BerettaNut92
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Reasons to choose a .22LR conversion kit over a dedicated .22LR pistol.
1. Same manual of arms = more familiarity. When you have a failure, you can rack the whole slide instead of that stupid pinchey-pulley action that .22 target pistols seem to have. Much more ergonomic and therefore much easier to clear; I have to fight some of these .22LR plinkers like the 22/45 and SW22 to get them to cycle.
2. Same trigger = more familiarity. You can practice the trigger reset on your combat arm, which is hard during dry-fire. Much more efficient than using full power 9mm to practice trigger reset, as it eliminate the feel of the recoil...all your feel is the trigger and the reset. Dry firing, you don't get the true feel as you have to cycle the slide.
3. For DA pistols like the Beretta, 2nd strike capability. 22 ammo can be finicky and instead of clearing every round that has a light strike, just pull the trigger again. Or practice malfunction drills on your combat pistol (again, same manual of arms).
4. Not sure about other pistols, but the Beretta conversion is pretty darned reliable. I've only had one stovepipe but it's probably because I haven't cleaned the thing since I bought it, with 1300 rounds thru the thing by now. Rugers and a S&W 22 auto that I've played with have had problems feeding, ejecting, extracting, whatever. The Beretta just runs.
The downside is the cost. Kits sometimes cost more than a barebones .22 pistol, but if you already have a trigger job on your Beretta, 1911, or whatever, you have the same sweet trigger.
Not all Beretta .22s have light strike problems, I have a liiiight mainspring on mine, so that causes the light strikes. I'm sure having the standard 92FS mainspring, most of these problems will go away.
1. Same manual of arms = more familiarity. When you have a failure, you can rack the whole slide instead of that stupid pinchey-pulley action that .22 target pistols seem to have. Much more ergonomic and therefore much easier to clear; I have to fight some of these .22LR plinkers like the 22/45 and SW22 to get them to cycle.
2. Same trigger = more familiarity. You can practice the trigger reset on your combat arm, which is hard during dry-fire. Much more efficient than using full power 9mm to practice trigger reset, as it eliminate the feel of the recoil...all your feel is the trigger and the reset. Dry firing, you don't get the true feel as you have to cycle the slide.
3. For DA pistols like the Beretta, 2nd strike capability. 22 ammo can be finicky and instead of clearing every round that has a light strike, just pull the trigger again. Or practice malfunction drills on your combat pistol (again, same manual of arms).
4. Not sure about other pistols, but the Beretta conversion is pretty darned reliable. I've only had one stovepipe but it's probably because I haven't cleaned the thing since I bought it, with 1300 rounds thru the thing by now. Rugers and a S&W 22 auto that I've played with have had problems feeding, ejecting, extracting, whatever. The Beretta just runs.
The downside is the cost. Kits sometimes cost more than a barebones .22 pistol, but if you already have a trigger job on your Beretta, 1911, or whatever, you have the same sweet trigger.
Not all Beretta .22s have light strike problems, I have a liiiight mainspring on mine, so that causes the light strikes. I'm sure having the standard 92FS mainspring, most of these problems will go away.