My opinons of the Ruger are mixed. I have owned a Mk 1 with a 5 1/2" bull barrel and a Mk 2 with the 6 7/8" tapered barrel. As others have noted, they are all steel and extremely durable (you won't wear one out), reasonably accurate, decent sights (the adjustable sights anyway) and are a bugger to strip (even worse for the Mk 3). However, I never liked the feel of the grips and frame angle in my hand and the 22/45 is even worse (too thin). Yes, I could have spent a bunch of money and got a reasonably good after market grip but you don't need to do so with many models of the Buckmark. I no longer own a Ruger and own my old Challenger 2 as well as a newer Buckmark URX, so my opinion is obvious.
Best .22lr pistol?
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Look for a good used CZ kadet. They are very accurate and most importantly cycle any ammo made. Anyone not recommendeing them has very likely never handled one. Yoy can easily upgrade the trigger and make it a dream to shoot. They stay significantly cleaner than any other 22 pistol and the mags are much easier to load than the ruger or buckmark. I now have several and buy them As i find them
I have the Kadet,and the Buckmark and used to have the Ruger. The Kadet is certainly the worst to load mags for. It's the only one of the three without a button to hold the follower down. The Brownings and Rugers are the easiest mags I've ever loaded,better than my Huntsman,GSG,MP22,422 and Kadet.
I sold my GSG...it was a piece of crap....hours and hours spent trying to get it to cycle. Finally just gave up,never again.
The Buckmark is hard to beat. It was my first pistol and mine has untold thousands of rounds through it. It's the gun I regularly lend to new shooters who show up at the club interested in trying pistol shooting. If I had to estimate I'd say upwards of 30 thousand rounds have gone through that pistol and it still shoots more accurately than any of my others. Hitting an 8" gong at 100 yrds is common place. I had it out today and it was flawless again. I've done nothing to it other than clean it every couple thousand rounds. Anyone who joins our club and asks for a recommendation usually is always told Buckmark or Ruger MK2. Both are great guns,the Buckmark gets the edge for ease of service.
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I meant dry fire as in practical exercise, to work on form.
Dry firing while out of battery allows the pin to over travel. It has to hit something to stop forward motion. If the tip of the pin is not hitting something, another part of the pin is hitting something inside the bolt to absorb the forward energy. Just because there is no visible damage to the chamber face or firing pin, that doesn't mean it is a good idea.
One I DON'T recommend is the Colt 1911-A1.
It's manufactured by Walther.
I read lots of reviews. Watched lots of Reviews. Everyone gave it a thumbs up.
I get it. It just does NOT like "normal" .22 ammo. It needs "high Velocity" .22 ammo. Meaning over 1300FPS.
Problem is, I can't find anything but Remington Yellow Jacket HP 33gr 1500fps ammo that will cycle it properly AND that's actually available.
Anything slower then about 1400 FPS, and it stovepipes about 1/10 rounds.
Now that it cycles with the Yellow Jackets fine, the rounds get hung up on the feed ramp(Or lack of one I should say), and the nose of the round gets caught, and deformed, and keeps it from chambering the round.
It now sits in my safe. It's not a safe queen. It's a safe prisoner.
I'd looked at the GSG's before I bought the Colt, but had decided not to get a GSG due to the mixed reviews. I wish I had.
So what ever one the OP decides to get, confirm what type of ammo it needs before purchase.
It's manufactured by Walther.
I read lots of reviews. Watched lots of Reviews. Everyone gave it a thumbs up.
I get it. It just does NOT like "normal" .22 ammo. It needs "high Velocity" .22 ammo. Meaning over 1300FPS.
Problem is, I can't find anything but Remington Yellow Jacket HP 33gr 1500fps ammo that will cycle it properly AND that's actually available.
Anything slower then about 1400 FPS, and it stovepipes about 1/10 rounds.
Now that it cycles with the Yellow Jackets fine, the rounds get hung up on the feed ramp(Or lack of one I should say), and the nose of the round gets caught, and deformed, and keeps it from chambering the round.
It now sits in my safe. It's not a safe queen. It's a safe prisoner.
I'd looked at the GSG's before I bought the Colt, but had decided not to get a GSG due to the mixed reviews. I wish I had.
So what ever one the OP decides to get, confirm what type of ammo it needs before purchase.
I agree with this as I have one that shoots like an expensive target pistol. All steel too we should mention.
At one time I had a Beretta 92 with a real Beretta conversion kit with adjustable sights. Like a fool I traded it on something else that I thought I wanted and got screwed on that deal. The 92 itself did not shoot well and I could not come up with a load that it liked, but that conversion was a dream to shoot.
I have three 1911 conversions but have never had the time to actually sit down and really test them out.
CD
I had a Smith 422 for a few months. Too light in the muzzle end for me. I've not owned a Ruger MkII or later, but shot them as club guns at RA Centre in Ottawa (1990). Reliable.
I've owned Smith 41 - very accurate, barrel swaps the way it should be done, quick and easy. Sights attached to the barrel, not separated as in some guns. My highest score in Standard Pistol (577/600) was shot when I had a REALLY good day seeing the sights, but I couldn't have done it if the pistol wasn't up to it.
Had a High Standard Victor - very accurate.
Currently using a Walther GSP... A new one might be out of your budget range, but it's one of the more accurate pistols around.. If you get a used one for under about $1000 you're probably not doing too bad. (Mine was purchased well-used and is still a good competition gun - er - pistol. )
I've owned Smith 41 - very accurate, barrel swaps the way it should be done, quick and easy. Sights attached to the barrel, not separated as in some guns. My highest score in Standard Pistol (577/600) was shot when I had a REALLY good day seeing the sights, but I couldn't have done it if the pistol wasn't up to it.
Had a High Standard Victor - very accurate.
Currently using a Walther GSP... A new one might be out of your budget range, but it's one of the more accurate pistols around.. If you get a used one for under about $1000 you're probably not doing too bad. (Mine was purchased well-used and is still a good competition gun - er - pistol. )
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There are a lot of good 22 pistols depends on your preference I worked at a gun range\shop. I would recommend the Smith and Wesson m&p awesome 22. Ran great jams less than other 22s. Ruger mk111 is good too. Gsg 1911 are okay but they are on the low end, also there are ISSC 22s look and feel like a glock. Not as good as the m&p but on par with the gsg. What else there are smith revolvers as well if your a revolver guy like the s&w 617 or ruger single 10. And smith also has the 22a-1 which is a weird but decent 22 not the best though. And Walter has a 22 can't remember the name of it but it has a odd cocking \ charging handle opposed to a slide not great either.
My ruger MKIII stainless competition model sits once again waiting my attention as it hits and misses when trigger is squeezed, I believe I have the problem solved but they are far from easy to work on and it developed the problem after 500 rounds. So you can have problems with all these rigs!
I have one of these coming from NAS and the price is great, good piece of history and reported to shoot well, $265. Great start? OORR get a revolver, they are great !Beretta 71'sAll I have to say.
