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I have a Ruger 22/45 in SS that is accurate as all get out but I bought the 4" tapered barrel version and it's hard as heck to hold it steady. It just feels too muzzle-light. I really wish I had chosen the bull barrel model. 
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That looks slick! love the pencil barrel and white grips. Were did you get the grips?
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I bought 2 (5” I think) blue barrel from Valcorseine (spelled it wrong). They are bull barrels. Every couple of years they sell them for $40 each, no limit. But the serial number is on the barrel, and has to be transferred to a FFL, and that comes with more feesI have a Ruger 22/45 in SS that is accurate as all get out but I bought the 4" tapered barrel version and it's hard as heck to hold it steady. It just feels too muzzle-light. I really wish I had chosen the bull barrel model.
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Those are Hogue grips I found on Ebay. Those are actually green, but my flash washes out the color.
Just a testament to the reliability of that pistol, I bought enough Federal red box 36g 550 round bulk boxes a few years ago to last me the rest of my life. I will take a box to the range and shoot all 550 rounds in one sitting. That pistol, out of close to 2500 rounds at this point, has not had one ftf or fte, or stovepipe, or anything. Not once. Even when I get close to shooting the last of one of those bulk boxes and the pistol is dirty. Not to say it will never happen, but it's been super reliable. I guess it also says something about that cheap ammo I bought pre-pandemic. I've lived through a few ammo shortages and kind of anticipated this one we are in now.
You don't say what Mark your 22/45 is, but if it happens to be a Mark IV, look here: https://volquartsen.com/clearanceI have a Ruger 22/45 in SS that is accurate as all get out but I bought the 4" tapered barrel version and it's hard as heck to hold it steady. It just feels too muzzle-light. I really wish I had chosen the bull barrel model.
You can buy an upper of your choosing and just swap them out.
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My early 80's buckmark with its great uncle the colt targetsman. The buckmark is extremely reliable and a tack driver. The colt, well... it looks really nice.
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that’s what I bought, cost like $40 each! but they are serialized, and has to be FFL-ed
This is true. But I bought one of the 'Bare Bones' ones just to see if it would work with my 22/45 Lite lower. I haven't shot it a lot, but I also haven't had any malfunctions, either. For less than ~$75, all total including shipping and transfer, I get my choice of uppers.
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my last order, they left the adjustable target sights on, I can’t remember what I paid for them. Was either $40 or $60 each - something like that
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Man... what a deal! Mine's an old Mark II so that's not an option, unfortunately.
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I've got both a Ruger Mk 1 (with a Pac-lite upper) and a Browning Buckmark which I love but to a LOT of tinkering to get working right.
I've also got a cheapo GSG 1911 .22LR conversion upper that I sometimes use on my STI Spartan. It took a lot of fitting before it fit onto the frame right but after fitting its ironically the most reliable .22LR out of the 3 (though at the same time the least enjoyable to shoot due to the unnecessary heft of the steel 1911 frame).
For a range gun, I'd buy a Buckmark and if it needs some testing/break-in/TLC do that.
I've also got a cheapo GSG 1911 .22LR conversion upper that I sometimes use on my STI Spartan. It took a lot of fitting before it fit onto the frame right but after fitting its ironically the most reliable .22LR out of the 3 (though at the same time the least enjoyable to shoot due to the unnecessary heft of the steel 1911 frame).
For a range gun, I'd buy a Buckmark and if it needs some testing/break-in/TLC do that.
Browning International Medalist is my favorite, next is the standard Medalist (which is the same gun except it has has a slightly longer barrel, slightly different grip, and came with a wood forend). I can't believe I somehow shot 22 semi-automatics (mostly Rugers and Buckmarks) for 50 years before discovering these guns, but they are pretty much the only 22 semi-autos I have any interest in now. One interesting thing, I've let friends and family shoot them and I believe every single one of them out-shoot their own guns with the Medalists the first time they tried them.
I also have a selection of Challenger barrels and grips that interchange, but the International Medalist barrel (left and center above) is my favorite because I find the weight and balance just right.
With 4.5" Challenger barrel and left-hand grip:
Shown with some other guns for scale:
I also have a selection of Challenger barrels and grips that interchange, but the International Medalist barrel (left and center above) is my favorite because I find the weight and balance just right.
With 4.5" Challenger barrel and left-hand grip:
Shown with some other guns for scale:
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very nice collection! how long did that take you to accumulate
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Sold my Ruger mk 2 slab-side and purchased a Colt woodsman. The finish is compromised but it shoots great. Looking for another mag or two.
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In my old pistol club we had a Browning International 150 and I had shot it or a Colt OMM for years. The club record of 299/300 was shot with that old club owned gun. Over the years it must have been shot close to hundred thousand rounds but still went strong and had not lost any accuracy.
That is one of the reasons, why I have one now. I am getting sentimental in my old age. I also have a Challenger barrel for it.
I got the first International Medalist (top left in the photo of 8 guns) about 5 years ago off of GB (gunbroker). It's a 1971 model, I paid $451 for it, which was a good price at the time. After receiving it and being highly impressed with the build quality, and then shooting it and really loving it, the Medalists became one of the guns that I watched for on GB. Since that time, I've picked up the other two guns, some additional grips (the Challenger grip, like the brown one shown in the photos, also fit these guns), and a couple of 4.5" Challenger barrels and 6.75" Challenger barrels, and some extra magazines. I'm a bargain shopper, so I keep an eye out for stuff I'm interested in and buy when I find bargains. For the most of 2021, bargains on most any gun have been few and far between. As I'm sure you are aware.
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I have a Challenger barrel but gave the threaded barrel to my son with an FN International 150. While guns got more expensive, the price for natural gas increased by 300% since 2019. My electricity provider just sent that discouraging price update yesterday.
I have a Challenger barrel but gave the threaded barrel to my son with an FN International 150. While guns got more expensive, the price for natural gas increased by 300% since 2019. My electricity provider just sent that discouraging price update yesterday.
Wait.... I thought the government said inflation is only 7%???
Joking aside, I agree, there are a ton of things that have increased in price as much or more than most guns. Which, in some ways (since I'll need more money for those other items, many of which are necessities), makes it even harder to justify buying another gun when I absolutely do not need any more. It seems that the guns I'm drawn to are among the ones that have taken sharp increases in what they'll bring. Some of the guns I have have increased by approximately 100% in the past 18 months or so, and most of the ones I'm interested in acquiring (most were made between 1950 and 2000 or so) are up 30 - 40%. Nuts!
That said, if I needed a gun, I'd be inclined to buy it now, even though most of them cost more than they did several months ago.
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I had the later verion of the Jennings … called the JA-22, had to send it back because it would slam fire. DANGEROUS
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