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frazzled wrote:1. Finicky-real finicky or will it eat Remington, Federal, and Winchesters ok?
2. How's the trigger pull?
3. How about dissassembly?

1. Medium finicky... seems to prefer a higher velocity load... haven't notice a brand preference.
2. Trigger pull is outstanding... very light... very crisp... like a good 1911.
3. Disassembly is not too hard... easier than on the Ruger... but not intuitive like on a 1911.

I bought a Ruger 22/45 Mark III Hunter a while back (picture below). It, and my Model 29 .44 magnum are the two most fun to shoot pistols I own. I will echo jbirds1210's comment that taking it apart is easy, but putting it back together again is a bit tricky. You do kind of get the hang of it after a while. In any case, it is an absolute tack driver, and it doesn't seem to care much about ammo selection.



Also, my son recently acquired a S&W Model 22A (pictured below). It is marginally more accurate than my Ruger, but it is also more finicky about ammo. It is also cheaper than the Ruger. That said, the location of the magazine release button - on the front strap - is kind of funky. Sometimes you eject the magazine without meaning to.



They are very different pistols, but both are a hoot to shoot.