At the range this afternoon, Had a lot of feeding problems with the Browning with several brands of ammo and the Ruger ate em all up. Remington bulk & Golden Bullet, Winchester Dynapoints, CCI Stingers, Velocitors, Blazer and Armscore Standard Velocity. The Browning liked the Armscore best for function & accuracy with only a couple of feeding jams with it.
The Ruger ate em all with gusto and the Velocitors & Armscore were the most accurate with the Velocitors hitting POA and the Armscore about .5" higher.
Both were brand new out of the box when we started and we dirtied them up pretty good going through some 1,000 rounds total in the two guns. Buddy had ordered the Browning and it finally arrived the day after he got a smoking deal on the Ruger so now has both! The Browning was $514.00 plus tax and the Ruger was $345.00 plus tax.
I have hopes for the 1911 22 with a different magazine (it only comes with one). The Ruger comes with 2 and both functioned perfectly. The grip on the Ruger is a bear to change as it is held on with a couple of detentes and friction and just pulls off the frame.
I will keep my Walther P22 for now but the little Browning is so neat I may have to have one!
Anyway, both delivered 2" groups at 25 yards for both of us after a little break in but the Browning was a P I T A having to hand cycle it at least once every magazine full. I did get a 1.5" 10 shot group one handed at the 7 yard target and with my shaky hands that is FANTASTIC!
Sorry no pictures as it was a spur of the moment thing and just an informal shooting trip to try them out.
