Favorite .22 pistol

[GFB]

I keep a Ruger SR22 as a 'training plinker' that I've been thinking of replacing with a P322, but I'm in no particular hurry.

I usually add something for a good while before I finally decide it's a replacement.

 

[Phydoux]

First one isn’t a pistol but it’s so small and lightweight, it’s close.

 

[palmettomoon]

Best 22 au

Best 22 auto ever made

Nope.

 

[TresMonos]

Also tried a beretta 87 target and I think i like shooting it better than the ruger

Suppressed Model 87 Cheetah

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

I like to shoot a little bit of rimfire before moving on to the money pit of centerfire. I currently use a Browning Buckmark that’s stock except for the fiber optic front sight I added.

If your goal of shooting your next rimfire pistol is to have skills to transfer over to the next centerfire pistol that you will buy, then I would select a 22 pistol that has a similar look with the controls located in the same places. (mag release, safety, etc.) and has the same type of action
i.e. single action only,
safe action striker fired,
double action &single action with exposed hammer...

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

Ruger and Walther both have 22 caliber semi automatic pistols that have similar configurations, but slightly smaller size, than some of that same company's centerfire defensive pistols.

I think Taurus does, too, but then again I would stay away from that brand at least for any gun that doesn't come with the lifetime transferable warranty.

My Walther P22 was not very accurate compared to my Browning Buckmark or my High Standard 'Victor", but it was much better suited for training for combat oriented shooting, trying to get a fast group centered over the chest of a humanoid target at 7 yards. It was also easy to mount a suppressor on, with a $25 thread adapter ( and I went ahead and did that, purchasing a rimfire suppressor just a few months after I took the pistol home from the gun store.)

 

[Rimfire rifleman]

Sig-Hammerli Trailside

 

[basstracker89]

Best generally-available 22. I lust after a Pardini, when I win Powerball.

Swanky pistol.

Nope.

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Patato, patohto. I'll stick with the 41, I shoot those well. I had the opportunity to shoot a custom shop Ruger with all the trimmings. I can shoot rings around it with a 41. Something about the rake of the grip just doesn't work for me

 

[Hayata]

Don't make me pick...

If I had to give them all up I would keep this one.

First pistol I ever bought if memory serves correctly. Wish I had kept the box.

 

[joel2000]

No mention of Glock 44, FN 502 or Sig p322

I’ve got a P322 that I’ve yet to shoot And looking at a FN502.