Bullseye

[army_eod]

I am looking into .22 target shooting. Any advice on a good first .22 target pistol?

Thanks in advance.

[Steve Koski]

I like my Ruger 22/45. Shoots forever, accurate. Probably not a real high end competition gun though.

[Joe D]

Smith 41 or High Standard. I like the HS.

[Rotwang]

Originally posted by army_eod
I am looking into .22 target shooting. Any advice on a good first .22 target pistol?


HOw much do you want to spend?? You can start at a few hundred bucks for something decent and easily get over $2000 for a high end one. A Ruger is a good low end gun. Things go up fast from there.

[Carlitos]

Why not one of the .22 conversion kits for the Glock you already own? Saves a bunch of $$ and I am sure a Glock can do just as well as any of its competition - if not much better (it does everything else better).

[whiskerz]

Buckmark Target or a Sig trailside target I have both and shoot bullseye with the sig it runs has a 1 ragged hole test target to boot.

[Rotwang]

Originally posted by Carlitos
Why not one of the .22 conversion kits for the Glock you already own? Saves a bunch of $$ and I am sure a Glock can do just as well as any of its competition - if not much better (it does everything else better).

I shoot a Glock conversion for USPSA practice including strong hand only, and a couple of other 22s for Bullseye. The trigger of the Glock will make it very hard to get good Bullseye scores even if the conversion can get good enough groups.

[bofe954]

You could pick up a ruger mkII or 22/45 for cheap used. They are fairly common. Start shooting, if you like it and want to get something better send the Ruger to www.clarkcustomguns.com.

They make custom tuned Rugers for $500-$600 (+your gun). They use their own barrel so when you buy your cheapy used ruger you wouldn't have to be concerned about what barrel to get. You could potentially have a custom tuned pistol for the price of a new/used S+W 41.

[Steve Koski]

Originally posted by Carlitos
I am sure a Glock can do just as well as any of its competition

Not in bullseye shooting. No Way!

Super light, crisp single action trigger vs. 3 lb plus spongy Glock trigger? No contest for ultra high accuracy shooting.

[WIG19]

Originally posted by whiskerz
Buckmark Target or a Sig trailside target I have both and shoot bullseye with the sig it runs has a 1 ragged hole test target to boot.
Not much into bullseye (yet), but had the opportunity to shoot one of those Sig Trailsides and it's a VERY nice gun. Other than that I have a Ruger Mark-II bull that I & the kids love - Buckmarks are OK too.
Good luck!
:)

[VAshooter]

If your going to shoot bullseye you are going to need a competition built 45, probably a 1911 so think about a Marvel Conversion for the 1911. It will shoot as tight as just about any 22 this side of a free pistol.

[Custom Glock Racing]

The Marvel kits for a singlestack are really hard to beat.