# The Great Ongoing .22 Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-22-thread/986268 "2023-06-29T01:33:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-22-thread/986268/21 "2023-06-29T18:32:50Z")
I’ve also got a CZ Lux .22 bolt-action rifle, 5-cartridge magazine. It’s a sweetheart for target shooting. When I was in the market for a rifle, I tried every .22 they had in the shop, and when I got to the CZ Lux and put it to my shoulder, I knew right away it was just the right fit for me. Bought it over 10 years ago, and I believe that particular model of the CZ Lux is no longer manufactured. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-22-thread/986268/22 "2023-06-30T02:14:36Z")
I’ve got a Glock G44. It was my first gun, and I got it mostly because I figured it was time to stop talking about constitutional rights, and actually exercising them. What a fun, cheap gun to use to make holes in paper targets. Despite a lot of the early reviews, using whatever cheap FMJ ammos I’ve bought has been perfectly reliable. It’s been a wonderful machine, well engineered, well architectured, to the point that a lot of gun nuts call it “boring,” kind of like a 1990’s Ford Taurus, I guess. I’ve since expanded my deadly, assault gun, anti-social arsenal to encompass several different use cases, scenarios, and calibres, but my G44 is my favorite. It’s just so fun to use. I’m not a “gun nut” (honestly), but I (honestly) can’t wait to let my kids fire these in a safe, responsible manner, and educate them that guns aren’t evil but people can be. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-22-thread/986268/23 "2023-06-30T02:47:41Z")
I guess I should have said in the OP that the guns linked/pictured are ones I own. > [@Balthisar](#): > > using whatever cheap FMJ ammos I’ve bought has been perfectly reliable The Ruger Mk II is very finicky, though the 10-22s are not. I contacted Ruger a couple of decades ago, and they said that the pistol has a ‘target’ chamber, which is tighter than the standard chamber on the 10-22. Remington .22LR just won’t reliably eject in the Mk II. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-22-thread/986268/24 "2023-06-30T03:15:04Z")
Heheh, the most finicky .22 I ever fired was a gun owned by the same roommate that owned a Single Six. It was an Astra Constable. > **[Astra Model Constable .22 LR](https://www.genitron.com/Handgun/Astra/Pistol/Constable/22-LR/Variant-1)** > > Information on handgun Astra Model Constable .22 LR It was really a nice gun, but depending on the ammo you purchased it would be likely to give you a stovepipe jam or two every clip. I don’t think he had it long enough to find what ammo would work reliably in it, and he traded it in for a Taurus PT92, The least finicky semi-auto .22 I remember firing was (IIRC) a Marlin model 60 that another friend owned. Throw whatever bag of .22 LR was cheapest into it, it was happy all day long. I’m pretty sure I never saw that rifle jam, and we put a ton of ammo through it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-22-thread/986268/25 "2023-06-30T13:31:43Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > It was an Astra Constable. That looks like my PPK/S. > [@scabpicker](#): > > The least finicky semi-auto .22 … I can’t remember a jam in any other one but the Ruger Mk II. Looking back at the OP, it’s sad that I haven’t fired all of them. I haven’t fired the Winchester 94/22, the Marlin Model 39A, Henry AR-7, or the Ruger Single-Six. Because life intervened, I haven’t been to the rancg in 15 years. I bought those .22s (new, except for the Ruger) after that, but never renewed my range membership. (Also, I still need to gigure out the cylinders on the Single-Six.) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-22-thread/986268/26 "2023-06-30T14:06:46Z")
My 10/22: [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53013128753_7512e1a0d8_z.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53013128753_7512e1a0d8_z.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-22-thread/986268/27 "2023-06-30T14:12:18Z")
Again, in my desire to just post the thread after a year and not posting anything about my .22s, I neglected to say that one of my 10-22s has a Mannlicher stock on it. I’ll have to take a picture. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-22-thread/986268/28 "2023-06-30T22:47:51Z")
Are those the Tech Sights? I bought a set off those for an Appleseed event. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-22-thread/986268.md?page=1)