il.bill
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I was not too worried about my 'stash' of .22LR cartridges, figuring that they would last a long time shooting them in my Ruger Single Six Revolver, but now I can see that I need to find some more.
I just bought my very first .22LR Semi-Automatic Pistol, a German Sport Guns M1911 imported by ATI. After a day at the range yesterday, it has jumped to very near the top of my favorite firearms list. I cannot remember having as much fun shooting a handgun as I did with that GSG M1911. The initial magazine load hit a little left, but after an easy rear sight adjustment, from the second mag on it shot right where I told it to. It flawlessly fed and ejected nearly 200 rounds of CCI Mini Mags, Winchester Super-X, and even bulk pack Federal 36 grain copper-plated HP cartridges. The ONLY hic-cough was a single CCI Mini Mag that failed to fire, even with a good dimple from the firing pin - after I rotated it 180 degrees and put it back on top of the magazine, it went off normally once the firing pin found a section of the rim that had some primer in it.
It was probably a good thing that it only came with one magazine (I ordered two more this morning) since just 10-rounds at a time burned through nearly 10% of my .22LR stock. At ten to twelve yards I was shooting that .22 pistol as well as any handgun that I own. The little water bottles I brought along did not stand a chance.
The German Sport Guns .22LR M1911 is the same basic size as Mr. Bowning's iconic design and apparently even has about 80% parts compatibility. I could not have been happier with how it felt and fired. I was so smitten with that pistol that I came home and ordered a second one for my wife so that we could both have fun at the same time.
I just bought my very first .22LR Semi-Automatic Pistol, a German Sport Guns M1911 imported by ATI. After a day at the range yesterday, it has jumped to very near the top of my favorite firearms list. I cannot remember having as much fun shooting a handgun as I did with that GSG M1911. The initial magazine load hit a little left, but after an easy rear sight adjustment, from the second mag on it shot right where I told it to. It flawlessly fed and ejected nearly 200 rounds of CCI Mini Mags, Winchester Super-X, and even bulk pack Federal 36 grain copper-plated HP cartridges. The ONLY hic-cough was a single CCI Mini Mag that failed to fire, even with a good dimple from the firing pin - after I rotated it 180 degrees and put it back on top of the magazine, it went off normally once the firing pin found a section of the rim that had some primer in it.
It was probably a good thing that it only came with one magazine (I ordered two more this morning) since just 10-rounds at a time burned through nearly 10% of my .22LR stock. At ten to twelve yards I was shooting that .22 pistol as well as any handgun that I own. The little water bottles I brought along did not stand a chance.
The German Sport Guns .22LR M1911 is the same basic size as Mr. Bowning's iconic design and apparently even has about 80% parts compatibility. I could not have been happier with how it felt and fired. I was so smitten with that pistol that I came home and ordered a second one for my wife so that we could both have fun at the same time.
