I can't believe I bought a Jennings...

[twinhairdryers]

who shot you with a raven

romma - who shot you with a raven?

"romma

I was shot in my shoulder and neck with a Raven .25 and it wasn't pretty. They will do the trick with the right placement!"

that must have stung like hell.

 

[brashboy]

Jennings Dry-Fire Blues

Also, you'll be sorry if you dry-fire the Jennings J22. Doing so can cause the striker to hit the edge of the chamber, burring it. This happened to mine, and the slide would not lock up when a round was chambered. I solved the problem with a small file, but there is a little pock mark that can't be filled in; hardly the mark of a fine handgun.

Let me reiterate the warning above not to carry it with a live round chambered. In fact, when merely chambering a round, be afraid... be very afraid.

brash

 

[target1911]

Quote:
"I can't believe I bought a Jennings... "

I can't believe you did either!

Beat me to it

WOW...a lot of like-minds here

Wow, is that the Jennings single shot with a shell holder in the grip?

My Mom has one of those....and that is exactly how it works too....not to mention its very hard to hit a pie plate at 10 ft. Yes, I said ft not yds

 

[CajunBass]

hardly the mark of a fine handgun

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Whoever said Jennings was a "fine handgun." I don't think THEY even try to claim that.

 

[MassMark]

I had a Jennings years and years ago that would only function with CCI Stingers. It malfunctioned with everything else I put in it and I have no idea as to why. I wonder where it is now??? Perhaps melted down to make napkin rings or something...

 

[Carl N. Brown]

quote massmark: I had a Jennings years and years ago that would only function with CCI Stingers.

My experience too. And the reccommendation in the instruction booklet.

 

[Phelptwan]

My first auto was a J-22...I still own it. I bought a crate of .22lr about 5 years ago (10000rds), and I've put at least 1000 through the bugger. My only real problem with is it is that it fails to eject every 5 mags...after a cleaning it's good to go.

 

[KINGMAX]

use it for a swamp gun

if u take it to the swamp, and it don't come back, well, u ain't lost much

 

[KINGMAX]

i can't believe you bought one either

 

[Cowboybootnut]

I bought one abut 25 years ago when they first came out. It was $65. I traded it 1-2 years ago. It was very reliable, I shot only CCI Mini-Mags and had no jams, FTF, etc. I believe I shot about 1000 rds or so.

It was fairly reasonable in accuracy from 5 to 10 yds.

 

[McCall911]

Ah, you could do worse than buying a Jennings. It's really not a bad-looking little pistol IMO.

What's worse is when you pay 5 to 10 times that $85 for something and it turns out to be total junk!

 

[DMK]

My dad's got one. It's kinda fun to shoot. It's no target gun, but not inaccurate at 15 yards. He had something break when he first got it(can't remember what it was). Sent it back, they fixed it promptly and he never had another problem. Feeds anything he's fed it, which is usually the cheapest 22LR he can find.

 

[Slinger]

Confession is good for the soul. Don't you feel better now?

 

[bkjeffrey]

I was given a Jennings J22 a few weeks ago. It appeared to be brand new. The first thing I did was clean and liberally oil it. I can say that out of 600 round of CCI Stinger only about 15ish failure to ejects. No other problems with operation. I also can consistently hit an old washing machine at about 35 yards with it.

 

[weregunner]

Just for gee whiz info there is this:

www.bryco-jennings-jimenezarms.com

 

[RyanM]

Well, at least it's a .22, so if the slide flies off, it won't fly off all that hard. Ever watch Sin City?

 

[sm]

Over the years, assisting new folks we either had access to one of the Jennings's in .22 or bought one.
Some of the other inexpensive guns as well.

Teaching tool, instructional aid, educational too if you will.

Private ranges and even we as individuals out and about with folks we knew, would snag one of these to show.

You have someone, on a budget, and they can see, and actually shoot one.
Compare to say a used Police Trade in revolver and this person better understands what they are getting for money spent.

Oh sure, some folks had us get them one, various reasons, from being a joke to one lady, sentimental and all, her daddy got her one as a little girl and did not know what happened to it.
She got herself one with the pink grips like her daddy got her (near as she could remember) as her dad had passed and all...

Still the main deal was education, which was a good thing for a lot of folks.

Silly fun too. Get us lined up, all with these inexpensive guns, target at say 10-15 yards and "Okay who ever actually hits the target, does not have to police the range".
Or something.

I am not ashamed to admit, sitting, using knees and all to brace myself.
Well the retired SWAT looked like he was doing long range silhouette on his back and using leg...
Gun buddy had thoughts of taping his to a 2x4 to make a rifle ...

Range owners wife beat us. She walked up, weak handed threw the gun up and fired and she hit the target.
Show off...*grin*

Ladies and kids out that day, just cracking up laughing...

When they finally break, tear up, whatever, set into Lucite for book ends and similar.
Do one apart, the other together, neat gift ideas.

 

[Nitrogen]

I've always wanted one, just to tell people I own one.
Same with a hi-point.

 

[jahwarrior]

i have a cobra ca380, same ROF class as the jennings. i bought it for sentimental reasons; it reminded me of the first gun i bought, from some guy in an alley when i was 16. you know what? it shoots pretty good. i'm not going to win any matches with it, but it'll do in a pinch.

 

[HisSoldier]

I went searching to find out what these are made of, someone said "pot metal". I couldn't find anything on this particular gun. To me pot metal includes aluminum, and I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the Jennings is die cast aluminum. Same material as the Beretta though I suspect they are forged, no big difference in my opinion. If they are truly zinc die cast that would be a little worse. One reason I think why I found no references to the material in the Jennings is because the typical gun owner neither knows nor cares what his gun is made of.
If being a cheap handgun means only that it is die cast (of whatever material, aluminum or zinc) and not what the type of cheap material is used than I guess that leaves many expensive aluminum framed guns out. Not to a true materials snob like me though. If function is what matters then it doesn't matter if it is zinc or aluminum die cast, sand cast, plastic or whatever. (pressed resin impregnated fiber! The new space aged alternative! Wonder material! paper)