Which .22 handgun is your favorite plinker?

Till now, a Browning Buckmark with a red-dot. But I;m anticipating that it will soon be a Beretta 950 22 short with 4" barrel...that I just bought off Gunbroker.
 
erwos said:
No love for the Beretta Neos? OK, the sights suck, but that's what the optics rail is for!
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The grip doesn't work for me, though I don't mind the sights. I do kinda like the placement of the mag-release button, though.
 
I have a Heritage Mfg six shooter I got new for $85 a few years ago. I've spent more on the ammo I've shot thru it since buying it (no small feat for a .22LR at pennies a shot) and it's just a fun, easy to shoot gun. I also put the .22mag cylinder in it and carry it afield for finishing shots on coyote, or if I happen upon a bunny in his pot.

Couldn't think of a better investment for a plinker. Seeing the hundreds of dollars people want for plinker pistols, I consider that little wheelgun a better buy than gold.
 
My favorite

Would have to be my CZ75 9mm I would say my Ruger MKII but I like a little recoil. Maybe it's more challenging or maybe just feels more powerful in the hand. Regardless, I love a nice accurate 9mm for plinking.
 
I went to school in Utah, where shooting in the canyons was not a problem. My first gun was a Ruger Security-Six .357. What a gun!

Then I bought a box of ammo. Yeeeeesh!

Weeks later I bought an RG nickel-plated cowboy single-action pistol with plastic grips, fixed sights and alloy frame. Price: $69. It was cheap, it was junk, it was light, but it was one of the funnest guns. Yeah, I had to tighten the grips every time I went out, but I learned to shoot it.

Months later, I saved some money and traded the gun up for a Ruger Standard Auto, a much better pistol; but I always missed the RG, not because it was an RG, but because it was a cowboy gun.

To this day, I have no great love of larger-bore single-actions, but I finally bought a Ruger Single-Six, which came with a cylinder for .22 mag, which I'll most likely never use. It's a pain to unload, but it's sooooooo fun to shoot. If I lived out on the prarie and could shoot tin cans every day, that gun would be my top choice.

For a post-apocalyptic 2012 world, I'd take a Ruger Mark II, but it's a practical gun. For casual shooting, it's hard to beat. It's even fun to clean.
 
S/W Model 34 kit gun

A lot of fun to shoot. Pretty accurate. Can be somewhat picky with the ammo. Starts having problems after 150 rounds of bulk ammo, but loves CCI mini mag.
 

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CZ 75B in .40 S&W converted via a Kadet Kit to .22. Shoots all the cheap stuff well and never misses a lick.

Well worth the money and lots of fun.
 
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Ruger 22/45 MKIII. Did some custom grip work to it, otherwise its stock. Disassembly for cleaning isn't so bad.................just need a few hundred times practicing to get the hang of it.
 
H&R 999 (top break) You flip up the back sight, all 9 empty's pop out and you drop in another set of 9. Hard trigger at DA and loud for a 22 but it hits where I point. I like it.
 
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