9mm Pistol model with 22LR kits

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I am looking to get a 9mm pistol but I need to be able to swap the barrel/slide to shoot 22lr so my daughter who is a bilateral arm amputee can you the same gun as me.

I know CZ make the CZ Kadet for the CZ 75, what are the other options out there.

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You may also want to check out the SIG Sauer P226.

I've been using their conversion kit for a couple of years. I am now at over 2,300 rounds through the 22LR kit and it's as reliable as any other 22LR pistol.
 
I have the advantage arms conversion for a gen 4Glock 22. It works great with CCI and Remington golden bullets. The Sig conversion is great as well
 
sillymike said:
Glock/CZ/Colt all have nice conversion kit
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All three of these guns' conversion kits work at least as good as the ammo you feed them, but all three are very different in terms of trigger, grip size and angle; the 1911 with its single action trigger and thin grip, the striker-fired Glock with its more aggressive grip angle, and the CZ with its double action trigger and fully grip.

So I would let her hold them all and see how they all feel and point to her before making a decision. But the good news is if she picks one of the three, or even a SIG, there are .22lr options available. Good luck and great to hear you are sharing the hobby with your daughter. Post some pics, I bet she will shoot better than half the armchair pistoleros on this site!!!
 
It has been said before but here goes. For the cost to get one of these kits, how they work. It is worth it to just buy a quality purpose built .22LR gun and be happy. There are some great ones out there. The Browning Buckmark and the Ruger Mark series come to mind.
 
I have one buddy with the Sig .22 exchange kit and a lady friend we shoot with has the CZ Cadet conversion kit, both are very nice and very dependable (as dependable as .22 can be anyway lol).
I personally run an Advantage Arms .22 kit on a Glock 19 gen3 frame and it has been flawless for the last 3 years of Speed Steel, and I’ve run it a few times lately in Tac Pistol events that allow .22. I imagine the same kit for the Glock 17 would be just as dependable.
 
Another option to consider is to buy a second, less expensive matching gun in 22LR.

For example, there is a plethora of affordable and good 1911 in 9mm. Instead of getting the 22LR conversion kit, you could seek out a complete GSG or SIG Sauer 1911-22 pistol that she could call her own. A complete GSG/SIG 1911-22 pistol costs less than a SIG P226 or CZ 75 22LR conversion kit.

Whichever way you go, I wish you and your daughter a lot of quality time together at the range!
 
The Kadet kit requires a serious amount of grip strength to squeeze its small slide grips, if that is a consideration. Otherwise a great kit.

A dedicated .22 is cheaper and well, dedicated.
 
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And minor fitting with the Kadet Kit or the Zenith Antreg clone. Identical in design, and both reliable. Priced like buying a used CZ pistol. Beware, if you are using a reduced power hammer spring, you will not get a reliable ignition. You need to use the stock hammer spring. New kit has 3 recoil springs for HV, SV and Subsonic rounds. A big plus for ammo variability.
 
Sig P226 is perfect 40, 9 and 22lr solider swaps. For 22lr u should use 1400fps at least for it cycle well and even then it doesn't BHO. Stay away from GSG and Ruger Mark One is unreliable, the other is crazy mechanics design and no serious caliber clones, so training with Mark is useless unless this is the primary handgun for you.
 
PECHENEG said:
Sig P226 is perfect 40, 9 and 22lr solider swaps. For 22lr u should use 1400fps at least for it cycle well and even then it doesn't BHO. Stay away from GSG and Ruger Mark One is unreliable, the other is crazy mechanics design and no serious caliber clones, so training with Mark is useless unless this is the primary handgun for you.
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You only need high-velocity ammo (1,250 fps) for the P226 to operate reliably.
 
PECHENEG said:
Stay away from GSG and Ruger Mark One is unreliable, the other is crazy mechanics design and no serious caliber clones, so training with Mark is useless unless this is the primary handgun for you.
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I have a GSG and it IS reliable. I have a friend who has over 15,000 rounds through his. I would think he would argue about the GSG being unreliable, too... he did break the firing pin around that time but Blueline sent him a new one... You do have to use Mini-mags, though...
 
lowburb said:
I have a GSG and it IS reliable. I have a friend who has over 15,000 rounds through his. I would think he would argue about the GSG being unreliable, too... he did break the firing pin around that time but Blueline sent him a new one... You do have to use Mini-mags, though...
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I had until very recently a SIG 1911-22 (same as the GSG) and it was very reliable. My shooting buddy still has his and must have shot upwards of 5,000 rounds with it.

Like every semi-automatic 22LR pistol, reliability is contingent on the ammo being used.

Ours were very reliable using CCI Mini-Mags and Blazer ammo. His was also running the cheap Remington Thunderbolt perfectly, although I never tried them personally.
 
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