Taurus PT-22 Semi Auto Pistol .22 LR
Taurus PT-22 Semi Auto Pistol .22 LR
Interesting (tip up barrel design)! Nice for popping off a single shot, I gather. Might be a little shorter barrel than I’d like — I find I can shoot with reasonable accuracy (given the spec I just posted of a 5” pattern @ 10 ft.) if the handgun has a 4” (approx. barrel.)*
Would the Taurus cycle .22 shotshell cartridges ok / reliably?
Rate of Twist: 1:15” = Rifled barrel, correct?
*Ie., what modest experience I have with friends’ .22 pistols, using conventional LR cartridges, tells me that once I have a bit of experience with the gun, with a 4” or longer barrel I have a very good chance of getting my shot within a 4” circle @ 10 ft. Ok, that’s probably pretty so-so, no “Olympic accuracy from me! But it does mean that IF the pistol will create a nice ~5” pattern with shot @ ~10 ft., Mr. Copperhead is going to become catfish food.**
**Heh, since I might catch and eat said catfish later, once he stops moving, Mr. Copperhead’s gonna get the ISIS treatment — newly leaded head in a Ziploc bag in the cooler for disposition in the trash, later, and his body in the drink. This last summer I did this less the gun — I killed a 3’ 11” (near record!!) copperhead with a machete — a slightly hairier “dispatch” than I really care to make!