Most Reliable .22LR Handgun

another for ruger mk 1 2 or 3 my mk3 will reliably shoot any brand of ammo. combined with a speedloader i can easily eat a brick in a half hour or so. i clean it in 2500rnd intervals. i have never had any sort of failure. i only wish 10/22,s were as reliable
 
Ruger 22 45 or Browning Buckmark. The 22 45's are great, everyone that I talked to loves them, they eat anything. I've only had my Buckmark for a year but I shoot it a lot, clean, dirty and it has never failed me, nothing but the cheap stuff too. It's personal choice but my Buckmark is my favorite, it fits me perfect and shoots great.
 
bluemike807 said:
Looking to get my first .22 handgun - needs to be rock solid, utterly dependable; think Glock/Ak47 in terms of sheer unbreakability and being future-proof, works full of dirt, crap, etc.

Recommendations? Can be either pistol or revolver, but must meet the above criteria.
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None. The ruger love in that is going on here will stop as soon as the temperature falls below -15 degrees celcius. The primers will not light with the hammer strikes consistently.

A revolver could work at that temperature as you can increase the mainspring tension without hampering the cycling reliability of the firearm. However any revolver that gets full of dirt, crap etc will have its cylinder bind.

So the gun that you are does not exist, unless you are looking at a single shot affair.
 
JBD said:
None. The ruger love in that is going on here will stop as soon as the temperature falls below -15 degrees celcius. The primers will not light with the hammer strikes consistently.

A revolver could work at that temperature as you can increase the mainspring tension without hampering the cycling reliability of the firearm. However any revolver that gets full of dirt, crap etc will have its cylinder bind.

So the gun that you are does not exist, unless you are looking at a single shot affair.
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I have had my MK2 out in the cold before with out issues. (Coldest being around -20)
 
rugar mkII with over 7000 rounds.....NEVER BEEN CLEANED!!!!! works every time and I can hit an 8'' gong nine out of ten shots. I have never had a problem....never
 
dandonnelly said:
rugar mkII with over 7000 rounds.....NEVER BEEN CLEANED!!!!! works every time and I can hit an 8'' gong nine out of ten shots. I have never had a problem....never
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same here but i can hit my gong 10 out of 10 times! cause i cleaned it once... not hard to hit the 5 yard gong anyway
 
+1 for Margolins. If we are to think in terms of AK47 then it just has to be Russian pistol. I shot them Margolins quite a bit and they truly are most reliable 22's
 
I own or have owned many .22 handguns. They all have there good points and most times it is just a matter of preference. Every make has there lemons. CZ Kadets, Browning Bucmarks, Ruger MK's, S&W auto models are a few examples of good auto's. The Ruger single six and the S&W model 17 and 617 are great .22 revolvers. For my money if I just wanted a good little .22 auto to plink and play around with I would get a S&W 22A, they are great little guns for the money. I have two of them. If you want to spend lots then get a CZ Kadet they are really nice guns but cost three times as much as the S&W. The rugers are very good as well but they are a real bear to take apart and put back together. Once you learn how it is not so bad but the first time or two is not so much fun. Just my 2 cents worth.

Graydog
 
I've seen Ruger MKIIs break, had a 617 that had issues (had two that did not). For sheer reliability, I have not had problems with a Ruger Single Six. They are not ammo sensitive (like many semi-autos tend to be), parts are readily available IF you do break something (warranty depot is in Canada too). Might not be a spray-and-pray kind of gun, but accurate enough.
 
Although I am a big fan of Hi Standard & S&W model 41's, I have to say the Ruger Mkll.

One of our range officers carries one of these for the probationary shooters to use. He claims that it has not been cleaned or detail stripped in over ten years.

I have yet to see this gun have a malfunction of any kind. It reminds me of the old Timex watch commercial, "It takes a licking & keeps on ticking.
 
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