I've actually posted this on a couple other forums but I just realized how much traffic the revolver forum here gets, so I thought maybe this would be helpful to anyone in the market.
So I ended up winning an auction on a 22lr LCR when the guy I was going up against stopped trying at $340 (winning bid was $345, crazy). I was in the market because I have a 357 LCR that I enjoyed shooting but didn't enjoy buying ammo for lol. I was on the fence because I heard that some people ended up with really stiff triggers and others had trouble with some types of CCI ammo. Anyway, unexpectedly winning on such a low bid kinda forced me off the fence. I took it to the range a couple weekends ago for the first time, and instantly fell in love. Probably put about ~300 rounds through it (winchester and federal bulk) and it functioned flawlessly. Trigger is a little stiffer than the 357, but not a big deal at all. So much fun though... essentially no felt recoil whatsoever, and ammo was cheap enough that you can just dump cylinder after cylinder through it without a care in the world. Seems to hit point of aim within 15 yards or so (I was shooting metal plates etc so hard to say exactly, but it hit all the stuff I was aiming at pretty darn well). I'm tempted to say it's my new favorite gun, but maybe it will just end up being "one of my favorites" once the newness wears off. Either way, it's great.
As an added bonus, seems like an excellent trainer for the 357. The slightly stiffer trigger makes operating the 357's trigger smoothly that much easier, and way more importantly, firing the 22 is helping to train me to fully reset the trigger between shots. The first few rapid fire cylinders on the 22 I noticed that I didn't let the trigger fully reset, so when I pulled it back again nothing happened. This same thing happens with the 357, but I didn't fire it often/rapidly enough to even realize it my first time out with it. I spent the rest of the afternoon alternating between rapid and slower fire with the 22, and seem to have broken the bad habit of not letting the trigger reset fully by the end of the day (of course, I'll have to go back and shoot it *a lot* more, just to make sure
).
Anyway, seems to be a great gun. Highly recommend it for those who want a trainer for their 38/357 LCR, or just want something to get new people used to shooting. It's got a little more noise than a longer-barreled 22, but it's not intimidating in the least.
I think I may pick up some vipers or yellow jackets for it, see how those work out on the next trip so I can keep some decent high velocity stuff in it that I know won't run the risk of binding. I may also see if I can find any of that winchester hyper speed 40gr or xpediter 32gr locally.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/12/13/new-winchester-xpediter-22-lr-hyper-velocity/
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/04/winchester-hyper-speed-hp-and-new-555-round-bulk-pack/
So I ended up winning an auction on a 22lr LCR when the guy I was going up against stopped trying at $340 (winning bid was $345, crazy). I was in the market because I have a 357 LCR that I enjoyed shooting but didn't enjoy buying ammo for lol. I was on the fence because I heard that some people ended up with really stiff triggers and others had trouble with some types of CCI ammo. Anyway, unexpectedly winning on such a low bid kinda forced me off the fence. I took it to the range a couple weekends ago for the first time, and instantly fell in love. Probably put about ~300 rounds through it (winchester and federal bulk) and it functioned flawlessly. Trigger is a little stiffer than the 357, but not a big deal at all. So much fun though... essentially no felt recoil whatsoever, and ammo was cheap enough that you can just dump cylinder after cylinder through it without a care in the world. Seems to hit point of aim within 15 yards or so (I was shooting metal plates etc so hard to say exactly, but it hit all the stuff I was aiming at pretty darn well). I'm tempted to say it's my new favorite gun, but maybe it will just end up being "one of my favorites" once the newness wears off. Either way, it's great.
As an added bonus, seems like an excellent trainer for the 357. The slightly stiffer trigger makes operating the 357's trigger smoothly that much easier, and way more importantly, firing the 22 is helping to train me to fully reset the trigger between shots. The first few rapid fire cylinders on the 22 I noticed that I didn't let the trigger fully reset, so when I pulled it back again nothing happened. This same thing happens with the 357, but I didn't fire it often/rapidly enough to even realize it my first time out with it. I spent the rest of the afternoon alternating between rapid and slower fire with the 22, and seem to have broken the bad habit of not letting the trigger reset fully by the end of the day (of course, I'll have to go back and shoot it *a lot* more, just to make sure
). Anyway, seems to be a great gun. Highly recommend it for those who want a trainer for their 38/357 LCR, or just want something to get new people used to shooting. It's got a little more noise than a longer-barreled 22, but it's not intimidating in the least.
I think I may pick up some vipers or yellow jackets for it, see how those work out on the next trip so I can keep some decent high velocity stuff in it that I know won't run the risk of binding. I may also see if I can find any of that winchester hyper speed 40gr or xpediter 32gr locally.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/12/13/new-winchester-xpediter-22-lr-hyper-velocity/
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/04/winchester-hyper-speed-hp-and-new-555-round-bulk-pack/
