first pistol

flash bang

Hi guys, gonna purchase a .22 pistol have picked the following :
Browning Buckmark
Beretta 87 Target
Walter P22
S&W 22A
Looking for a bit of practical info on these ,price, reliabilty, would like something with a weaver rail . Suggestions. ideas please:cool:

rrpc

flash bang wrote: »

Hi guys, gonna purchase a .22 pistol have picked the following :

Depends what type of target shooting you're going to do.

Browning Buckmark

Good, accurate (usually) and reasonably priced

Beretta 87 Target

Not as good as the Browning, but still OK

Walter P22

:eek: Horrible!

S&W 22A

Supposed to be good, but have not seen enough of them to comment.

Looking for a bit of practical info on these ,price, reliabilty, would like something with a weaver rail . Suggestions. ideas please:cool:

There's the Hammerli X-Esse, also good, accurate and reliable.

Dr_Teeth

flash bang wrote: »

Hi guys, gonna purchase a .22 pistol have picked the following :
Browning Buckmark
Beretta 87 Target
Walter P22
S&W 22A
Looking for a bit of practical info on these ,price, reliabilty, would like something with a weaver rail . Suggestions. ideas please:cool:

I have a 22A, they're quite popular up at Hilltop. They're very accurate, with a great trigger, and are fairly inexpensive. You can get barrels from 4 to 7 inches, and can swap them very quickly. On the down-side they come with a magazine safety and don't take well to dry firing (the firing pin tends to strike the top of the chamber).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_22A

The Buckmark and the Hammerli are also very good.

flash bang

roughly how much for the 22A?

Dr_Teeth

I'd say 500-600 euros, shop around.

flash bang

apart from Hilltop who else sells?

rrpc

flash bang wrote: »

apart from Hilltop who else sells?

There's the RFD in Gorey, forget his name, but he usually has something secondhand.

Dealers don't have new pistols for sale here because they're only permitted to import for a customer. Can't hold stock of new pistols.

packas

John Lambert Camolin Wexford 086 62616907

Paul Walsh, East Coast Dog & Gun, Gorey, 086 8282700

Brian Duffy, Galway. www.shoot.ie Tel: 091562367


The only one I've ever dealt with was Brian Duffy in Galway. Excellent service. Be careful though he's a huge Sig fan :D:D:D

xesse

MY VIEW ON THIS IS
The hammerli xesse is the way to go
there are many other better firearms for each and every discipline
the s&w 22a very good firearm but cant use it in many classes because of the 7" barrel

xesse

contact gunshop.ie or hilltop for prices on hammerli xesse
aprox 700 euro i,d say

xesse

i forgot to say
whatever you do dont buy a walther P22
they are really , really bad
:eek:

Rusty Knight

packas wrote: »

John Lambert Camolin Wexford 086 62616907

Paul Walsh, East Coast Dog & Gun, Gorey, 086 8282700

Brian Duffy, Galway. www.shoot.ie Tel: 091562367


The only one I've ever dealt with was Brian Duffy in Galway. Excellent service. Be careful though he's a huge Sig fan :D:D:D

Ditto; Duffy is a gent and is not greedy - I have priced several pieces of equipment at three different dealers around the country on different occasions and he is consistently the most reasonable price.....couldn't recommend him high enough.

christyler

Talking of Sig, do you no you can now get the legendary Sig 226 in .22 cal ?

flash bang

Thanks for advice lads:)