.22 Suggestions?

[Teresa Heilevang]

I have Brownings and Rugers in this caliber.. in pistols and rifles in both. 
(I know~~I'm a bit gun spoiled) 
Love them all~~~

[HAWKFISH]

Most .22's are good now days. I too would choose a Browning Buckmark over a Ruger MKIII. I own both of those and I like the Browning Buckmark better. Accuracy is about the same out of the two I have, both being super accurate, especially with CCI Stingers. Chargers or 10/22's are both good. 10/22's aren't as accurate straight out of the box as other rifles, but you can customize the crap out of them and they work forever. Just buy lots of ammo while it's cheap. 

[SlideRacker]

10/22 hands down. After market parts are everywhere, and that means thet you can make it look and perform how ever you want. For a hand gun, the Brownings are great, but I'll let you in on a secret, the S&W 22-A1 will win the bull's eye. The Smith's sights suck. They are an embarassment to all things holy, but the bore is the best I've seen. I have seen many .25 inch groups with mine and my buddies'. We all have red dot scopes on ours. I am sure someone will make a barrel with great sights on it soon.

[KW Gary M]

Rifle;  Ruger 10/22, Marlin 60.

Pistol;  Avoid the SigArms Mosquito.  Lots of problems with those.  Ruger MK III is a good bet. 

I was so close to buying a sig mosquito until I started reading this site and gunandgame.com and saw all the bad reviews.  Thank God for the internet.

[SwoopSJ]

I was so close to buying a sig mosquito until I started reading this site and gunandgame.com and saw all the bad reviews.  Thank God for the internet.

Amen.  I ended up buying a Ruger Charger, which I had never heard of until it was mentioned on this forum.  I mounted a Nikon pistol scope on it and headed to the range yesterday.  After 10 minutes of sighting in, I wreaked havoc on a Birchwood Casey resetting target (also new).   That darn Ruger is too cool!  I would also highly recommend the resetting target by BC (mine has the little animal silouettes), its exponentially more fun than shooting paper targets or cans.
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[CZShooter]

If they weren't so darned expensive...these are just too cool. 



http://www.americantactical.us/gsg-sellsheet-for-web.pdf

[SwoopSJ]

Ahh crap!  I see the wallet taking another hit in the very near future.  GA has them (GSG-5) listed from $520 to 560, hopefully my local shop can do a little better.  I am a victim of gun lust once again!
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[Jkwas]

I'll second or third the S&W 22a.  I never considered it until I rented one at the range to teach more daughter to shoot.

For indoor rangework the sights are good enough and it has the feel of a full size gun.  Talk about easy to clean, you

really don't have to take it down to do it.  You can drive a truck through the breach area with the slide locked open. 

Hit it with a brush and boresnake it a couple times, run a patch through and you're done.     Nice no hassle gun.

[Zman2005]

FWIW - Just picked up my own GSG-5 on the 11th.  I have never had soo much fun plinking in my life.  Guess I  took my self to seriously.   
I was pleased with the accuracy, I was able to hit a 4 inch spinner consistently with open sites at 20 yards off hand. I put over 500 rounds through it. I had three FTF all with CCI Stingers. I also shot some mini mags and some unknown Federal  lead round nose 22s. All B4 the first cleaning.  Take down is a pain as you need to unscrew two flat head double headed screws to remove the stock and the trigger group / lower.  Other than that, you can get to the internals to clean it quite easy.  Certainly better than most 22s.  I was also impressed with the trigger.

If you want a pure fun gun,  you will love this one.  There seems to be quite a wait right now to get one and some gouging on price. 

Take Care

Zman