Beginners .22 pistol?

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I’m probably overthinking this, but I’ve never owned a .22 pistol (besides an NAA mini) and I’d like to get one for my son to learn on. He is old enough and I trust him enough to go with a semi auto.

I guess I’m looking for something Glock ish and the rugers caught my eye. This will just be a range plinker and I don’t care about any bells and whistles, no red dot BS or any of that. Are the Rugers decent or should I look at something else?

Any recommendations are greatly appreciated. Thank you gents!
 
Love my 22/45 (Mark IV). Came with iron sights, along with a piece of pic rail you could mount on it. I ended up getting a RDS mount plate from Tandemkross instead (better IMO). With the Ruger Mark IV series there's LOT of after market parts available. I ended up installing some to make it pretty much exactly like I wanted. You can start out bone stock, then go ape shit later.
 
DetectNES said:
another vote for ruger mark IV. seemed more reliable and less picky about ammo out of the box than s&w victory. both are heavy compared to many other 22 pistols, so helps with recoil for a beginner. triggers are decent out of the box.
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Pretty easy to correct the trigger in the mark IV pistols too. Asking as you have some mechanical aptitude that is.

I picked up the 22/45 Diego the grip profile matching a 1911. Those are what I prefer above all others. Been shooting 1911s for about 45 years. So plenty of muscle memory there. :D
 
DetectNES said:
another vote for ruger mark IV. seemed more reliable and less picky about ammo out of the box than s&w victory. both are heavy compared to many other 22 pistols, so helps with recoil for a beginner. triggers are decent out of the box.
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Huh…. I’ve had 100% reliability from my Victory. CCI std. velocity just worked, so I never tried anything else in it.
 
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milktree said:
Huh…. I’ve had 100% reliability from my Victory. CCI std. velocity just worked, do I never tried anything else in it.
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i had some initial FTE issues with my s&w victory. had to bend the ejector and shot a lot of high velocity ammo thru it before it became more reliable. maybe luck of the draw with build quality if it works well or not out of the box.
 
If this is meant to help someone learn then it's best to get something that is modern and as close to popular pistols today, which is to say a polymer striker fired pistol. Ruger LCP II is on the small side, so if he's around 9 or 10 he'll outgrow it soon. I think a better choice is the Taurus TX22 compact because it's the one striker .22 I know of that's got a full size feel, but isn't.

I would say Ruger SR22, but that's a DA/SA action and not one meant to train beginners on and with the popularity of the DA/SA in decline for decades, I don't see that changing in the future.

Old farts are going to stammer on about Ruger Mark whatevers and Brown Buttmarks and how grandchildren's grandchildren's grandchildren will own it and think of you and some other such sappy shit, but those are more an experts .22 than a beginners. Yes, they shoot very well, but you want something that's fun and going to train him for the future and the inevitable next step for him in a couple years is a 9mm and they don't make 9mm versions of the Ruger Mark pistols.

I suggest the TX22 over a Glock 44 becasue the price is far better for the Taurus and it is growing in popularity while the Glock is languishing and is known to have issues because Glock doesn't know how to make a rimfire.
 
In God We Trust said:
I’m probably overthinking this, but I’ve never owned a .22 pistol (besides an NAA mini) and I’d like to get one for my son to learn on. He is old enough and I trust him enough to go with a semi auto.

I guess I’m looking for something Glock ish and the rugers caught my eye. This will just be a range plinker and I don’t care about any bells and whistles, no red dot BS or any of that. Are the Rugers decent or should I look at something else?

Any recommendations are greatly appreciated. Thank you gents!
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My Mk IV is a PITA to take apart. The only real issue with the platform.

That said, there's now this thing called Youtube that has videos. One day I'll pull it out and watch a video or two. I had to walk of shame it to a dealer the only time I tried to take it apart back in '02 or '03.
 
I believe Ruger did not introduce the Mark IV until 2016. What version do you have that is difficult to takedown? II, III? My Mark IV is simple push button takedown.
 
weekendracer said:
My Mk IV is a PITA to take apart. The only real issue with the platform.

That said, there's now this thing called Youtube that has videos. One day I'll pull it out and watch a video or two. I had to walk of shame it to a dealer the only time I tried to take it apart back in '02 or '03.
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Are you thinking of an older version? The Mark IV breaks down easily for cleaning.
And my vote is for a Mark IV.
 
I love the SR.22

Bought it for a wife years ago and saved it for my daughter who will be learning pistol in a few weeks.
Only modifications I have done are a stainless steel guide rod.
Been fantastic in probably 5k rounds

If local to Lawrence, Methuen area you can borrow it for a couple weeks to try.
 

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No idea, but early 2ks with the problem being the grip safety. Have to kinda wiggle it around from what I've heard. I like my Glocks and AR's, ezpz.
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No grip safety on the Ruger Mark line of pistols. The 22/45 has a THUMB safety though. IIRC, to split the upper from the lower, you cock it, put it on "safe" then press the rear button to split. Easy enough for a libtard to do. :oops:
 
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22/45.

I have a mk3 that I have never taken apart or cleaned in countless rounds shot through it suppressed. Every now and then I just blast it with some CLP. My kids love it.
 

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