"Dream" 22LR Plinker Handguns
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Since there are no specific replies, I'll just put my Xmas wish pistol here. The Ruger Mark IV 22LR semi-auto Hunter. Already drilled and tapped for a scope to be added, ambidextrous safety so I can teach my pure lefty grandson pistol shooting, 6.88" barrel and a one button take-down for easy cleaning access.
Here are the rest of the particulars from the Ruger website should you be interested.
https://www.ruger.com/products/markIVHunter/specSheets/40160.html
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Best .22 Pistols for EDC & Survival: Our Favorite Handguns & Revolvers
- Ruger SR 22:
- Ruger Mark IV 22/45 Lite:
- The Walther P22:
- Smith and Wesson SW22 Victory:
- Ruger LCR 22 LR & 22 Magnum:
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Best .22 Pistols for EDC & Survival: Our Favorite Handguns & Revolvers
- Ruger SR 22:
- Ruger Mark IV 22/45 Lite:
- The Walther P22:
- Smith and Wesson SW22 Victory:
- Ruger LCR 22 LR & 22 Magnum:
Best .22 Pistols for EDC & Survival: Our Favorite Handguns & Revolvers- Ruger SR 22:
- Ruger Mark IV 22/45 Lite:
- The Walther P22:
- Smith and Wesson SW22 Victory:
- Ruger LCR 22 LR & 22 Magnum:
Good selection among several out there. From the early 1960s to 1985 where I lived I could shoot in my guns in my backyard came in real handy to try out various calibers and loads, etc.
We had an old 55 gal drum we burned in, I remember lining up the .22 S, L, LR, MAG, .25, .38 special, 20ga with various shots and slugs and doing my own testing and other target shooting. BRIEFLY the .22 S, L, LR basically plinkers or small varmints, the .22 MAG did have much better penitration plus I have 8 shots in my old western style 7" barrel with hollow points for the wife (and full boxes handy) the .25 semi jammed easily and I'd never put my life on it, I like my old Taurus .38 Special revolver good carry or drawer gun.
Back then I also tested a .22 single shot, my trusty old tube fed Winchester 290 .22 with 21S, 17L, 15LR as fast as you could pull the trigger that I bought at 16 when I worked in a hardware store.
I also had an old cheapo 20 ga. 3 shot shotgun, some hunting and home defence. I still have every one plus a few more. Only 3 I bought new the rest used with decent results.
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Best .22 Pistols for EDC & Survival: Our Favorite Handguns & Revolvers
- Ruger SR 22:
- Ruger Mark IV 22/45 Lite:
- The Walther P22:
- Smith and Wesson SW22 Victory:
- Ruger LCR 22 LR & 22 Magnum:
Best .22 Pistols for EDC & Survival: Our Favorite Handguns & Revolvers- Ruger SR 22:
- Ruger Mark IV 22/45 Lite:
- The Walther P22:
- Smith and Wesson SW22 Victory:
- Ruger LCR 22 LR & 22 Magnum:
Of that group I'd probably favor the S&W because of the longer barrel. For me personally I am more accurate with longer barreled handguns. I first started on a Mark I back when I was in Caesar's Army. ?️?
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.22 will still kill you. Favorite of the Mafia hit men.
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.22 will still kill you. Favorite of the Mafia hit men.
.22 will still kill you. Favorite of the Mafia hit men.
Maybe an experienced assassin .22 LR standing right behind you.
As a personal defense weapon no, .22 MAG maybe..... but .22s are good plinkers.
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.22 will still kill you. Favorite of the Mafia hit men.
Maybe an experienced assassin .22 LR standing right behind you.
As a personal defense weapon no, .22 MAG maybe..... but .22s are good plinkers.
Maybe an experienced assassin .22 LR standing right behind you.
As a personal defense weapon no, .22 MAG maybe..... but .22s are good plinkers.
Yep-a cheap way to practice without spending a mint on ammo. Of course if I put the money into ammo instead of that "dream" Ruger, I'd come out closer to ahead $$.
