.22 pistols/revolvers?

[dovehunter]

I have a standard model Ruger Mk I autoloader and an old model Super Single-Six Convertible. I put a red-dot on the Mk I and boy is it a tack driver. My Super Single-Six has a 6-1/2" barrel and shoots pretty well. The only thing I don't like about it is that I made the mistake of sending it back to the factory to have it re-gutted to a transfer bar system. The transfer bar hangs up on the firing pin probably 20% of the time. Luckily Ruger returned all the original parts and one of these days I'm going to put it back the way it was to start with. The only other .22 handgun I've ever had was a High Standard (I think it was called the) Sentinel. It was chrome-plated (or maybe it was stainless) and had a 6" barrel. There was nothing really wrong with it other than I just didn't like it and traded it off for something else.

[Rapier]

I have a few Ruger 22 guns, as one would expect from a collector at his hobby since 1971. Been an RCA member since 75. But my favorite guns are 1) my original single six convertible 6 1/2 inch which I traded for at age 16 and I have carried for near 50 years, it is well worn. 2) Then my NR9 that I shot in many championship silhouette matches over the years. I never was able to shoot the standard auto to my expectations, as the Nambu grip style just did not fit my hand. 3) But I have owned several Browning Buckmark silhouette guns and they have a 1911 style grip frame, which fits me much better. A 5-inch target model with a red dot rides with me on the tractor just about every day at the farm. I think I am up to two dozen turtles from my fishponds with the Browning.

I use Bearcats to train new shooters with for a revolver if they are youngsters or ladies. It is a great little training gun, accurate, small grip and light.
Ed