Favorite .22 handgun

Wambli Ska

Follow up to Gene’s thread.  Which one is your favorite or the last one you’d let go?

I’m even more torn on this one than with the rifles so I’ll let you guys go first.

Japhy

my one and only, a Ruger MKII stainless bull barrel.

I can account for more than 20k rounds through it.  it shreds a 1in bull at 15yds

NN

single six convertible

JKP

I have a thing for the Ruger Mark series, but my favorite is probably my Sig Hammerli Trailside. Very accurate and fits me perfectly. Ruger MK1 Target is close behind.

JKP

Jay

Freezer

How can you choose between your children? I love them equally for different reasons. Ruger MKII Target and Ruger Single Six convertible.  

sakodude

I second the nomination for the Sig Hammerli Trailside. Best .22 handgun I have ever owned.

Diver43

NN said:

single six convertible

I'm with NN
The little Ruger convertible would be the last to leave my safe.

Gene L

Colt Woodsman, the sport model

RugerFan

Ruger Mk II Target

jbp-ohio

Ruger Slabside...... I need to have someone look at it though. Last time I shot it the trigger didn't reset all of the time.

zorba

Toss up between my Ruger Mark III "Standard" with 6" bbl - or my Ruger Wrangler. Love them both for different reasons.

Bigslug

My 5.5" stainless bull MKII now sports a Holosun 507 red dot.  Given the way the eyeballs have been headed, it's probably offering me capability over the older stuff that makes me smile more. 

Elk creek

My three screw single six convertible wearing stags…..

sakodude

Elk creek said:

My three screw single six convertible wearing stags…..

That's a beauty for sure.

sakodude

My Sig Hammerli edged this out ever so slightly but this runs a very tight second place.
Colt new Frontier.

ds10speed

I would be my 617's, I have 3 of them.

617-0 6" six shot

617-2 6" ten shot

617-6 4" ten shot

JKP

You should consider picking up a speed loader or two since you have those revolvers...

Tugar

Going to buck the trend. I love my SR22. It's not super accurate, my Mark II runs rings around it that way. But it's easy to shoot, easy to load, and my favorite part is VERY EASY TO CLEAN. Takes mere seconds to pull the slide off, swap the bore, wipe it down and it's good.

At the indoor range, I like shooting stingers. It actually has a little pressure and blast. 


Taking apart that MarkII is a nightmare. If it wasn't the tack driver it is, it would be gone. 

JKP

Lots of good videos that take the mystery out of field stripping a Ruger. The key is pulling the trigger before disassembly.

bullsi1911

JKP said:

You should consider picking up a speed loader or two since you have those revolvers...

Made me LOL.

my current favorite is the little Israeli surplus beretta I picked up a few months ago.  It’s just cute and fun.

ds10speed

JKP said:

Lots of good videos that take the mystery out of field stripping a Ruger. The key is pulling the trigger before disassembly.

Thanks for posting, I have MKII competition slab side that I use so little that it only needs to be taken apart every 5 years or so, by then I forget how to do it.

PFD

Tugar said:

Taking apart that MarkII is a nightmare. If it wasn't the tack driver it is, it would be gone. 

I installed one of these on my 22/45 and haven't detail stripped it since.

https://majesticarms.com/product/speed-strip-mark-i-mark-ii-and-mark-ii-22-45/

JunkCollector

This is an easy one for me.
S&W K 22 from just after WW II

Big Al1

The first thing I was going to buy when I got from Nam, about 50 years ago, was a Colt New Frontier .22/22mag.
I went to the gun shop and was all ready to buy one until I looked at the price tag! $180, which was about $20 less than I made each month as a buck sgt!! So the salemans said, how about a Ruger?? So I got a SS6 .22/22mag for about $60. Still have it and still shoots great!

(Sako you suck!!) 

sakodude

Big Al1 said:

The first thing I was going to buy when I got from Nam, about 50 years ago, was a Colt New Frontier .22/22mag.
I went to the gun shop and was all ready to buy one until I looked at the price tag! $180, which was about $20 less than I made each month as a buck sgt!! So the salemans said, how about a Ruger?? So I got a SS6 .22/22mag for about $60. Still have it and still shoots great!

(Sako you suck!!) 

Thank you, A high honor coming from you.

JunkCollector

sakodude said:

My Sig Hammerli edged this out ever so slightly but this runs a very tight second place.
Colt new Frontier.

Someone needeth pictures of a nickle one at the local place I think...pretty long tube on it.....real manly 

sakodude

JunkCollector said:

sakodude said:

My Sig Hammerli edged this out ever so slightly but this runs a very tight second place.
Colt new Frontier.

Someone needeth pictures of a nickle one at the local place I think...pretty long tube on it.....real manly 

Actually, My wife happens to like those so a picture might be in order..

rberglof

Colt Match Target and of course my Colt Frontier Scout. 

Bigslug

JunkCollector said:

This is an easy one for me.
S&W K 22 from just after WW II

.22 problem?  I don't have a .22 problem.