Inexpensive 22LR pistol reccomendations?

I picked up a 22/45 a couple years ago and it is a great pistol for the money and it comes with a base if you want to mount an optic.
 
There is a lot of good 22's Ruger is top on my list because i have one. and didn't break the bank to buy it I have gone through a lot of Semi 22 pistol. If you like the tactical look that is a different gun. For function and budget. High Standard made great 22 pistol. They where great target guns. SW 2206 is a nice piece to, had one and sold it. Big regreat. That gun would jam with HV ammo. Eat all the Walmart #### all day. find what fits you and try different ammo. You will be happy. i bought many years a go a 22 revolver. It was a Iver Johnsons to load it you had to take the cyl out and load the gun. LOL I wish I still had it because it was a old gun. i have a Vostock Margolin great target gun. Like I said there are a lot of old 22's pistol that are great guns. Good Luck
 
ive got a nice little collection of 22's

browning buckmark, ruger 22/45 Lite, M&P 22, SIG/GSG 1911-22, ruger sp101-22, couple herbert schmidts, couple S&W 422's
so ive got a couple to dabble with.

but when i want accuracy and dependability i take out the browning buckmark.
if i want to just blast and have fun the ruger 22/45 or the GSG 1911-11 or the M&P22 probably in that order too.

price and how hard they are to clean and reliability all in thats how id rate them.

you just cant go wrong with a Buckmark.
 
Gatehouse said:
Inexpensive but reliable. Accuracy is nice but going BANG every time is most important. Thoughts?
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Define inexpensive?

I'd obviously pimp the Grand Power K22S or K22 X-Trim, but neither is cheap. Both are affordable. ;)

If you will be using this for a season and don't care about it's long term reliability, one of the cheaper .22lr's will do fine.
If you want a gun to last, raise your sights a little and go for steel slides.

If I can't talk you into the GP, at least take a hard look at the Ruger or Browning.

Before you consider one of the zinc alloy copies, research how they fail.
 
I love the Browning Buckmark so much that I had to have two of them. Both are stainless, one a slab side, the other a bull barrel. They are ugly as hell, but shoot anything I feed them.

"If you want to be happy the rest of your life marry an ugly wife" - This saying couldn't be more true than when marrying the Buckmark.
 
Ruger MkII 5.5" bull barrel
Ruger 22/45 in 4.5 slab side or 5.5" bull barrel
GSG 1911 .22 lr

Have all of the above & happy with all.

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Brutus said:
Hey folks!
Lots of great and repetitive ideas put forth here.

I notice no-one mentioned that newer cute little Browning 22 rimfire 3/4s scale 1911 copy?
Just curious here....

anyone???
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Too small too expensive but nicely finished.. Buckmark URX is what my wife uses and loves, she has small hands.. Great accurate and dependable shooter.
 
No-one ever mentions the Ruger Mk.1.

Too bad, they're great pistols, with these 3 "issues": slide doesn't stay open on an empty mag, heel release for the mag, and some early mags will only take 9 rounds.

There's a fix for the slide issue: a longer mag follower (see the Ruger Forum for details), and later mags will hold 10 rounds. I never found the heel release to be an issue.
 
I'm another proponent for the Browning Buck Mark. I took my new to me Camper URX Stainless to the range yesterday and it ate 250+ rounds of cheap bulk .22lr (Remington Thunderbolts and Winchester 555 hollowpoints) with only one jam (Winchester)....I did have a couple of FTF (Remingtons) but I'd blame that more on the ammo than the gun.
 
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