I love 22lr. What are your favorites.
I’ll bite i guess. Are we talking about favorite .22lr guns? Favorite .22lr ammo? Favorite ways to shoot a 22lr?
My favorite .22 plinker has to be my S&W M&P 15-22 AR Pistol with 8" barrel suppressed. It’s short, balanced really well, and runs like a greased pig. My kids (and everyone else) loves shooting it.
My favorite .22 pistol is my Browning Buckmark Tactical with red dot and suppressor.
My favorite factory .22 for precision is the Bergara B14 .22 bolt action, also suppressed. It’s just silly accurate and dang fun to shoot. We have a .22 specific KYL target that is a blast at 50 yards. The final piano key is about the width of a .22 bullet, so you have to be dead on. Crazy fun
The M&P15-22 is a solid setup. I have a 22 Conversion kit I run in an AR. It shoots around 2" groups at 75 yards with Automatch, about the same as M193, so it is a fun trainer.
I have a couple Buckmarks that I like, and a Kimber 1911 conversion.
Lately with ammo being a bit scarce, I too have been running the B14R. It will shoot Automatch just under 1 MOA at 50 yards so that is what I use for fun, SK Standard Plus for serious target shooting.
My late father’s old Mossberg 152- beat up as heck, but I learned to shoot on it.
My late father-in-law’s Weatherby XXII- pristine condition, doesn’t get used much but is treasured.
Recently assembled by me AR15 SBR, 10” Keystone barrel and soon to have a GSL Technology Tomcat can- remarkably small groups and just a whole ton of fun.
At this point my Sig p322 is my favorite once I was able to dial it in with loading up the mags correctly.
My favorite plinking .22 is my Heritage single action revolver. Lots of cheap fun right there….
I built a 1911 lower that exactly matches controls/trigger of my “real” 1911/2011’s and run either an old Marvel Iron Sight Upper or a Nelson Optics Upper on it.
Beretta 87BB Suppressed is certainly my favorite.
Colt Woodsman match target model. I need find a modern contemporary.
Hard to name just one. My most unique, a Clements Custom Guns 3" Bearcat. Most likely pistol to be dragged to the range, a Ruger MKII standard model with a VQ sear + Clark hammer pin and bushing.
Andy
I really enjoy my S&W 15-22 pistol and Taurus TX22.
Both are way above my initial expectations.
I used to shoot the hell out of the Ruger Mk IV series of guns. A brick every week just spraying it as fast as we could load mags.
22 got too expensive to shoot for what it is. Overpriced and boring.
Recently shot a friends SIG P322, 20 rds of fun, may pick one up as gift to myself. Only .22LR I have is Ruger 10/22, after all, it is required by law that any gun owner have one.
I shot gazillions of 22’s as a kid. Not much as an adult but on the rare occasion I do, it’s my J.C. Higgins model 101.18. It can shoot 22 short, Long or LR. Superbly accurate! For my one 22 pistol, it’s my Ruger 22/45 Target w/ 5" Bull barrel.
I’d take my trusty 1970 Ruger 10/22 over just about any other 22 rifle. This is my go to Red Squirrel eliminator, it is accurate and reliable, not much else I could lask for…
ETA: The thing with Tapatalk I hate most is that it is t obvious what sun forum you are posting into……I suppose it was appropriate as I’ve ever had a lot of use for 22 pistols.
I feel you there. So lame that prices went up so much. I used to get the Federal 525 round bricks at my LGS for $14.99, and now that same brick is double or triple that price. I took a .22 hiatus for a while as well.
Now that my kids are getting old enough to shoot though (7 and 10 yrs old), i’ve been shooting more .22 with them. Also, getting more into the precision side of .22, and that has made it more enjoyable with fewer rounds fired.
I really enjoy the Glock 44 as a trainer and the Ruger Mark IV as a plinker.
We did a few bolt gun 22s, which are fun. But as cave men, the thump of a full bore rifle punishing the steel is so much more appealing.
For handguns S&W Victory and Taurus TX22. I usually would never buy a Taurus but the TX22 is very good. Reliable with most ammo and has a threaded barrel for suppressor. It is a blast to shoot. The victory is more accurate and fun as well
I had a M&P 15-22 and bought a Tippmann Arms M4-22. The Tippmann is the better gun, especially as a training rifle as controls are the same and compatible with a lot of ar15 milspec parts. Receivers are also aluminum and not plastic like the 15-22
Never heard of the Tippmann. What kind of mags does it run?? We’ve run the S&W with no problems, but a metal receiver sounds good.