Pheonix HP 22, would you use high velocity?

[minermax]

I know this is a real "cheap date" .22 pistol. After reading the manual that comes with it I was suprised they recomend Standard Velocity only. does anyone here have there own experience with this issue? If you have fired high velocity in yours , how did it work out ? or would you just stick to the standard vel. ?

[drifter2be]

Its a cheap gun, I have read dozens of threads about cracked frames and such because of using high velocity ammo. Is it really that big of a pain to shoot standard velocity out of it? Are you really going to go broke paying $.07 per round instead of $.04 per using the crappy bulk ammo vs CCI standard? And the other thing I have read is the "lifetime warranty" is good for two replacements...do what they instructions say and avoid the hassle.

I suggest selling it. My GF bought one. It is a total POS, isn't accurate past 9 feet, pain in the butt to disassemble, overall low build quality.

Just my thoughts...

[drifter2be]

I will add that if you truly feel the need to buy bulk ammo to shoot out of it, Remington 38gr subsonic is extremely reliable and cycles well in my GFs gun.

[minermax]

Its a cheap gun, I have read dozens of threads about cracked frames and such because of using high velocity ammo. Is it really that big of a pain to shoot standard velocity out of it? Are you really going to go broke paying $.07 per round instead of $.04 per using the crappy bulk ammo vs CCI standard? And the other thing I have read is the "lifetime warranty" is good for two replacements...do what they instructions say and avoid the hassle.

I suggest selling it. My GF bought one. It is a total POS, isn't accurate past 9 feet, pain in the butt to disassemble, overall low build quality.

Just my thoughts...

Thank you for the above, I will attempt to sell it. It is not the cost of ammo, I kinda thought it would be a light weight ,cheap, utility back country, no worries about damage,scratch & nick pistol. I hope there is a buyer out there next , this was just an impulse buy. Not worth the worry to me.

[minermax]

Forgot to mention that it is not a bad "looker" with the 5"bbl. and the smaller change out bbl. seem like a good idea at the time. After all is sais and done this is a "Junk Gun" for sure. Just sayin.

[m1a1driver]

NO. I did and my frame cracked with walmart bulk federal ammo. They are not desirable..

[drifter2be]

Thank you for the above, I will attempt to sell it. It is not the cost of ammo, I kinda thought it would be a light weight ,cheap, utility back country, no worries about damage,scratch & nick pistol. I hope there is a buyer out there next , this was just an impulse buy. Not worth the worry to me.

Yeah, the reason my GF bought hers was she wanted a first pistol, and the cost, and looks really turned her on to it.

The good news is that they seem to go relatively quickly in the FS section when you price them reasonably. As soon as we figure out what she wants to replace hers with I will be posting hers up for sale for her.

[KandyRedCoi]

i must have a freak of a gun...i only shoot blazers out of mine and even shot stingers out of it, no cracks...maybe an overused recoil spring, but thats about it...more than 1k rounds thru it

filed strip and cleaning is also a breeze...only downside is the fact that its innaccurate past 10or so feet

other than that mines been a hoot and is now serving as a trunk gun JIC

[minermax]

Look for this soon in the for sale section at $100- plus Dros, 2 bbls. very good condition.

[rspar]

Mines reasonably accurate out to 25ft with the longer barrel on it. No issues so far, but I'm trying to use up some thirty year old ammo.

[NotEnoughGuns]

I've shot a whole lot of mini-mags, fed bulk, 60gr sub sonics and stingers out of mine. I'm curious what it can take. If it breaks I'll get a new one so I don't really care. For the price and intended usage they are just fine. Range plinker they are not.