so i tried out my new bobcat 21a .22lr...

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JERRYS.

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after 150 rounds i like the gun for what it is.

started off with 7+1 of cci mini mag 36gr. h.p. the first two jammed. removed magazine and was able to push the slide shut to fire each time. it seemed like the bullets of these first two rounds had a lot of wax or something on them?

then I tried out win. wildcat 40gr. lrn. the second round jammed, removed magazine and reset the round in the pop up bbl and ripped the rest off.

those were the only jams, brand new in the first few magazines loaded. 50 rounds of wildcat and 100 rounds of mini mags.

one quirk I found is that its sometimes a PIA to load the 7th round in the mag, requiring me to hold the tabs on the sides of the follow and fiddle with it a bit. its like the follower gets hung up at the sixth round or the mag spring gets snagged on something. no problems firing, just loading the 7th round on occasion. I will strip the magazine and look for burrs when I clean it.

so, yes, id rather have this gun in .25acp but cant find it in my area. good news is .22lr is easily found (in my area) and cheap compared to .25acp.

my favorite .22lr rounds for semiautos is Remington yellow jackets or vipers. I think the truncated profile aids in feed reliability as I've never had a jam with those rounds in any of my .22s.

sorry, no pix. this was just a quick trip, load and fire as fast as I could pull the trigger. all I did to the gun was oil the slide rails before shooting.

thanks.
 
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I just traded my Bobcat; neat gun, a little too large and, despite what I read on the Internet, couldn't hit a thing with it.

The gun needs hot loads, try CCI Stingers. My gun always jammed somewhere in the middle of every full mag. You may find some success if you download the mag by one or two rounds.
 
My Wife's Bobcat is surprisingly accurate. Keeping the shooter clean particularly the chamber and feed ramp is a must on hers.
 
im not disappointed at all, three failures to feed all the way, as in seat the round in the chamber all the way.... in the first two magazine fulls, then right as rain after that is pretty good in my book.
 
21A

The 21A is a decent pistol. Mine has never jammed. What will happen is that after 50 rds or so, the chamber can get dirty, and failures to feed or eject (no extractor) can occur. I have not found accuracy to be as good as some have claimed. Mine tends to shoot to the left, but at its intended range easy to compensate for that. Another issue is that over time (years) DA shooting can become problematic due to light primer strikes; SA remains OK.
 
Had one for a short time. Jammed constantly even with high velocity and couldn't hit much with it beyond arm's length, which I'd pretty much expected. Sold it soon after the 2nd range trip. Neat concept, always wanted to shoot one, glad I did, also glad I got rid of it.
 
out of 150 rounds (100 minimag and 50 wildcat) I had jams 1 and 2 in the first magazine (shots 1 and 2), jam 3 in the second mag (2nd shot, first taken from the magazine), then flawless after that. well beyond 50 rounds this thing kept going without any attention. its a keeper.

compared to my LWS its noticeably bigger, mostly because of the 21a's Glock 26 sized grip.
 
I've got an older 21A, blued with walnut grip. If kept clean, it's pretty reliable.

Only fired CCI Stingers, Velocitors, and Mini-Mags through mine -- I bought it used and the seller told me it needed high-impulse .22 LR to guarantee smooth functioning. Maybe I'm just lucky, but with those 3 types of rounds I've never had any jams or malfunctions.

I like mine for what it is also: a very small .22 LR for when you really cannot pack anything larger. As a .22 target pistol I'd rather have a Browning or Ruger, but the nice thing about the Berettas is that in a pinch it actually would work as a hideout (IMHO).

YMMV.
 
I have 2 of them I use CCI standard Velocity in mine They both work fine I was using CCI min mags Then switched . I shoot one almost every day a couple rounds I have 40+ acres of woods behind my home. My Shepard likes to run in the woods. I shoot a round or 2 in a sand bucket and in a min or so here he comes. . Beats yelling:D
 
Look for a used Beretta model 20 in 25acp It's really pretty much the 950 made in to a DA/SA smaller than these over size 21's :D
 
Bought a pair of .22 Bobcats as farm guns for my son and I. Six years,100's rounds later,do it all again!Bobcat function at 99% throughout mainly with :oStingers.
 
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