Double Action .22

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Tinbucket

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Does anyone make a good double action .22, or .22 magnum, maybe a 9 0r 10 shot.
And does anyone make a cartridge holder, brain dead, for proper term, right now, that holds the .22s so you can simply insert the rounds into cylinder twist and they release, into the cylinder like the ones for my .357s?
 
Smith & Wesson makes the model 17, 10 shot, I think speed loaders are available. Check their website for the revolver, try Midway for the speed loader or maybe Dillon.
 
I have the 617 with a 6 inch barrel. It's a great gun. Lots of different speed loaders for it. I have about 10 and use them when I go shoot at the range.

Load all my speed loader and then just sit there and shoot for my 15 minutes until they take a break. I get off about 5 loaders per session.
:)
 
10-Shot S&W 617 will run you between $700 to $900 new. 9-Shot Taurus 94 will set you back $300 to $400. If all you want is a knock around 9-Shot plinker, you may want to look at the old H&R 929's. All of 'em have speedloaders available.
 
I have a 25 year old model 17 that I bought new, it was a primo shooter then and after a gazillion rounds it is still primo. I also own a 5 year old 617, it's not quite as primo, but is not bad and is a ten rounder you are looking for.
 
If all you want is a knock around 9-Shot plinker, you may want to look at the old H&R 929's.
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On that topic, H&R sold a large variety of DA 9-shot revolver models. Their top-of-the-line and perhaps best-known model was the 999 Sportsman, and another interesting one is the 949, which is dolled up to look like a single-action complete with a functional RH-side loading gate and ejector rod, but the trigger is double-action like most of the others.

Another possibility is the High Standard Sentinel, which seemed to enjoy a good reputation back in the day, although I'll admit that all of the ones I've seen recently have been beat to heck. For some obscure reason, H&R's seem much easier to find in nice condition, but this may just be a fluke based on a very small sample size. :)
 
Here's another one,,,

Rossi R-98 Plinker,,,

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It's an 8-shot revolver,,,
And comes in 4" or 6" models.

I've fired one before and it's a nice enough revolver,,,
Nothing to get incredibly excited about,,,
But it fits in the OPs budget.

Just another option.

Aarond

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Note that Taurus is a 50/50 deal, it may or may not work. I don't know about the Rossi now that Taurus owns them.
 
I believe that Taurus is known for large-scale military and police orders. If so, it seems unlikely that they have a 50% failure rate.

I have had one defective Taurus revolver out of the 10-12 I have owned. That being said, my Model 94 has never malfunctioned in the 15 or so years I've had it, but the trigger is stiff and bad.

If you can find one of the H&R or NEF (same company) higher-end models with adjustable sights, you should have a pretty good revolver for pretty cheap.

I do not love my Charter Arms revolvers, but they go bang every time and I think they have some sort of target model with decent sights and barrel length.

I have heard good things about the old High Standard revolvers. There is one out there I really wish I had bid on. Sears also sold them, labelled as JC Higgins.
 
I believe that Taurus is known for large-scale military and police orders.
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Large scale contracts in Latin America with socialist countries that have steep protective tariffs if suppliers aren't part of something like LAFTA. They don't do much business elsewhere.
 
I love my 4" Plinker, not a single complaint. Good luck finding one though, either people love them or there is so little demand for them that they are limited production.
 
I've got a 6" Smith 617 and love it. Its also a 10 shot. I found a speed loader setup from a company call SpeedBeez. It uses a loading bload to hold the rounds and you only need 1 speed loader. To go from a empty speed loader to a ready to go loader takes 2-3 seconds.
 
tallball said:
I believe that Taurus is known for large-scale military and police orders. If so, it seems unlikely that they have a 50% failure rate.
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Taurus has such a horrible reputation that a small gun shop near me not only won't stock them, they also won't order them on request, because they don't want to deal with the almost inevitable problems and complaints.

A few years ago I bought a Taurus Model 94 for use as a class gun when teaching NRA Basic Pistol. I was lucky -- mine worked out of the box, but the trigger pull was atrocious. Single action pull weight was up where most double actions are, and the double action pull was (IIRC) 18 pounds, and gritty. I installed a Wolff spring kit and got the DA pull down to about 13 or 14 pounds and the SA down to about 6 pounds. Still ugly, but tolerable for the intended purpose.

Then I bought another Taurus revolver, built on the same small frame size as the Model 94. That one also had a terrible trigger, but it also wouldn't fire more than one shot without locking up. I worked on it, with no improvement. The gunsmith at the range shop worked on it, and he couldn't fix it. Then I worked on it some more and I think I finally got it working, but I could never trust it for carry.

A 50/50 failure rate out of the box is probably about right for Taurus revolvers. If I had it to do over, I should have spent a few dollars more and bought a Charter Arms for the pistol classes.
 
Taurus...

Also, regarding the large-scale military/LE order thing, keep in mind that those organizations aren't buying Taurus 94's and Rossi Plinksters. :rolleyes:

Speaking with an older LGS manager, he said that he basically separates Taureses into two tiers: (a) the PT-92 and PT-58, and (b) everything else. He regards the first two as rock-solid but everything else they make as junk. The store does not carry Taurus products because he doesn't want to deal with the junky ones.
 
Have had a Taurus 94SS4 for 20+ years...

Is it a K22?

No...

Does it go bang every time I pull the trigger, and does the bullet go where I aim?

Yup...
 
Geesh Salmaneye, I wasn't making a suppository remarks about TaurisFAs, I've owned a couple and still have one and wish I still had the other.
 
No worries, Salvadore...

I was just answering the OP's question...

Nothing aimed at you...Or anyone else...

I know Taurus gets a lot of bashing, and maybe rightly so...I just may be one of the lucky ones, but I can't complain about mine...
 
I have a S&W M17-6, the older 6 shot version, 6" barrel full underlug, same overall weight as a 6" N frame, with a pretty similar balance. Great gun.

The down side, not even remotely cheap. $750 a few years back when I got it, making it the most expensive DA revolver I ever bought. (my N frames cost LESS when I bought them!) Hve been told the grips alone on that one are worth $150.

Don't think you will find the same today for much less than $900ish. Good Luck!


Current S&W DA .22 are ok, but I personally dislike the aluminum cylinders. No real reason, just the way they look, and wear. Have steel, like steel, and will pay for steel. Just the way I am, and I'm only buying the gun, ONCE. :)
 
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