.22 Ying & Yang

I've went a little .22 crazy the past couple of years.  I've been spending all of my "allowance" on guns, so I haven't had as much to spend on ammo.  So, I've been trying to maximize my shooting time by supplementing my "real gun" shooting, with .22s.  I'll keep it just to handguns for this post.  I started off in '09 getting a Browning Buckmark.  Sweet handgun, and I loved shooting it.  Then my dad gave me his Hi-Standard Dura-matic.  This gun is sentimental to me, because first off it's his, second because it was the first gun that I ever shot.  In 2010 I got a Ruger MkIII, which I had been lusting after for awhile.  At the same time my wife bought her first gun -- a Beretta 87 Cheetah.  Yesterday I shot her Cheetah for the first time.  Meowwwww!!!!  It shoots sweet.  It feels exactly like a M9, but without the recoil and smaller, of course.

Anyone have a favorite .22 handgun?

Ruger 180

It's hard for me to fathom that if you would have asked me just one short year ago, I would say, "I'm not really a Ruger guy."  I did own a Ruger 10/22 that my dad gave me, but that was it.  Then I bought the LCP when it came out.  I was really impressed.  Then by happenstance my wife bought me a book, "Ruger and His Guns."  Ruger has an interesting story -- I was fascinated.  Then I started to crave a Mark I, II, or III.  So I bought a Mark III.  By then I was hooked on Ruger.  Now last week I just bought a GP161.  Now I'm a huge fan of Ruger.  Just last week, after I bought the new .357, I was thinking, "I would really like to get something more in 9mm, I only have a Beretta in 9mm.  Hmmm...look at that SR9, that looks nice."  Low and behold, the next day, viola, look what Ruger has done now...the LC9.

I have to give Ruger a lot of credit, they have truly become innovators in the last couple of years.  The SR-556, then the LCP and LCR  They weren't the first with a micro-compact .380 on the market, but theirs was the best (and well marketed) when it came out and it's because of them that this market has taken off.  I can guarantee you that within the year, everyone and their brother will have a single stack 9mm on the market.  And always, Ruger will have the best price (I was surprised at the low MSRP for the LC9).  Sig will be charging $900 for a similar gun that is "better."  Keep an eye out in coming weeks for a in depth review on my Youtube Channel:  762x51n8o.  


What are your thoughts on Ruger, and do you have a favorite model?