Suggestions Please

[DavidMcmillan]

Last night I had a friend ask about a .22lr handgun for his wife. She has a little experience, and according to him, is a fairly good already. She does not want a revolver, and she is currently only interested in .22lr.

I suggested, in no particular order, M&P Compact, Ruger SR-22, and Walther P-22.

Any other ideas?

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Self defense? Plinking? Target shooting?

 

[DavidMcmillan]

Yes, all of the above apparently.

 

[MavMatt]

I had a Walther a few years ago when .22 was hard to get ahold of and mine was very picky on what kind of ammo it liked. It was very annoying trying to let my then young son how to shoot when I was clearing a jam every 3rd round. I traded it for a revolver.
I have heard very good reviews from my friends on the sr-22 from Ruger and have been thinking about getting one

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Not sure violence is the answer, but I love my Browning Buckmark for target shooting and plinking. I have a Ruger Lite that is factory threaded for a suppressor that gets used more often now. It isn't quite as accurate as the Browning but makes up for it being quieter.

 

[swampratt]

I wanted to know which .22 pistol was the most accurate.
Got some answers here.
https://www.okshooters.com/threads/22-pistol-revolver-your-most-accurate.277586/

 

[O4L]

Ruger Mark IV.

 

[DavidMcmillan]

Good stuff. Thanks to all. I have the M&P, but I wanted to be able to give him more than my thoughts. We're having dinner with them tonight, so I'll wrap all this up and send him shopping!

 

[Perplexed]

Might mention the Ruger Mk III as well. Love mine.

 

[coolhandluke]

Browning Buckmark or S&W Victory.

Nearly every Ruger MK or 22/45 that I've been around seem to have random reliability issues and their magazines tend to be the culprit.

If you can stand loading the magazines, a CZ Kadet kit mounted to a 75 frame are the cats meow for anything under $1k.