Riomouse911
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When Browning brought out their scaled down .380 and .22 caliber 1911 blowback pistols, I loved the idea of a 1911 sized to these lower powered rounds. Having been recently feeding my S&W revolver and CZ habit, I haven’t bumped into one of these in .22 yet.
Well no more, I found a compact .22 version on consignment at a LGS that looks like the previous buyer wiped it down once and never fired it.
On inspection I saw zero wear on the magazine, slide, barrel or frame, no powder residue in the chamber or magwell and absolutely zero oil on any sliding surface. I couldn’t say no, so I didn’t.
I picked it up this morning after the mandated 10-day wait. During that time I picked up two additional magazines off of eBay, which arrived on Thursday. (I always grab at least two extras when I bring home autos, you never know when a mag may take a dive.)
It takes down just like a miniature 1911, which is pretty cool. Sights are correspondingly small, I guess if they were regular sized they wouldn’t fit on this slide. That may be an issue shooting indoors.
When all was done I oiled what needed to be oiled, put it back together and am now waiting for a chance to go shoot.
I like the feel of a regular 1911, this smaller one has that similar comfy fit. Being roughly 85% the size of a 1911 my trigger finger can reach clean through the trigger guard. I think it will take a little bit of range time to figure out exactly how I will grip it to avoid hammer bite, etc.
When I get to the range I will post how it shoots.
Does anyone else have a 1911-22? If so, what do you think of them, both goods and bads?
Stay safe.
Well no more, I found a compact .22 version on consignment at a LGS that looks like the previous buyer wiped it down once and never fired it.
On inspection I saw zero wear on the magazine, slide, barrel or frame, no powder residue in the chamber or magwell and absolutely zero oil on any sliding surface. I couldn’t say no, so I didn’t.
I picked it up this morning after the mandated 10-day wait. During that time I picked up two additional magazines off of eBay, which arrived on Thursday. (I always grab at least two extras when I bring home autos, you never know when a mag may take a dive.)
It takes down just like a miniature 1911, which is pretty cool. Sights are correspondingly small, I guess if they were regular sized they wouldn’t fit on this slide. That may be an issue shooting indoors.
When all was done I oiled what needed to be oiled, put it back together and am now waiting for a chance to go shoot.
I like the feel of a regular 1911, this smaller one has that similar comfy fit. Being roughly 85% the size of a 1911 my trigger finger can reach clean through the trigger guard. I think it will take a little bit of range time to figure out exactly how I will grip it to avoid hammer bite, etc.
When I get to the range I will post how it shoots.
Does anyone else have a 1911-22? If so, what do you think of them, both goods and bads?
Stay safe.
