.22 revolver

[virgil]

Hey out there, I'm looking for a reliable yet inexpensive .22 revolver. Any suggestions?

[MedSpec65]

https://www.ruger-firearms.com/

[Schlamoo]

A Rugar Single-Six is probably the best basic .22 available. Simple, accurate, it will last a lifetime. All my nephews, friends, thier kids all were taught with my Single-Six. And the ground squirrels around my house fear it. If your want something fancier, a S&W double action is hard to beat.

[TMC]

I don't know what your definition of inexpensive is but I love my 617 10-shot. I picked it up for $450 used.

[dfletcher]

Cow Palace guns show is next weekend - maybe you'll get lucky & pick up an S & W Model 17. I got mine a few years ago for under $400.00. Don't know quite what you're purpose is, but a 6" 17 does pretty much everything well.

[MedSpec65]

A Rugar Single-Six is probably the best basic .22 available. Simple, accurate, it will last a lifetime. All my nephews, friends, thier kids all were taught with my Single-Six. And the ground squirrels around my house fear it. If your want something fancier, a S&W double action is hard to beat.

I agree. I bought a used New Model Single Six for $300.00 a little over a year ago. I got it for my son who has small hands, but I wound up taking it to the range more than he does. It's great for anti-flinch therapy. It comes with 2 cylinders, one for LR and the other for Magnum loads. It's a great gun to train on because it's dead accurate, feels natural in your hands and loading and unloading slows the pace enough to impart safe and smart gun-handling skills to beginners. I got the holster Ruger makes for it also. Perfect trail gun for plinking, etc.

[maxicon]

I've got 4 .22 revolvers - a High Standard Sentinel, a Sentinel Deluxe, a Taurus 94, and a Ruger Single Six convertible, and the Single Six is far and away the best of the lot. It's a great shooter with either .22 lr or .22 mag, but the magnums cost a good bit more to shoot. The Ruger Bearcat is good, but is pretty small, and not as common.

A S&W 617, 17, or 18 is as good as you get these days, but they're not inexpensive by .22 standards. The 617 can be found easily, but is expensive and heavy, and the 17 and 18 aren't so easy to find.

There's a handful of others out there, like the S&W 34, Ruger SP101 in .22, Colt Diamondback, etc, but most of those don't show up very often.

[SamIAm]

Ruger Bearcat

Smaller than the Single Six. But just as nice.

[magsnubby]

A S&W 617, 17, or 18 is as good as you get these days, but they're not inexpensive by .22 standards. The 617 can be found easily, but is expensive and heavy, and the 17 and 18 aren't so easy to find.

Any of those would make a great shooter. It's also one you'll get years of great service out of. My 18 appraised for $400 a couple of months ago. I gave $178 for it back in 1977.

There's a handful of others out there, like the S&W 34, Ruger SP101 in .22, Colt Diamondback, etc, but most of those don't show up very often.

Or if you could find a S&W 63 ( the 34's cousin in stainless steel ) that would be a great gun. I have one i bough nib back in 1980. The Diamondback is a beautiful gun but verrrrry pricey. Mine appraised at $750 last year. There's one on Gun Broker listed at $850. Mine belonged to my dad. I'll never sell it. I hope to have it (and the S&W 63) passed on to my grandson someday.