Thinking of getting a 22LR for building up skills.
I thought about getting M&P 22LR as I have M&P 9 but a lot of you suggested on getting a target 22LR so I read a lot of threads and watched a lot of videos.
It comes down to basically 3 semiautomatic 22LR pistols.
1. Ruger Mark
2. Browning Buck Mark
3. S&W Victory
Here's the summary from my research.
Some like Browning and S&W over Ruger but most used/liked is Ruger.
S&W Victory feels great and shoots great out of the box but looks ugly/plain in comparison.
It is fine for target training and plinking and quite few use it in the competition.
Browning feels better than Ruger and shoots great out of the box but not as much popular in competition as Ruger.
Ruger is the most popular but it is not that great from factory and needs few upgrades out of the box and a lot of upgrades to make it to the competition.
Grip is too thin for many.
I'm not thinking about competition in near futurebut if I can get a gun that also works for competition without spending three times the gun's purchase price in upgrades, I'll buy it.
So here are the questions:
1. Is S&W victory good option? It's around $309.
2. What barrel Browning Buck Mark you suggest? 4" Micro Bull for $269 or 5.5" for $309 or any other model?
Is the 4" Buck Mark as good as longer versions for training?
If it is, I may get it and call it done.
It's cheap and good out of the box for training with no upgrades needed.
3. If Ruger, what model? What barrel? Some models are around $319 like the 22/45 Target but others are over $400 like the 22/45 lite and even over $600 for the competition model.
I'm okay spending little more from the cheapest but I really don't want to spend money on upgrades immediately.
Thanks