22 rifle for bug out bag

[Guest nysos]

Nope. I have a few I haven't shot. Just can't seem to get around to them

You spend too much time on TGO pretending to be working.

[mikegideon]

You spend too much time on TGO pretending to be working.

I guess I'm busted. Maybe they'll make me start punching a clock.

[Dolomite_supafly]

I also have a sub2000 and I think I'm going to add a Walter 22 to the bag. It feels better to me than the Ruger. The one I looked at had a nice red dot under the barrel. Would be great for small game up close(- 50 yards) and a good get off me gun till I could get the S2k out.

The Walther is a gun that will not last. The slide is made of pot metal, not even aluminum, and it has other issues as well. I watch the front sights pop off. The hammer springs break with regularity.

It falls in the same category as the Sig Mosquito. I was told by the engineers at Sig that the Mosquito is designed to last 10K-15K rounds. That means if you shoot a brick of ammo a month, which is easy to do with a 22, the gun will be junk inside of 2 years.

I have shot the Walther and it does feel good but I would rather have a durable, reliable gun than one that feels good.

The Ruger MK series will last lifetimes because it is steel. The standard MK series, not the 22/45, has a all steel frame, steel receiver and a steel bolt. They will outlast any of us on this board and probably several generations of children. Heck it Ruger's first model was produced in 1949 and most are still as capable as the day they left the factory because they were 100% steel. Even the 22/45 will last a lifetime because all of the "working" parts are 100% steel.

There are very few all steel 22's out there and of those the Ruger is the most popular because its price is reasonable.

Dolomite

[mike243]

If i had to pick 1 pistol it would be a revolver that I could change the cyclinder out & shoot 22 mag,small game to deer sized with close shots,I would take my mk2 target pistol as my next 1