.22 Mag Reliable?
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RodTheWrench
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Do what you want
Hey bud, if you want to get better at shooting FIRST(HIGHLY recommended), there are lots of guns better equipped to help you do that than a Ruger LCR. The LCR is designed pretty much as a carry-only platform - no hammer, groove rear sight, light weight, slim profile. It's not intended to be a gun you practice with, at least not much. MY fear is that you buy the gun, wind up not being able to hit what you want to at the range to your satisfaction and wind up blaming the gun and/or thinking you're not a good enough shot to be trusted to carry it for defense.
I'd say get a 6" barreled 22LR, either semi-auto or revolver, get some training and go shoot it. Paper, pop cans, whatever you like and can have fun with.
THEN work your way up to something else you can handle. The LCR in .357 Magnum - if you still like them at that point - is a peach!
Hey bud, if you want to get better at shooting FIRST(HIGHLY recommended), there are lots of guns better equipped to help you do that than a Ruger LCR. The LCR is designed pretty much as a carry-only platform - no hammer, groove rear sight, light weight, slim profile. It's not intended to be a gun you practice with, at least not much. MY fear is that you buy the gun, wind up not being able to hit what you want to at the range to your satisfaction and wind up blaming the gun and/or thinking you're not a good enough shot to be trusted to carry it for defense.
I'd say get a 6" barreled 22LR, either semi-auto or revolver, get some training and go shoot it. Paper, pop cans, whatever you like and can have fun with.
THEN work your way up to something else you can handle. The LCR in .357 Magnum - if you still like them at that point - is a peach!
22-rimfire
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I think there is a lot of sense in that. Most of the folks here that are buying and shooting LCR's are folks that have other guns and shoot them. A larger 22 revolver would make a lot of sense. But the only problem with that is it would not be something you would likely carry concealed. But for shooting and walks in the woods, larger revolver is more pleasant. You can still use it for home defense.
For years I had absolutely no interest in owning a snub nosed revolver. Money was never the issue. At that time, it was not as easy as now to get a concealed carry permit, or I simply didn't know how or what the requirements were. It has only be in the last 7 years or so that I have gotten interested in small guns that you can easily conceal.
For years I had absolutely no interest in owning a snub nosed revolver. Money was never the issue. At that time, it was not as easy as now to get a concealed carry permit, or I simply didn't know how or what the requirements were. It has only be in the last 7 years or so that I have gotten interested in small guns that you can easily conceal.
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If I remember correctly (always a challenge), I bought my first Ruger Single Six in .22/.22 mag. over 50 years ago. I sold that first one when I went in the service. But I bought a new one when I got out, and I have owned one or more revolvers in .22 WMR ever since. I have fired many thousands of rounds through these guns and cannot recall ever having a misfire or any other problem with reliability.
newfrontier45
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Most is burned in the cylinder. The rest in no more than the first inch of barrel. The myth being that muzzle flash is burning powder. That faster powders yield higher velocities in shorter barrels. Neither of which is true.
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