Double action .22s

[ghh3rd]

The Ruger Super Single Six .22 that I purchased new in 1974 is still going strong. I know, it's a single action, but I'm not trying to shoot quickly with it, just nice and deliberatly picking the bullseye out of the target. I've heard that they aren't supposed to be the most accuarate gun around, but I find it to be so.

Randy

ps - it comes with a magnum cylinder too.

 

[ClemY]

To me, .22s are good for surrogate practice and just plain fun. My S&W 17 and 617s closely match some of my double action large caliber guns and provide cheap practice. My single six provides pretty good practice for my single action guns, but the frame is smaller and the hammer is lower, so it doesn’t match my NMBHs as well. In the just plain fun category, it doesn’t matter if anything matches anything. I just require accuracy, good sights and a good trigger. No problem, I have that in all my guns.

 

[IV Troop]

A previous poster stated that the point of shooting a DA .22lr was as an understudy to their full sized sd/hd guns. I understand the thought process, but I disagree.

Speaking for myself, I simply enjoy shooting .22s and not having to reload ammunition. Rimfires are just good clean fun. Bouncing tin cans and hunting jackrabbits is just an enjoyable past time and it has nothing to do with any tactical/self defense/home defense anything. They are simply wholesome entertainment.

 

[woad_yurt]

If you can't or don't want to spend a buttload on a Smith, how about an H&R 676 convertible? I have one with a 7.5" barrel and it's one monster tackdriver in LR or WMR. It's also DA so one can get off those few quick shots in a pinch. $200 or so should get you one on Gunbroker if you look around. I have one (have had two others) and the DA trigger is in the good-medium range.

This is a regular occurence:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=138965774

 

[MCgunner]

Just a good, reliable, accurate kit gun for field carry or plinking. Rossi, 511 Sportsman. I shoot it every range trip and have taken lots of small game (mostly rabbits) with it. No, it's not ostentatious, not a thousand dollar Smith, not an "oldy, but goody", but it's just a danged accurate field gun that is well made and didn't cost an arm and a leg, $199 IIRC back about 1989. It has eaten many thousands of rounds and gets fired nearly every range trip. The DA ain't that great, stiff and rough, but SA is sweet and that's what I mainly care about as DA practice is done with my carries. My reloads, my own cast bullets, are nearly as cheap as .22 ammo and practicing with the gun you carry is always preferable IMHO for defensive guns.

 

[cluttonfred]

If you have to get something new, then the Charter Arms and Taurus lines include double-action 22s. But as others have said, you get what you pay for and will likely get a higher quality gun in a used S&W. There are a lot of nice single-action .22s to choose from if you want to release your inner cowboy...a Ruger Single Six is very handy.

 

[IV Troop]

Pre model 18 :

 

[IV Troop]

6" Model 17:

 

[IV Troop]