Thinking about getting a cheap .22 pistol/revolver anyone have any ideas on them? What do you use and recommend? I have a Ruger 22/45 and kinda want a revolver to teach my kids to shoot it.
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Thinking about getting a cheap .22 pistol/revolver anyone have any ideas on them? What do you use and recommend? I have a Ruger 22/45 and kinda want a revolver to teach my kids to shoot it.
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single action or double action?
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Either. You know anything about this one: https://www.omahaoutdoors.com/ruger-wrangler/ ? Seems like a good price on one.Originally Posted by lonestardiver
Last edited by echofiveniner; 09-30-20 at 12:05.
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I ordered one last week. It was highly praised from what I could find, and people who had the Ruger and the Heritage mostly preferred the Ruger. Granted, no one had anything bad to say about Heritage.
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I bought a 3" Ruger LCRx in 22 for practice and as just a fun gun. It has been perfect for doing training, and I really enjoy shooting it. Last Saturday I did dot torture and a few other drills with it. SpeedBeez makes a speedloader for it and it has worked very well for me.
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Quality .22 revolvers are not cheap. Good used smith and Wesson’s start at 500. New around 700.
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Okay, looked at Ruger's catalog to see what was still in production. The Single Six and its kin are still there, with adjustable sights and higher capacity cylinders, for $600+, and even the Bearcat (a real sweetheart of a relatively tiny single action) is virtually that expensive.
The Wrangler is the value leader; it has an alloy frame and zinc grip; of course the cylinder and the barrel are steel. It is in the $200 range, and it is a Ruger. It's apt to be the best value for the money.
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I don’t have any personal experience with that model.
I know that Ruger has made rimfire single actions for awhile now. I believe the wrangler is the cheaper of the ones they have made. Now with that said, not having handled one or shot one I can’t give any real data on them. I know on rimfire central that have a number of sub forums that would have more real world data.
My only real experience with rimfire revolvers centers around a Dan Wesson double action revolver. But they are not inexpensive and not generally found. S&W as well as Ruger made a few good double action rimfire revolvers as well.
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Smith's 43 is a superb revo, but may not be in production...saw a used one with an $800 price.
They make an alloy version currently.
The older Ruger single actions always had a great rep, and the Bearcats were neat and tiny.
Their current, inexpensive one should be fine.
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S&W still makes the 43, cool very light 8 shot .22lr revolver; throw it in pocket for snakes when hiking.
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