I just bought my first 22lr plinker, a Ruger SR-22 Pistol. Since this pistol was just announced earlier this week I thought I would put up a post.
I had been planning on buying a Ruger Mark III 22/45 this month with a check I was due to receive this month. Once I read about the SR-22 pistol my mind was changed. I went with the SR-22 pistol because I am vain, I just like the looks of the SR-22 more than the Mark III 22/45 and I didn't want to buy a foreign made firearm so most 22lr handguns were not an option in my mind. I just wanted a plinker that I could use to practice with, 9mm ammunition is too expensive for me to practice with as often as I would like, but with 22lr I can make it to the range a couple of times a week if I want to.
The check I was waiting on came in the mail today, I quickly deposited it and called Bradis to see if they had any SR-22 pistols in stock, they said they will be receiving some this week, but they had none in stock at the moment. So I went back to work. While at work I remembered that a new gun shop had opened up near me, Bare Arms firearms. I had been meaning to stop by but I hadn't got around to it yet, they were fresh in my mind because they were mentioned a couple of times at the Hamilton County Fish and Game meeting last night. I decided to give them a call. They were very friendly on the phone and said they will be getting more in soon, and right before hanging up they asked to put me on hold. They had just received a FedEx package containing an SR-22 pistol. Their price was higher than Bradis, but I decided I was willing to pay extra to support a local business that had what I wanted in stock, in my neighborhood more or less, and save some gas by driving 10 minutes up the road rather than 45 minutes down to Camby. I arrived about 20 minutes after the phone call, the shop was busy (much busier than I expected for 1:30pm on a weekday, probably 10 different customers were in and out while I was there) but they were quick to help me and let me check out the pistol. Everything looked good so I bought it. I hung out for awhile while they processed everything and I was out the door with my new firearm within 20 minutes or so.
I don't have much to say about it yet because I bought it on my lunch break and promptly took it home and put it in the safe before heading back to work. What I can say is that it was incredibly easy to rack the slide, I attribute that to the fact that I am used to my personal protection firearm the SR9c. I tried out the safety/decocker and it worked as expected from the gunblast video. I will be taking it out to the range tomorrow on my lunch break and will report back here if anyone is interested, I will definitely run some minimags through it and possibly some Walmart bulk Federal if I have some time to pick it up tonight.
Pictures below, sorry about the quality, took some quick snapshots with my cellphone before I put it in the safe.
I had been planning on buying a Ruger Mark III 22/45 this month with a check I was due to receive this month. Once I read about the SR-22 pistol my mind was changed. I went with the SR-22 pistol because I am vain, I just like the looks of the SR-22 more than the Mark III 22/45 and I didn't want to buy a foreign made firearm so most 22lr handguns were not an option in my mind. I just wanted a plinker that I could use to practice with, 9mm ammunition is too expensive for me to practice with as often as I would like, but with 22lr I can make it to the range a couple of times a week if I want to.
The check I was waiting on came in the mail today, I quickly deposited it and called Bradis to see if they had any SR-22 pistols in stock, they said they will be receiving some this week, but they had none in stock at the moment. So I went back to work. While at work I remembered that a new gun shop had opened up near me, Bare Arms firearms. I had been meaning to stop by but I hadn't got around to it yet, they were fresh in my mind because they were mentioned a couple of times at the Hamilton County Fish and Game meeting last night. I decided to give them a call. They were very friendly on the phone and said they will be getting more in soon, and right before hanging up they asked to put me on hold. They had just received a FedEx package containing an SR-22 pistol. Their price was higher than Bradis, but I decided I was willing to pay extra to support a local business that had what I wanted in stock, in my neighborhood more or less, and save some gas by driving 10 minutes up the road rather than 45 minutes down to Camby. I arrived about 20 minutes after the phone call, the shop was busy (much busier than I expected for 1:30pm on a weekday, probably 10 different customers were in and out while I was there) but they were quick to help me and let me check out the pistol. Everything looked good so I bought it. I hung out for awhile while they processed everything and I was out the door with my new firearm within 20 minutes or so.
I don't have much to say about it yet because I bought it on my lunch break and promptly took it home and put it in the safe before heading back to work. What I can say is that it was incredibly easy to rack the slide, I attribute that to the fact that I am used to my personal protection firearm the SR9c. I tried out the safety/decocker and it worked as expected from the gunblast video. I will be taking it out to the range tomorrow on my lunch break and will report back here if anyone is interested, I will definitely run some minimags through it and possibly some Walmart bulk Federal if I have some time to pick it up tonight.
Pictures below, sorry about the quality, took some quick snapshots with my cellphone before I put it in the safe.
Nice! Congrats! Looking forward to hearing how she shoots.
, I just got a new 22/45 but really like yours. How does it compare in price? May have to let my gsg go if your range reports come back good.
