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.22 Recommendations?

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#1 ·
I'm wanting to pickup a decent .22 for practice (can't afford to shoot the 45 much!) What are the general reccomendations (under $400ish)
The Walther P22? Ruger MK?
Let's get some opinions...
$200ish would be nice :smt023
 
#28 ·
Well most recomendations here seem to be autos. But i Love my Taurus MODEL 94. 9 shote, simple easy, accurate and fun.
I bought my wife a .22 caliber Taurus model 94, stainless steel, light weight, 2 inch barrel with laser sights. She loved it.

Since that time though she has fired my SW model 66, 2 1/2 inch roundbutt and my Colt Combat Commander in .45 ACP.

The Taurus has become her plinker and "snake gun" with shotshell ammo, and she has "claimed" the SW model 66 for her own now. :smt023
 
#31 ·
I think it's probably general concensus that the Ruger is a great .22 pistol. I'd recommend the Mark II or III, both great guns.

I've got a S&W 22A as well but I wouldn't recommend it. The third round I ever put through it caused the action to blow off and the spring went flying off somewhere, I had to buy a new. Ever since it's jammed a lot. Maybe I just got a bad one, so don't let me deter you from getting one.

I think the Ruger's go for close to $500 but I'm not sure since I didn't buy either of mine. I have seen good used one's at gun shows though that go for around $300.
 
#32 ·
The Ruger is overall a better pistol, and comes in many different flavors. The P22 is however much smaller, lighter, easier to strip, and it's easy to put a noise reducer on one. (snip)
Handle as many as you can and find which one fits your hand best. And, someone mentioned a Taurus 94 revolver, another good choice.

The cans cost more than the pistols.





 
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