruger and a 9mm beretta, rather than buy the conversion barrel and magazines which cost about the same anyway
 
The Kadet Kit on the CZ is, from my experience one of, if not the most reliable and accurate .22 Coversion Kits on the market. One feature it has over most is that only 1/2 of the width of the slide requires recoil to operate the gun. Mine devours everything from Stingers to the cheapest brand of .22 without a hitch. Merry it with a 9MM 75B and you have a relatively inexpensive pairing that will last you a lifetime. The two would cost less than a new Sig

Take Care

Bob
 
I have found a glock 17 with an advantage arms conversion kit but the seller states " I mainly use blazers with very few malfunctions" What are blazers?

Another thing I should have mentioned was I'm interested in trying IPSC sometime so I would like to purchase a pistol that is IPSC friendly.
 
Price the conversion kits and you'll soon find that you can buy a pretty nice .22 pistol for the cost of the kits or even less. For example there's a lovely looking S&W 422 in the EE right now for about $120 to $150 (figuring kit cost and taxes on a new conversion kit) less than the cost of most of the kits I've seen.

Unless the 9mm you want to get will be the only handgun you ever get then there's no really big advantage to using a conversion kit for your .22 time. But if you're serious about ONLY using the one gun for competition then a conversion kit does have some significant advantages. Otherwise I believe it's just way more flexible and fun to have a second dedicated gun for shooting .22.

Buying a dedicated .22 also frees you from the limited number of guns that have .22 kits available for them. Namely, if you're talking about IPSC Production class, the CZ line that accepts the Kadet kit or the Sig line where the 226 accepts the Sig .22 kit or the Glock kit made to fit on a limited number of their models. I'm not familiar with any others.
 
I would go with 2 guns over converting one into 2 calibers. One in 9mm and 1 in .22. It has been my experience that 2 guns is more fun than one! :D
 
Buy the 9mm you really want and pick up a GSG in 22 calibre, its a 1911 frame made in Germany, shoots great and is under $400 new (price of any conversion kit) shoots any 22 ammo and shoots great. If you insist on one gun with a kit, take a hard look at the CZ, most likely has the best resale of the kits.
 
FYI I recently bought a Glock 22 (which shoots .40 rounds) as well as a .22 conversion kit for the gun. The two kits feel and shoot so differently that there seems to be no real benefit to having both as opposed to having two different guns.

The cost of the conversion kit was as much (if not more) of another gun and then some.
If you want to shoot 9mm get a 9mm gun if you want to blow a lot of rounds cheap for the .22 then I would get a a .22 as well.

My Glock model 22 has the ability to convert to anything from .45 to .22 That being a nice a feature I thought I would love, has turned into not much of an advantage at all.

Each conversion is costly, and each conversion shoots and handles extremely differently. So there is little advantage to having one gun with different kits.

I thought that I would be able to learn to handle the gun and get a way with cheap amo, but nothing could be further from the truth.

No matter how many times I shoot the same gun with the .22 it does not help me with my pratice in shooting the .40 or the 9mm kit. The conversion changes everything from recoil to trigger squeeze grip and aim.

Not to discourage your search for a gun that does both, think about what you want to accomplish with this and see if your goals match the reality of what conversion kits can really do.

Don`t be stuck on a convertible gun as much as the best gun (for each caliber) that you can afford.

If you really want a convertible gun after all that, your best bet is a Glock 22. It is a lot more versatile than a Glock 17. Like I said it can go from a .45 to a .22. But be prepared to have to hunt for that kits that are more and more hard to find and also getting more expensive (in Canada) due to limited availability.
 
Your welcome and Good luck.

I am looking forward to seeing your decisions and purchases!

Nina
 
just my .2 cents but if you had to have a conversion kit, then i would opt for a glock 17. all you have to do is change slides and magazines and your ready to go.

but as others have stated, would be better to just get 2 instead of a conversion kit.
 
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