I had been meaning to buy a 22 pistol for years, and after the Handgun-Sales-Event-of-the-Century was announced, I decided I should. I ended up with a GSG Firefly along with 3 magazines for it. Well, after a couple months and the transfer was approved, I received it 2 weeks ago. I finally got it out to the range today with a whole assortment of ammo. This is my first 22 pistol, and I had heard that some pistols could be very ammo picky and I figured I should buy a bunch of varieties before stocking up on any one of them. I pulled the gun apart when it arrived, but had found it clean and a light coat of grease on the slide rails, so I did nothing to it out of the box. Wasn't the best shooting weather today (minus 8 and snowing), so I was mainly testing for function instead of accuracy. Below is my results for what the pistol likes and doesn't like:
All in all, a very reliable pistol. I was surprised it chewed through damn near everything I tossed at it. Good news is, it appears I can stock up on whatever I find in stock and on sale!
| Variety | Rounds Fired | Failures |
|---|---|---|
| Federal 40gr Solid | 100 | 6 |
| Federal Champion 36gr Copper Plated | 50 | 1 |
| S&B Canadian Match 40gr | 50 | 0 |
| Aguila Super Extra 38gr Copper Plated | 50 | 0 |
| CCI Stinger 32gr | 50 | 0 |
| Eley Force 42gr | 30 | 0 |
| Eley Club 40gr | 30 | 0 |
| Eley Sport 40gr | 20 | 1 |
| Eley Pistol Plus 40gr | 20 | 0 |
| Eley Bullseye Pistol X 40gr | 20 | 0 |
| Eley High Velocity Hollow 38gr | 20 | 0 |
All in all, a very reliable pistol. I was surprised it chewed through damn near everything I tossed at it. Good news is, it appears I can stock up on whatever I find in stock and on sale!
