I have never liked .22 LR, blasphemy, I know. I prefer to shoot .22 WMR instead. I had a Ruger Single-Six with the changeable cylinders where I just used the one cylinder. When my oldest son was 13, I loaded it with blanks and teased him about he couldn't hit the side of a barn. So, later when he was much older and I was offering him things from my house as I was cutting back on things, he asked me for the Ruger, so he has it now.
At one time I went looking for a .22 WMR semi-auto rifle, but discovered that Ruger had discontinued them a few years earlier. When my son on leave from the Army came to visit, I took him to Cabelas to check it out. I discovered a Remington 597 .22 WMR semi-auto with a synthetic all weather stock in very good condition. After purchasing it, I found it had probs with FTF/FTE, but thought them to be mainly with the magazines which Remmy had made 3 diff versions. I still had probs, but after mentioning it in the forum, it was suggested, I should get a new Volquartsen Extractor. I did, installed it and have not had any probs since. I am not a hunter, not even much of a target shooter, but just like to go out plinkin' in the Nevada desert. Yes, I know that WMR is more expensive then the LR, but the experience is more than worth it!
Finally, it has been suggested to me that the PMR 30 might be an interesting pistol to look at.
Hope I didn't get too far off topic, just wanted to relate my experiences with .22 WMR.
Good shootin' to y'all!
UPDATE: 4/13/2020 I just read that Remington made a 4th generation magazine coated in black. I will have to see if I can find any.
At one time I went looking for a .22 WMR semi-auto rifle, but discovered that Ruger had discontinued them a few years earlier. When my son on leave from the Army came to visit, I took him to Cabelas to check it out. I discovered a Remington 597 .22 WMR semi-auto with a synthetic all weather stock in very good condition. After purchasing it, I found it had probs with FTF/FTE, but thought them to be mainly with the magazines which Remmy had made 3 diff versions. I still had probs, but after mentioning it in the forum, it was suggested, I should get a new Volquartsen Extractor. I did, installed it and have not had any probs since. I am not a hunter, not even much of a target shooter, but just like to go out plinkin' in the Nevada desert. Yes, I know that WMR is more expensive then the LR, but the experience is more than worth it!
Finally, it has been suggested to me that the PMR 30 might be an interesting pistol to look at.
Hope I didn't get too far off topic, just wanted to relate my experiences with .22 WMR.
Good shootin' to y'all!
UPDATE: 4/13/2020 I just read that Remington made a 4th generation magazine coated in black. I will have to see if I can find any.
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