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There is another route there "adult precision airguns", some of these things are nasty!....... for example :
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Gamo Air Pistols
Gamo offers a variety of semi-automatic CO2 BB guns and .177 cal. pellet pistols. Crafted to the same meticulous standards as Gamo air rifles Gamo air pistols are second to none in speed, power, and accuracy.
GAMO AIRGUNS ARE NOT TOYS. GAMO AIRGUNS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR USE BY THOSE 16 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. ADULT SUPERVISION REQUIRED. MISUSE OR CARELESS USE MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. DO NOT BRANDISH OR DISPLAY YOUR AIRGUN IN PUBLIC. IT MAY CONFUSE PEOPLE AND IT MAY BE A CRIME. POLICE AND OTHERS MAY THINK AN AIRGUN IS A FIREARM. DO NOT CHANGE THE COLORATION OR MARKINGS TO MAKE IT LOOK MORE LIKE A FIREARM. BUYER AND USER SHOULD CONFORM TO ALL LAWS GOVERNING THE USE AND OWNERSHIP OF THEIR AIRGUN. THE PERSON HANDLING THE AIRGUN AND ANYONE NEARBY SHOULD ALWAYS WEAR PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. ALWAYS USE CARE AND SHOOT SAFELY.
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Only bad thing about it is the clean up afterwards.
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old farmer friend next door had one. It just about knocked him over when he fired it.
Was like a cannon, he said. LOL. He gave it back to his son, and his son got him a
.17 scoped rifle. Better for groundhogs. Less mess inside your house.
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old farmer friend next door had one. It just about knocked him over when he fired it.
Was like a cannon, he said. LOL. He gave it back to his son, and his son got him a
.17 scoped rifle. Better for groundhogs. Less mess inside your house.
old farmer friend next door had one. It just about knocked him over when he fired it.
Was like a cannon, he said. LOL. He gave it back to his son, and his son got him a
.17 scoped rifle. Better for groundhogs. Less mess inside your house.
Plinker? .22 or .177 definitely yes. I have an old Crossman 760. 177 pump rifle I haven't shot in a few decades, a pain to pump and pump to full power but it will kill a bunny, squirrel, ground hog, beer can. I also have a co2 pistol, easier but goes through cartridges if you use it a lot.
I've known farmers and ranchers who've used them and one outback friend in Australia, they work.
Plinker .410? Not really but fun with a .410 rifle to blow off a box. An alternative for a women's home defense weapon with multi shots, makes a big noise, low recoil, and bad guys will RUN! (just check out the. 410 ammo loads above)
So there you go........
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old farmer friend next door had one. It just about knocked him over when he fired it.
Was like a cannon, he said. LOL. He gave it back to his son, and his son got him a
.17 scoped rifle. Better for groundhogs. Less mess inside your house.
old farmer friend next door had one. It just about knocked him over when he fired it.
Was like a cannon, he said. LOL. He gave it back to his son, and his son got him a
.17 scoped rifle. Better for groundhogs. Less mess inside your house.
Reminds me of stories my dad told me, when he was a kid farmers would pay bounties for killing crows in their fields up to about 25 cents each, he got to be a great shot with his singleshot Springfield. 22 rifle....paid for his ammo and other stuff.
He graduated from high school in 1939, in WWII it came in handy he was on a wooden minesweeper before the invasions in Africa and Italy, they'd cut the cables and shoot the mines with a 30-06 scope or no scope, he was pretty good. They also occasionally used the .50 caliber "MA duece" machine guns to shoot mines or against German fighters who'd be shooting at him, got a Bronze Star there.
So you knever know......
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old farmer friend next door had one. It just about knocked him over when he fired it.
Was like a cannon, he said. LOL. He gave it back to his son, and his son got him a
.17 scoped rifle. Better for groundhogs. Less mess inside your house.
old farmer friend next door had one. It just about knocked him over when he fired it.
Was like a cannon, he said. LOL. He gave it back to his son, and his son got him a
.17 scoped rifle. Better for groundhogs. Less mess inside your house.
Inquiring minds want to know..................................which tastes better, squirrel or groundhog??
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old farmer friend next door had one. It just about knocked him over when he fired it.
