Anyone have any .22 pistol advice for me?

[toobaroque]

Advise? Opinions? On here? Are you kidding me? Lol. This will be a fun ride.

For every Endoresement of each suggestion there will be an equal number of counter endorsements.

I will start.

Ruger MK 1,2,3 and I will show you how to take down and reassemble in less than 60 seconds.

I'm sensing a @Gadgetsrfun sponsored meet-and-greet to be happening in the very near future!

I'm in.

 

[sinac84]

Help! I feel like I'm chasing my tail here. I am interested in purchasing a .22 handgun. I plan on suppressing it, so - threaded barrel. The internets have led me to believe that there are no reliable .22 pistols. What do you suggest? Ruger 22/45 seems to be a favorite but are a nightmare to take down? Sig Mosquitos are total garbage? Walther P22 only eat certain ammo? Does suppression make reliability issues worse? Any warnings or advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks, crew!

Walther PPQ 22lr will eat anything and has a great trigger.

 

[batoncolle]

Actually, the Heggis sear spring flip will achieve the best results, without the need for the VQ hammer. The Tacsol threaded bbl is a nice piece of kit!

Yes I know about the Heggis flip. I did it, and if you do a search on my name, you can see it I have recommended it several times.

The problem is that it doesn't seem to work as well on newer Buckmarks. You can do some searches on Rimfire Central (here's one example http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=586151) where many people were having issues with it so I don't recommend it anymore.

 

[Old_School]

View attachment 689031 Yes, suppression makes the guns run dirty and wear out quicker.
Yes, the Ruger MK series guns are an absolute PITA to disassemble and reassemble for cleaning. Even if you do it "right" the new ones are very stiff and unforgiving of the slightest misalignment of the parts.
Avoid cheap alloy-frame guns. I had a Walther P22 that was showing significant wear on the frame rails after only 1500 rounds through it, only half (or less) of those suppressed.

I ended up with a Browning Buck Mark for my good quality open-sighted .22 plinker, casual target gun, and host for my .22LR silencer.
At the time I set up mine, factory threaded barrels weren't available, but now they are. I'd go with that, rather than an aftermarket barrel or having one threaded by a gunsmith.
A Buck Mark is more expensive than most other .22 semi-autos, around $400 new, and I think they only come with one magazine (add $30 for a spare mag).
But the trigger pull is excellent on them.
They're easy to clean without disassembling them, and not hard to take down either, with just one screwdriver (for the grips) and one allen wrench (for the barrel).

Did you simply have the bbl threaded and the front sight moved back an inch or so? Nice looking setup.

 

[Old_School]

The M&P 22 & 22 Compact have been the most reliable .22's at my range & many other firearms training schools. We have literally thosands & thousands of rounds through them.

When in classes we do not have time for unreliable guns so we have weeded through most of the brands available & settled on the ones that are the most reliable.

Many of my alumni run them suppressed. I've not heard any negatives reviews from them.

How does the action feel compared to its center fire siblings? I've considered one for practice, but I've got more .22 handguns than I need!

 

[spistols]

Dumb question, but do you have to go through the same process ( stamp/tax/forms) for a .22 suppressor as any larger caliber suppressor? The reason I ask is that I have not read any complaints so far about a tax stamp with regards to a .22 suppressor.

 

[Wheeler]

Dumb question, but do you have to go through the same process ( stamp/tax/forms) for a .22 suppressor as any larger caliber suppressor? The reason I ask is that I have not read any complaints so far about a tax stamp with regards to a .22 suppressor.

A suppressor is a suppressor regardless of the caliber. All the same rules apply.

 

[Old_School]

Yes I know about the Heggis flip. I did it, and if you do a search on my name, you can see it I have recommended it several times.

The problem is that it doesn't seem to work as well on newer Buckmarks. You can do some searches on Rimfire Central (here's one example http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=586151) where many people were having issues with it so I don't recommend it anymore.

Well, considering my BM is about 30 years old and the last one I did the flip on was 5 years old, I wouldn't know about the newer BMs. Haven't checked the Browning forum over on RFC in some time. Good to know.

 

[batoncolle]

Well, considering my BM is about 30 years old and the last one I did the flip on was 5 years old, I wouldn't know about the newer BMs. Haven't checked the Browning forum over on RFC in some time. Good to know.

Yeah same with me on the older BM. I was looking into a newer BM with a friend and ran across all the reported issues on RFC so we tried the other options. The VQ option is nice, but I'm not sure I'd call it nice enough for $50. The Silhouette SS though is only a few dollars and very similar to the Heggis Flip.

 

[Hayata]

Just shot the S&W compact .22 at the range tonight with the Evercore silencer. And I added a laser under the rail.

Giggle-worthy, for sure!

What a fun time!