New Ruger SR22

[jawn]

I'm more interested in the new Ruger American Rifle (*cough* Savage clone).

 

[annihilation-time]

I'm more interested in this one, if I get another 22 pistol.

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/...57781_757781_757781_ProductDisplayErrorView_Y

I do like that the Smith has more than a 10 round magazine capacity.

 

[EngageSmith]

Looks like a Walther P22 and a Taurus Millennium had a one-night stand and we have this abortion... I'll hold my breath until these get out on the market. One benefit of the MD Handgun roster is by the time things are approved we usually have some idea what reliability/durability is, at least in a short term. Cheap guns tend to be pretty disappointing when first released, as far as I know.

The true bargain guns tend to get sorted out over time. If a company is still making an inexpensive gun after 10-20 years you know it's selling well enough to stick around. All these big name companies churn out things to please the current market situations, IMO. I wonder how JMB would feel to see his pistol still so popular today. Technology advanced pretty rapidly during his lifetime (black powder arms to smokeless powder and automatic small arms), I doubt he thought it would stick around so long.

 

[Schwabe]

meh ... the only "improvement" I can see is adjustabl rear sights. The P22 at least is already threaded. If it was easier to assemble than the P22 maybe, but that is not one of Ruger's fortee. Rather buy a 22/45.

 

[annihilation-time]

Is this Ruger available or is it a new announcement? If on the street, has anyone asked the board if it has been submitted?

They just threw it up on the website.

 

[Half-cocked]

The Ruger website says the slide material is aluminum.

Well then, I might check one out. I'll probably wait til after the recall, though.

 

[annihilation-time]

Well then, I might check one out. I'll probably wait til after the recall, though.

So true.....

 

[rouchna]

I have been searching for a used 22/45 and then I saw this. Made me rethink for a bit but then I came back to my senses....I think I'll stick with the 22/45.

 

[RangerWillrett]

I kinda like it but I think I want a bigger 22

 

[mudskipper]

.... Cheap guns tend to be pretty disappointing when first released, as far as I know.

The true bargain guns tend to get sorted out over time. If a company is still making an inexpensive gun after 10-20 years you know it's selling well enough to stick around...........

So, then Jennings/Jiminez, Davis or Lorcin's must be outstanding guns, then, huh?!?!?

 

[WSM]

So, then Jennings/Jiminez, Davis or Lorcin's must be outstanding guns, then, huh?!?!?

They do have their following...

 

[WSM]

http://gunblast.com/Ruger-SR22P.htm

 

[JOBU]

I tell you, at that weight, if it proves reliable and easy to clean, it's going to put the MkIII (Luger clone) out of business.

 

[Phoenixsm]

http://gunblast.com/Ruger-SR22P.htm

Looks promising

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[rouchna]

I tell you, at that weight, if it proves reliable and easy to clean, it's going to put the MkIII (Luger clone) out of business.

I agree!

 

[joppaj]

I tell you, at that weight, if it proves reliable and easy to clean, it's going to put the MkIII (Luger clone) out of business.

I don't agree. To me the Mark III is a target pistol. This looks like almost a trainer for their SR series centerfires.

 

[annihilation-time]

I don't agree. To me the Mark III is a target pistol. This looks like almost a trainer for their SR series centerfires.

I agree. The SR22 pistol should be a good combat trainer, and the Mark III is definitely a target pistol. They have different purposes.

 

[erwos]

The Ruger website says the slide material is aluminum.

The press release says it, too. Unfortunately, it's fairly common to alloy zinc with aluminum, so the question is more "how much aluminum is there?" I could see a fairly unscrupulous product manager ordering the peons to stress the aluminum and leave off "alloy". Not technically incorrect, just very misleading.

I'd also question how good of a trainer this pistol actually would be for an SR9. The action mechanism is rather different - the SR22 is DA/SA, and the SR9 is safe action / partially-cocked striker - and so malfunction handling will be different. If the primer fails to go off in the SR22, you have the option of pulling the trigger again... if the primer fails to go off in the SR9, you MUST rack that slide.

 

[Ethan83]

I don't get it - KelTec doesn't make a .22lr semi-auto pistol.

J/K.... looks an awful lot like the Walther. I wonder how much is shared in common between the two - whether it's purely cosmetic, or more functional as well.

 

[Schwabe]

http://gunblast.com/Ruger-SR22P.htm

Wow, a complete knock-off of the P22, frame mounted barrel and the same take down procedure .... my P22 works great, no need to replace that.