Was like a cannon, he said. LOL. He gave it back to his son, and his son got him a
.17 scoped rifle. Better for groundhogs. Less mess inside your house.
Reminds me of stories my dad told me, when he was a kid farmers would pay bounties for killing crows in their fields up to about 25 cents each, he got to be a great shot with his singleshot Springfield. 22 rifle....paid for his ammo and other stuff.
He graduated from high school in 1939, in WWII it came in handy he was on a wooden minesweeper before the invasions in Africa and Italy, they'd cut the cables and shoot the mines with a 30-06 scope or no scope, he was pretty good. They also occasionally used the .50 caliber "MA duece" machine guns to shoot mines or against German fighters who'd be shooting at him, got a Bronze Star there.
So you knever know......
Reminds me of stories my dad told me, when he was a kid farmers would pay bounties for killing crows in their fields up to about 25 cents each, he got to be a great shot with his singleshot Springfield. 22 rifle....paid for his ammo and other stuff.
He graduated from high school in 1939, in WWII it came in handy he was on a wooden minesweeper before the invasions in Africa and Italy, they'd cut the cables and shoot the mines with a 30-06 scope or no scope, he was pretty good. They also occasionally used the .50 caliber "MA duece" machine guns to shoot mines or against German fighters who'd be shooting at him, got a Bronze Star there.
So you knever know......
Yep-I already said my dad became a WW II small arms trainer because he was such a dead shot. The lesson we learned about "all guns are loaded and off safe" came from his own experience with his first shotgun. He was fooling around inside the house with his shotgun thinking it was unloaded when he spotted a tick on his arm. So he pulled the barrel around in front of the tick resting it on his arm and stretched his other out to reach the "safe" trigger for grins only to have it blow the tick off his arm and singe arm hairs. LOL! Lesson passed on to kids for free.
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old farmer friend next door had one. It just about knocked him over when he fired it.
Was like a cannon, he said. LOL. He gave it back to his son, and his son got him a
.17 scoped rifle. Better for groundhogs. Less mess inside your house.
Inquiring minds want to know..................................which tastes better, squirrel or groundhog??
Inquiring minds want to know..................................which tastes better, squirrel or groundhog??
squirrel all the time.
groundhog is okay - has to be a young groundhog, but I'm not in survival mode.
I just have to stalk em - or they would be everywhere.
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Reminds me of stories my dad told me, when he was a kid farmers would pay bounties for killing crows in their fields up to about 25 cents each, he got to be a great shot with his singleshot Springfield. 22 rifle....paid for his ammo and other stuff.
He graduated from high school in 1939, in WWII it came in handy he was on a wooden minesweeper before the invasions in Africa and Italy, they'd cut the cables and shoot the mines with a 30-06 scope or no scope, he was pretty good. They also occasionally used the .50 caliber "MA duece" machine guns to shoot mines or against German fighters who'd be shooting at him, got a Bronze Star there.
So you knever know......
Yep-I already said my dad became a WW II small arms trainer because he was such a dead shot. The lesson we learned about "all guns are loaded and off safe" came from his own experience with his first shotgun. He was fooling around inside the house with his shotgun thinking it was unloaded when he spotted a tick on his arm. So he pulled the barrel around in front of the tick resting it on his arm and stretched his other out to reach the "safe" trigger for grins only to have it blow the tick off his arm and singe arm hairs. LOL! Lesson passed on to kids for free.
Yep-I already said my dad became a WW II small arms trainer because he was such a dead shot. The lesson we learned about "all guns are loaded and off safe" came from his own experience with his first shotgun. He was fooling around inside the house with his shotgun thinking it was unloaded when he spotted a tick on his arm. So he pulled the barrel around in front of the tick resting it on his arm and stretched his other out to reach the "safe" trigger for grins only to have it blow the tick off his arm and singe arm hairs. LOL! Lesson passed on to kids for free.
YES, lesson #1 treat every gun as if it were loaded and ready to fire, what ever you line up on is your target -and- NEVER, EVER pull the trigger unless you want it to FIRE!
Lesson #2 use a pest spray for ticks next time.
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