Whether you have the potential to shoot a pistol well depends on your hand-eye coordination, eyesight, and level of physical fitness, as well as willingness to concentrate and practice effectively. Guns that fit properly are always easier to shoot accurately than guns which do not. Consequently, fit determines which one is best for any particular individual. Any well-made 6" barrel will hold a 1/4" group at 25 metres. The best performer I have run across bar none is the Margolin MCM pistol. It is light enough to learn on. Many new shooters will find the High Standard and Ruger pistols too heavy to shoot well. You learn to shoot well faster on an MCM. They are very easy to strip for cleaning and assemble. They are less expensive (in fact severely underpriced) than any other gun in their class. They are capable of winning scores (if they fit your hand properly) out of the box in the hands of an accomplished shooter. With the light weight barrel the muzzle jumps higher on recoil, but it also returns faster than on guns with heavy barrels. They also will shoot almost any .22 lr ammo from standard velocity to high velocity.
What is the best .22 Semi auto Pistol?
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These's so many accurate guns to choose from. Lots of good suggestion in this thread.
Find one that fits "your hands" the best and feels the most comfortable shooting one handed. Some older models may require drilling and tapping if you want to add optics, but you can find some good deals on the used market. Try out as many differant models of .22 that you can find, then decide. Everbody has a differant opinion on what they like in a .22, but the final choice is what you like.
Find one that fits "your hands" the best and feels the most comfortable shooting one handed. Some older models may require drilling and tapping if you want to add optics, but you can find some good deals on the used market. Try out as many differant models of .22 that you can find, then decide. Everbody has a differant opinion on what they like in a .22, but the final choice is what you like.
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There's accurate and then there's ACCURATE. Depends on what you want to do? Compete or plink?
We were plinking and the Ruger Mk II did a fine job at that. Now we are getting serious and have moved up to:
A S & W 41 with its mate 52-2 centre fire .38 for competition.
And... this week... a FAS 602, which is dead to nuts accurate, doing 2" groups at 50 yards all day long I hope. We are looking for the FAS 603 which is the .32 mate to the FAS 602, the idea being that you don't want to change grip, weight, balance, etc., in the middle of a match. They are expensive but we managed to luck out; you can expect to pay something in the order of $2,000 for a good set of S&W's with all the goodies; and the FAS' are about $3K each new. We managed a very good deal as they are discontinued and very specialized.
On the other hand... we were probably fine with our current target .22's which we now have up for sale BTW, in the EE.
Whatever you choose, you will know when it is time to move up a notch. You will start to outshoot the gun's abilities.
Good luck. Have fun with it.
We were plinking and the Ruger Mk II did a fine job at that. Now we are getting serious and have moved up to:
A S & W 41 with its mate 52-2 centre fire .38 for competition.
And... this week... a FAS 602, which is dead to nuts accurate, doing 2" groups at 50 yards all day long I hope. We are looking for the FAS 603 which is the .32 mate to the FAS 602, the idea being that you don't want to change grip, weight, balance, etc., in the middle of a match. They are expensive but we managed to luck out; you can expect to pay something in the order of $2,000 for a good set of S&W's with all the goodies; and the FAS' are about $3K each new. We managed a very good deal as they are discontinued and very specialized.
On the other hand... we were probably fine with our current target .22's which we now have up for sale BTW, in the EE.
Whatever you choose, you will know when it is time to move up a notch. You will start to outshoot the gun's abilities.
Good luck. Have fun with it.
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Ive got to agree with the Belgian Browning Challenger. I had a ruger MKII which is also a very good pistol but found the backstrap to trigger lenght a little to narrow so i didnt feel i got a good grip on it so accuracy suffered.
I traded it to a fellow for a very good condition challenger and will never look back. Hand machined all steel, few parts, excelent accuracy, easy to clean and tell you the truth i havent had a fail to fire yet after shooting nearly 1000 rounds through mine. Ive only owned it for a short time.
I was also lucky enough to find a member here to do a trade for a target grip which makes the whole thing much better. They range around 300 dollars and i dont really think you can get a better pistol at that price.
I shoot this pistol better one handed than i could two handed with the MK II
the other guy shoots very well with it tough. But really you need to go out and handle pistols for yourself. One thats good for me is not necessarily good for you
The shootist in alberta has a deal on a nomad and TEC in quebec should still have a few challengers.
IanC
Ive got to agree with the Belgian Browning Challenger. I had a ruger MKII which is also a very good pistol but found the backstrap to trigger lenght a little to narrow so i didnt feel i got a good grip on it so accuracy suffered.
I traded it to a fellow for a very good condition challenger and will never look back. Hand machined all steel, few parts, excelent accuracy, easy to clean and tell you the truth i havent had a fail to fire yet after shooting nearly 1000 rounds through mine. Ive only owned it for a short time.
I was also lucky enough to find a member here to do a trade for a target grip which makes the whole thing much better. They range around 300 dollars and i dont really think you can get a better pistol at that price.
I shoot this pistol better one handed than i could two handed with the MK II
the other guy shoots very well with it tough. But really you need to go out and handle pistols for yourself. One thats good for me is not necessarily good for you
The shootist in alberta has a deal on a nomad and TEC in quebec should still have a few challengers.
IanC
I have owned two 41's, two Rugers (a MkI and a II with a 10" barrel), and Exemplar, and a K-22. The 10" Ruger was accurate enough to knock down rifle turkeys. For the 41's, probably the smoothest. For plinking I would go back to the 5 1/2" 41. For silhouette, the Ruger 10".
I have a Ruger MarkIII Hunter .22 pistol. It's accurate and looks pretty sharp. The ony issue I have with it are the sights. I don't like the V-notch sights and will be replacing them shortly. The fluted bull barrel and rosewood grips look really good.
