what's your favorite 22?

Revolver: Ruger Single Six. Don't mind the sights at all. Same as on all my Rugers. Works well whether can rolling, hip shooting, bullseye shooting, steel shooting, or varmitting.

Rifle: Henry Lever Octagon barrel.
 
Ruger Single Six 6 1/2" barrel, smoothed and tuned stock action and reshaped grips and back strap to fit my small hands. Shot my best 25 yard off hand open sight group with this gem.





 
S&W model 18 ( 4" K frame ) ...is my favorite....

I primarily use it --- for range training / I'll practice drawing it from a holster - my grip - putting shots on a tactical target .....then I'll move on to a K frame in .357 mag ( or .38 spl ) like a model 19 or 66...in a 4"...

so I use it to augment my training...and get into a groove in and out of a holster..( same K frame holster for all 3 guns ) ....and then I may move up to an L frame or N frame....during that range trip.
 
I've always preferred SA. Just never warmed up to shooting DA. I've owned (and own) a number of .22s. Right now, I'm down to a vintage Bearcat which is a fun little gun but my favorite SA at this time (go ahead, you Smith, Colt and other owners and laugh :rolleyes) is a Heritage Rough Rider with a 4 3/4" barrel. Mine is accurate and a great little gun to carry on the farm without having to worry about scratching up a much higher quality revolver. And, the varmints don't seem to notice that they are being shot with a cheaper revolver.

I've passed up some nice vintage single sixes - and regretted it. That's what is on my "wish list" at this time as far as the next SA 22. Overall, I much prefer the "vantage" ones - don't care if they have good honest holster wear to 'em - it just gives 'em "character". :D
 
Like Gary. I liked my colt d frame .22, but. I kinda
wore it out over a gazillion rounds. My model 17 shot a 3/4" five shot after more than the colt ever shot JUST last week.
 
Got to be a 4" Colt Diamondback with blue finish. I do like the Smiths however. But then... I like almost all of them if they work....
 
Favorite one I OWN is the Ruger Bearcat Shopkeeper model. Goes everywhere on the trail with me. Favorite one I WISH I owned is a 4" Colt Diamondback.
 
My favorite .22lr revolver, based strictly on it's capabilities, is my 8.375" S&W mod 17. Drop dead beautiful and crazy accuirate.
 
I have a small gaggle of rimfire handguns, but I only happen to own a single .22LR chambered revolver, and that is my Model 17-6 with non full-lug six inch barrel, target sights, target hammer and target trigger. It's a tack driver with regular bulk .22LR fodder.

Complaints? It's a lot of smallish work to clean it to my satisfaction, so it doesn't get as many range days as it deserves. Also, brass definitely sticks in the chambers when the revolver heats up. It doesn't matter if I scrub the chambers or even if I run a dry mop through them in the middle of a shooting session... it's all about the heat. When ejection gets sticky, it goes from 'sticky' directly to 'wow, this is bad' to 'something is NOT right' in short order, and the only genuine solution I've found is to put it down and come back in twenty minutes and resume the fun.

Fantastic revolver.
It will not be sold as long as I am alive.
If you ever find me living in an alley inside a discarded refrigerator box next to a dumpster -- knock before entering because I will most certainly be armed with at least this revolver. :D
 
My favorite .22LR so far has been my S&W 18-4. What a great little popper it has turned out to be, especially after I swapped the Magna stocks for something I could hold on to. Eats anything, shoots it well and is the perfect size for introducing new shooters to handguns.

 
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