I would not buy a used 22 revolver made by any gun company that is out of business.
Parts to fix it will cost more then the gun is worth.
You might buy a H&R or a High Standard revolver for as little as $100 and find out you have to spend $150 to fix it.
All revovlers are sentive to how they are handled and fired.
And ironically,the smallest rounds of the bunch,the 22 rimfire round revolvers are the most sensitive of all.
If your used revovler has been dryfired,that may have destroyed the firing pin or hammer firing tang as well as the rear face of the cylinder.
I would only recommend buying a new Smith and Wesson,new Ruger or new Taurus( primarily because of the Taurus warranty)
In used ,I would only buy the same brands because they can at least be sent somewhere to be fixed.
Now I must confess I would love to own a Colt Diamondback 22 revolver but I know if that gun had issues,I'd probably need to have several hundred dollars ready to fix it.
But that would be well worth fixing.
I also would'nt pass up a Dan Wesson 22 revolver either because there are places you can get it fixed too but you have to search for them more.
So at a cost -trouble ratio .....it would be buy a Ruger first cheaper cost /very well made.
Buy a Smith second-expensive but very well made.
Buy a Taurus last-usually very cheap and they have had issues with their 22 revolvers-but Taurus stands behind those guns and will either fix them or (I've read) replace them.
But you might spend a good chunk of money sending them back for repair.
Otherwise,I would'nt buy another 22 rimfire revovler.
The cost is complete loss of you money if it needs to be fixed.
I almost left out Heritage Manufacturing-they sell probably the cheapest 22 revolver on the market that can be said to be of any quality worth owning-I have seen some issues reported with this brand but as many saying they love their cheap to buy Heritage revolvers.
The question is-do you feel lucky?
At least,unlike H&R and High Standard ,with Heritage,you have someone you can talk to to get the gun's issues fixed of there are any.
Parts to fix it will cost more then the gun is worth.
You might buy a H&R or a High Standard revolver for as little as $100 and find out you have to spend $150 to fix it.
All revovlers are sentive to how they are handled and fired.
And ironically,the smallest rounds of the bunch,the 22 rimfire round revolvers are the most sensitive of all.
If your used revovler has been dryfired,that may have destroyed the firing pin or hammer firing tang as well as the rear face of the cylinder.
I would only recommend buying a new Smith and Wesson,new Ruger or new Taurus( primarily because of the Taurus warranty)
In used ,I would only buy the same brands because they can at least be sent somewhere to be fixed.
Now I must confess I would love to own a Colt Diamondback 22 revolver but I know if that gun had issues,I'd probably need to have several hundred dollars ready to fix it.
But that would be well worth fixing.
I also would'nt pass up a Dan Wesson 22 revolver either because there are places you can get it fixed too but you have to search for them more.
So at a cost -trouble ratio .....it would be buy a Ruger first cheaper cost /very well made.
Buy a Smith second-expensive but very well made.
Buy a Taurus last-usually very cheap and they have had issues with their 22 revolvers-but Taurus stands behind those guns and will either fix them or (I've read) replace them.
But you might spend a good chunk of money sending them back for repair.
Otherwise,I would'nt buy another 22 rimfire revovler.
The cost is complete loss of you money if it needs to be fixed.
I almost left out Heritage Manufacturing-they sell probably the cheapest 22 revolver on the market that can be said to be of any quality worth owning-I have seen some issues reported with this brand but as many saying they love their cheap to buy Heritage revolvers.
The question is-do you feel lucky?
At least,unlike H&R and High Standard ,with Heritage,you have someone you can talk to to get the gun's issues fixed of there are any.