.22 Pistols

I don't pretend to be a world class shooter, but I do enjoy shooting at least once a week in the bullseye league and squeezing off the odd free pistol match.

Agree with you that the euro guns are more ergonomic and more refined... but they aren't all that more accurate.

A few years back back we did some test at 25 yards (I know, it's not very far... but that's as far as we could go with the indoor range) using a mechanical rest... Shooting Eley Club, all guns made one ragged hole. (GSP, Ruger MK2, MCM Margolin, HS Supermatic, IZH35, and my father's S&W M46)

A shooter from Connecticut did a similar test at 50 yards (can't remember the ammo he used) and all the guns he had came in under 2" with most brand of ammo, with 1,25"-1.5" been the standard groups with their 'prefered' ammo.

Personnally, the things that bug me most about my Mk2 are;
- When using T22, needs a cleaning overy 250rds or so.
- The trigger (could be easily improved with a Volquartsen sear)
- The rear sight (way to narrow when compared to the GSP/IZH35)
- The not-so-ergonomic grips (again, could easily be fix by ordering decent target grips for it... but since there are a few other 'backup' gun I can fall onto before this one, I never bothered...)

Personnally (again) I don't think the exact same model of firearm been made for a number of years is a bad thing. On the contrary, it probably means the designer did a good job the first time around.

S&W M41, hasn't really been changed since the early 60's...
Walther GSP, hasn't really been changed since the early 70's...
Unique DES69, hasn't really been changed in it's 20 years of production...
Hammerli 208, hasn't really been changed since the early 60's...
MCM Margolin, not much changed since the early 50's...
IZH 35, pretty much unchanged since the late 70's...

A fellow shooter at the club kind of realized that the latest design isn't always the best idea... For a few months he had Matchguns MG2. Very nice ergonomic, very pointable, easy follow through... unfortunatly he could never make it through a match without some sort of jam... tried god knows how many different brand of ammo... got the dealer to 'do' stuff on the gun...

Eventually. he just upgraded to a AW93
 
Ruger Mark III

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Ruger Mark III with a Bushnell Trophy. Prefers CCI but will eat anything and shoots better than I do.
 
22lr said:
neither of those would be my favorites. You may like MkIII's but they are only good to learn basic shooting skills, once you are past initial learning curve you will need either something based on real gun frame or real competition pistol, everything in between is just a toy. And Rugers are xactly that. Trouble is - both options are expensive, be it 1911 frame or used Pardini's you are up for 1000$.
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sillymike, I did bench test on all pistols I had and of course all of them were accurate, even chinese (model number escapes me). But who really cares what is at fault if this particular gun doesn't seem to point or drops the hammer with some kind of a twisting-jerking jolt. Or trigger cannot be adjusted to that particular setting? It will be still accurate on the bench and one can learn to compensate but I refuse to pick bad habbits from shooting some obsolete archaic Ruger or SW41 or Buckmarks. Those are all good pistols, but they do not serve any purpose anymore. Their controls are different than the ones on real guns, so you cannot practice any drills with them. And they are mediocre target shooters. They are entry level trainers-plinkers, and it bear no importance if they still shoot perfectly fine from gun vice.
 
Right now for rimfires I have:
Remington model 12a pump
Cooey 600
Mossberg 320b
American arms (something)
Ruger standard mk 1
Arminius HW 7
Colt Woodsman

I like classic looking firearms, not space guns, guns that look like staplers, or guns that are made out of plastic (I even prefer no aluminum, but I'm a little more flexable on that)

Cheers
 
I own a Ruger Mark III ss 5.5 bull barrel. I just purchased a Mark I from a forum member. It should arrive this week. I also purchased another Mark III from a forum member and it should arrive, hopefully, no later than the week before xmas.
 
There's some nice rimfire HG's here....

I've only owned a few .22lr HG's(S&W41, Ruger 22/45 slab side, Mkiii Bull bbl).
They're gone now and I only have a .22lr AA conversion kit for my G17. Every restricted owner should have a .22lr HG in their cabinet.
 
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