Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns IF you could only have 1 .22LR pistol, what would it be??

I like my S&W 41 but it is a little ammo sensitive. So the Ruger MK 2 is it. Hasbeen

I'd love to find a nice Woodsman like that...

Mine would be a Browning 5.5'' Buckmark. I've owned most of the available options over the years, but the Buckmark's just fit my hands better and I shoot them better than anything else.

Current Buckmark:


Most accurate .22 I've owned that I let go in a fit of stupidity:

I do not know how I ever lived without this thing.

I have a Browning Buckmark that is super accurate.

Wife has a Ruger single Six convertible (.22LR/.22WM). It's a keeper, too.

Do not want to ever let go of Granddad's circa 1940 High Standard Model C in .22 short. Been shooting it for over 55 years and still love it. Also have his High Standard Sport King Model M in .22LR, circa 1970-ish, another keeper.



Keep just one? Not likely.

Third vote for this one. Reliable and super accurate.

Single Six, I've had it the longest. 5.5" Stainless

Fully agree, the single 6 is a winner. Had mine for over 25 years without one problem..... Now if I had more $ than I needed, then the answer would be the S&W M41.

A S&W 18 or a 4.5" 2206.

A S&W 48 with six MCACE inserts would be a great choice, but you said .22LR and a .22Mag with inserts probably falls outside that criteria.

If I could only have one, I would have two...

+2 on the SR22. It's my all-time favorite 22 pistol and I've owned a bunch. Colt, High Standard, S&W, Ruger MK 1 & 11 etc.
Not the most accurate, but the most fun to shoot.
The most accurate was my Colt Woodsman Match Target, but that's another story.

Now for revolvers, I'll go with a 4" custom Single-Six that my late Brother built.

Virgil B.

Pistol: Ruger 22/45 Lite

Revolver: S&W 63

For years I would have said my ruger single 6, but after shooting a suppressed ruger 22/45 lite a lot the last 3 years.
The 22/45wins out.

+1, Saves me typing it.

Looks like a Mark II. ??
Can't b see it to good on the phone with my oldass eyes.

Beretta Bobcat

Easy one for me.



S&W 617 K22 10 shot. It's my absolute favorite handgun, and probably my favorite handgun of all time. I've had more fun just plinking, or squirrel hunting with this handgun than I have had with any other handgun. When I go shooting, there are any number of guns I may or may not take with me. But FOR SURE, the 617 is going every time.

It's a pricey .22, but every time I pick mine up, I'm so glad I dropped the money to buy it. If I had to sell everything I own, the last pistol I'd ever sell is my carry gun, but the second to the last to go would be my K-22, and very deep mourning would follow.

I promise, that's one gun you'll keep forever. Seriously stop and think...walking a gun show, when was the last time you saw a used one for sale? People who buy them keep them.

Well ain't you a sneaky SOB. That's cool right there!!

So I have my 10 shot 617 which I think is more fun than the 6 shots...at least 40% more fun. If there was no such thing as a 10 shot K-22, the revolver I'd own would be a S&W Model 18; that's IMO just the perfect DA .22lr revolver right there.

Now my 617 is a very good shooter, but I've never seen an old school 17 or 18 that wouldn't out shoot my 617, they were just made a little better. And they have 40% less chambers that could be mis-aligned. Still, the difference isn't all that big so I'm quite happy with my 617, but OH MAN, one of these days I'll grab me a model 18 just because I've been in love with them since the first time I saw one in Bob Milek's hands in an OLD issue of G&A magazine.

Jamie,

What do you use for a holster? I'm having a custom built if I can ever find the time to get it to the maker.



Travis