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Advice From the Well of Experience
One upon a time I was young, at an age where I barely needed to shave, in fact my first dispenser of Shick single edge razor blades hadn't run empty. It was then that I bought a really inexpensive western style revolver in .22 WMR. It was made of pot metal, commonly known as die-cast zinc, with a steel barrel liner and steel chamber sleeves to withstand the pressure of firing. It too was painted black. That revolver lasted about as long as it took to fire a couple boxes of ammo, then the frame cracked where the hammer nose impacted below the top strap. Somewhere, in some far off land, it made it back into a melting pot maybe to return as a Keihin carburetor for a Honda moped.
Next came an imported Luger look-alike in .22 LR. It too was made mostly of mystery metal. They call it pot metal because it's the result of tossing zinc and whatever non-ferrous scraps are scraped up off the floor into the melting pot. It's cheap, casts easily and is well suited to some non stressed parts. We aren't talking here about wrought, heat treatable aluminum, but something more appropriate for a cap pistol. That Luger never ran right and was soon returned for a refund.
So, if you want to invest in a .22 semiauto pistol, one that will be around for as long as you will, save enough to buy something at least made mostly from steel and maybe with a aluminum billet frame, and by a manufacturer with a reputation for quality, preferably one that will have parts available should something go amiss. HINT: I owned many a Ruger .22 semiauto pistol, and never had a a single one break or wear out. At least that is my advice, and it is offered free.
One upon a time I was young, at an age where I barely needed to shave, in fact my first dispenser of Shick single edge razor blades hadn't run empty. It was then that I bought a really inexpensive western style revolver in .22 WMR. It was made of pot metal, commonly known as die-cast zinc, with a steel barrel liner and steel chamber sleeves to withstand the pressure of firing. It too was painted black. That revolver lasted about as long as it took to fire a couple boxes of ammo, then the frame cracked where the hammer nose impacted below the top strap. Somewhere, in some far off land, it made it back into a melting pot maybe to return as a Keihin carburetor for a Honda moped.
Next came an imported Luger look-alike in .22 LR. It too was made mostly of mystery metal. They call it pot metal because it's the result of tossing zinc and whatever non-ferrous scraps are scraped up off the floor into the melting pot. It's cheap, casts easily and is well suited to some non stressed parts. We aren't talking here about wrought, heat treatable aluminum, but something more appropriate for a cap pistol. That Luger never ran right and was soon returned for a refund.
So, if you want to invest in a .22 semiauto pistol, one that will be around for as long as you will, save enough to buy something at least made mostly from steel and maybe with a aluminum billet frame, and by a manufacturer with a reputation for quality, preferably one that will have parts available should something go amiss. HINT: I owned many a Ruger .22 semiauto pistol, and never had a a single one break or wear out. At least that is my advice, and it is offered free.
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