Which automatic .22 do you like best?

My favorite .22 is a MkII from the early 80s. Its the heavy barrel 3.5" variant.
I also have a 1952 MkI target, both are amazing shooters and have been passed on to my son. The MkII has the Volquarsten competition kit installed.

Both are extremely well built, reliable and accurate.

Never had any luck with the S&W or Beretta rimfires. Absolute worst Ive ever handled was the Walther P22....yuck.
 
My favorite was a model 41 S&W, I say was , because I purchased a Ruger MKII standard barrel model , third hand, that had a Millet SP-1 Red Dot mounted on it. Never shot one before and detached retina left me unable to see open iron sights. Had given up shooting. Dealer said put the dot on target and shoot, no sighting required...so I bought it.
Turns out the previous owner, unbeknown to the dealer, had sent it to Clark Custom Guns for dot sight mounting and trigger job..... As nice as the factory model 41 Smith is, the Clark Ruger shoots rings around it, I would have never believed a semi-auto Ruger trigger could be so sweet...it's like you put the dot on something and as you think about squeezing the shot...it goes bang and target is hit.
My advice is get any Ruger you like and then let Clark Custom work their magic on it...everybody owes themselves one really good , accurate sweet shooting 22
Gary
 
SgtGunner, I am having a hard time getting a mental picture of a 3.5" heavy barreled Ruger Mark II. Is that a typo, did you mean to say 5.5" barrel?
 
High Standard?

I know it isn't on your list, and sometimes they get a bit pricy, but I really like the High Standard Military models. Sweet triggers, reasonably reliable, accurate and pleasant to shoot, as is, with no modifications necessary.

Just a thought.
 
Stubbicatt, do you mean the military [grip] High Standards, that came out after 1965?

Or do you mean handguns like the High Standard HD Military, which they made in the 1940s, but had a slant grip?

I don't suppose you mean the High Standard HD or HD-USA, which were made for the US Military during WWII?
 
I have the Mark2 Target Model and love it. Shoots great and is reliable.

My only complaint is it's kind of a pain to take apart for cleaning.
 
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I made my own scope mount for this 1953 Colt match target woodsman.
 
Said jmstr: Stubbicatt, do you mean the military [grip] High Standards, that came out after 1965?

Or do you mean handguns like the High Standard HD Military, which they made in the 1940s, but had a slant grip?

I don't suppose you mean the High Standard HD or HD-USA, which were made for the US Military during WWII?
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The one on top in this photo is what I am referring to. As I understand it, they were designed to mimic the grip angle of the 1911 so they called them Military models. This one is 1968 production.

Very high quality pistols which seem to point and shoot instinctively for me. As a man once said, "the quality of an item is remembered long after price is forgotten."
 
I'm fond of the Ruger MKI's and currently have three.

1. 4" std. blue barrel with factory fixed sights.

2. 5 1/2" blue bull barrel with factory adjustable sights.

3. 6 7/8" blue tapered bull barrel with factory adjustable sights.

I bought the 4" new in 1976 and have fired it quite a bit with never a problem.

The 5 1/2" and 6 7/8" I picked up used (but minty) in the last fifteen years or so and have not yet fired them......now that I'm recently retired I need to.
 
My choice for the best 22 LR handguns

My new (to me) Beretta Model 71. The same gun the Israeli Massad used in the 70's.



Or, this nice Beretta 87 which I think is the best made auto loading pistol in 22 LR, ever made.



My eyes are pretty old but that 87 has taken a number of squirrels in Michigan.

Trooper Joe
 
None of those listed. I used Browning Buckmarks almost exclusively. Trust me, I have almost all of them, but the wife and I shoot Buckmarks in our rimfire league. Even over the Ruger 22/45 Mark III. There are a lot of good plinkers out there, but for serious work get a Buckmark.
 
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