tpelle
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I seriously thought about a Beretta 21A, but didn't go through with it. It's not that I didn't think the .22 LR couldn't get the job done, given proper shot placement. It's just that, in my experience, with different brands of ammo and in different pistols, I've just seen too many dud rounds. You'd have a misfire, look at the case and see the rim was solidly dented from the firing pin strike, then put the same cartridge back in the chamber and give it another shot, and then it would work. It seems to me that the process for priming the rimfire case just doesn't get the priming compound distributed evenly around the rim or something.
It doesn't happen a lot, admittedly, but it happens enough for me to rule it out.
I will say, though, that the size of a 21A coupled with the low cost of the ammo, still makes it a pretty attractive package.
It doesn't happen a lot, admittedly, but it happens enough for me to rule it out.
I will say, though, that the size of a 21A coupled with the low cost of the ammo, still makes it a pretty attractive package.