Browning 1911-22

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Mike Irwin

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Anyone have one of these little cuties?

I saw one for the first time a few weeks ago at a shop in Virginia. Just felt right at home in my hand, but the price tag ($600+ at a known expensive shop) didn't feel at home in my wallet. Even less so now that I've bought a new car...

What can you tell me about reliability, durability, etc?

What's the average market price (I suspect the price I saw above was MSRP+).
 
I've had one for a while, accuracy is OK it's no target gun by any stretch but it's minute of soda can out to 15 yards. Mine has been 100% reliable. Check CDNN they have a steal on the boxed set that comes with a mini KBar
 
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Hello Mike, I am new on this forum. I have one of these and $550 seems to be an average price on them. Mine has been very reliable, not target quality, but accurate and a lot of fun to shoot. I have never experienced a jam or failure to feed. I have shot an assortment of loads and makes and is has performed well with everything I have put in it. If you step up to plate, you'll not be disappointed. Best wishes, David
 
Or you could get a Ruger 22-45 for nowhere near that cost.
Not quite a 1911, but close enough for the price, with very good accuracy.
The Browning isn't exactly a 1911 either come to think.
And you won't have to miss a car payment to pay for it, either.
 
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Wife has the Browning 1911-22.."Black Label"...fits her hand like it was meant to be.... when she saw the Browning 1911-380.."Black Label"..she found her new favorite CCW purse gun....said her SA 1911-45 was getting too heavy......both Brownings have been 100% reliable....the 380 even likes the reloads we have been making....having all three... with common functions...is a plus
 
I've put a lot of rounds(I know that doesn't help much, lets say 2k?) through my Browning 1911-22, never had a hangup, and no significant wear.

Accuracy is plenty good for what I do, plink and varmint control, but like already stated its not really a target pistol in the sense a buckmark or ruger is.

I think these pistols are quite underrated amongst their competition, price and size seem to hold most folks back from trying them out.

Buds has one with pink grips for $380.
 
Got two: One full size and one compact. Both have been 100% reliable and have fed any and all garbage ammo I have put through them.

Right now CDNN is offering the boxed set with the Kabar knife for $449.00.
 
Got one of the first to come out, superb handgun for small hands (kids) and fits us with full sized mits. Aftermarket grips are starting to show up as well as other accessories.
 
It's a $50 rebate from what I can tell. Still that would make it the cheapest I've seen without the sweet blade. I'm not looking to add to my accumulation right now , but dang $400 for a sweet gun and knife!? That's hard to pass up.
 
I LOVE mine. I bought it for a two-fold reason. Getting someone used to a 1911 platform along with very low recoil allows this to be a great baby step. I have small/medium sized hands. It's still takes a bit getting used to having such a small firearm, still. There's more plastic internals than I care to see. But we're talking about a .22lr. I haven't had any malfunctions so far after a few hundred rounds. One major drawback is the front sight is really hard to pick up. I don't know of any sites out there that can be used as replacements. I took some fluorescent model paint and dabbed a little on the backside of the front site and was good enough for me. Magazines aren't exactly cheap.

CCI Stingers, Federal Match, Thunderbolts, American Eagle, and Federal Champion are the brands I used so far. Accuracy at 15ft seemed to be negligible between all of them except for the Thunderbolts. That spread was significantly worse.
 
Bought one when they first came out. Nice little gun,but it IS little. Mine has been flawless. Fun to shoot. I replaced the plastic grips with wooden ones. Thought the plastic looked cheap.
 
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Bought one when they first came out. Nice little gun,but it IS little. Mine has been flawless. Fun to shoot. I replaced the plastic grips with wooden ones. Thought the plastic looked cheap.
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Where did you find wood 85% grips?
 
I was with American Rifleman when Ruger brought out the .22/45.

I didn't like it then, and I still don't like it now.


I'm drawn to the Browning 1911-22 the same way some people are drawn to Colt New Frontiers -- because they're scaled down versions of very classic handguns.
 
I like mine. I use it to warm up with before going to a 9mm. Why? Because it is so light it gets me to focus on trigger control.

Here are 9 shots at 15 yards, indoor range, poor lighting...

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