[marktwain]

Kel-Tec has grabbed considerable market share with its excellent P17 .22 pistol.

[marktwain]

Kel-Tec P17 .22 pistol. 16 round magazine, 14 ounces fully loaded, size of a Walther PP.

[No.6]

“Beretta, USA, Gallatin, TN, is reported to have made 14,123 .22 or smaller caliber pistols in 2021. Beretta USA makes several versions of their famous tip-up semi-automatic .22s in the USA”

Alas the Bobcat is sleeping (discontinued, again) but its larger sister the Tomcat got a reboot as the 30x including an optics-ready version (!)

[CodeToad]

By ATF admissions, data is kept two years in arears for manufacturer benefit.

I bet the Sig P222 is the hottest seller of a single pistol form.

[T.B. Yoits]

I posted a link to a 3 minute video of Hickok45 with the Ruger Mark IV, which he shows the ease of taking it apart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjCQdgAj0Ks

Ruger also makes them in what they call the 22/45 models where the grip is aligned like the 1911.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

My (sometimes) gf needs a small, 5+ shot .22 revolver, for her first gun. Reasonably priced, not heavy, for small hands. Used is fine.

Any ideas?

(Please, no NAA mini revolver recs lol)

[Georgia Girl 2]

I have the Ruger SR 22. Its a stellar hand gun.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember when the .22 was the most hated firearm by the news media and democrat politicians. In 1970, the Denver Post called for a ban on American Made SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIALS as foreign ones had been banned by the 1968 gun control law.
The illustration they used for a SNS was a Ruger Mark II, which cost $45 at that time. They considered any handgun priced at below $50 at that time to be a SNS. “Rifles and shotguns will not be affected!” was the promise.

I was in a pawn shop not long ago. I saw an old SNS that sold new in 1968 for $12. They wanted 125 for it.

[chrisinoc]

I still have my Browning Buck Mark from 1994, complete with carrying case, instructions, and two magazines.

[moovova]

Fun guns.