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C-dub wrote:

puma guy wrote:

C-dub wrote:I have a Colt 1911-22, Ruger Single Six .22, and now a Ruger Mark III .22 Hunter. All three are great and loads of fun when kept clean. The Single Six is less dependent on cleanliness than the semi-autos. An advantage to the Colt is that the controls and size are the same as the full size .45 and it will hold 12 rounds instead of just 10.

The Mark III out shot the Colt in accuracy when I had them both out together after just getting the Mark III. I haven't had the Single Six out with the Colt yet, but think it will also be more accurate. It will be interesting to get them all out together. I have a feeling the Single Six will beat them both.

As for being inexpensive to shoot, that is true when you can find .22 ammo.

C-dub, Does your Single Six have a fully adjustable rear sight? I'm seeing lots of .22 available; even .22 WMR.

It does. My FIL left it to me after he passed. It was made in 1956.

C-dub wrote:I have a Colt 1911-22, Ruger Single Six .22, and now a Ruger Mark III .22 Hunter. All three are great and loads of fun when kept clean. The Single Six is less dependent on cleanliness than the semi-autos. An advantage to the Colt is that the controls and size are the same as the full size .45 and it will hold 12 rounds instead of just 10.

The Mark III out shot the Colt in accuracy when I had them both out together after just getting the Mark III. I haven't had the Single Six out with the Colt yet, but think it will also be more accurate. It will be interesting to get them all out together. I have a feeling the Single Six will beat them both.

As for being inexpensive to shoot, that is true when you can find .22 ammo.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:There's only one reliable semi-auto .22LR handgun. One, not one model or one manufacturer, just one reliable semi-auto .22LR handgun. God has it and He isn't selling.

Chas.

Edited to add: There aren't any reliable semi-auto .22LR handguns on earth.
Edited 2nd time to add: "semi-auto" Jusme is right about the Ruger Single Six

Middle Age Russ wrote:SIG makes a 1911-22 (a re-badged GSG), which is a decent gun. Takedown is a bit different than a regular 1911. I also saw that SIG is selling a 1911 .22 conversion on their website. SIG also makes a version of the 938 in .22LR. Beyond SIG there are others, of course, but I only have experience with their 1911-22 in 1911 format guns.

As for why the limit on mag capacity, the rimmed cartridge is the big driver. The rim can cause problems feeding from a straight box magazine that is too long, and double-stacking rimmed cartridges in a magazine is a recipe for magazine related failures when the rims don't all behave just so during loading or shooting.