What are you guys liking? I haven’t really looked much, to be honest. I know the current must-buy is the Taurus TX22 because it’s cheap, works great, and you can stick a $10 FRT in it. I did a couple mag dumps through a suppressed one the other day, and while hilariously amusing, I think that’ll get old fast. I also want to teach my son, and I don’t think that will have a lot of value for that.

The Ruger 22/45 is tempting. Tandemkross makes a 1” or so barrel for it that would be good for an all-the time suppressor host. There’s also the various Mk models floating around, then the Buckmark.

I have a Smith & Wesson Model 41 and two barrels for it. I know Clark makes a 1/2x28 Picatinny topped barrel for it, but last I looked, they were $500 and a six month wait. I eventually want to snag one of those, but something more attainable and less pricey now is kind of what I’m looking for.

What are you guys using? Pics are welcome.

Ruger MK series or 22/45 are very reliable--go with a bull barrel. S&W Victory is another reliable pistol.
No experience with Taurus--cheap up front but ?? reliable.
The serialized part on the Ruger is the upper/barrel --need threaded barrel.

We have a 22/45 Lite that's fun but the the wife's 10/22 takedown charger is giggle fun. Came with a threaded barrel and bi-pod

I have a 22/45 Tactical that came with a threaded barrel. It works great and has enough cheese graters with it that you can mount just about anything. I highly recommend it.

I have a couple of Buckmark that are great, an old S&W 622 with a threaded barrel adapter that is insanely lightweight, and I just bought the Silencer Shop Ruger Mark IV 22/45 with the short threaded barrel that allows you to use standard velocity rounds that brings them down to sub speeds. I also have a Ruger Charger with a nice Odin Deep Six chassis. I like all of them.

My plan is to get a Ruger MK IV 22/45 with a threaded barrel (model 40190). I just got a Lobos Industries RMSc pattern mount and I'm looking at a Sig Romeo X enclosed compact circle dot reticle (around $360 at Brownells with veterans discount).

I just want a fun plinker.

Unless you have something specific I think the two best options are the Ruger threaded models and the Victory threaded ones. I have both and its a straight toss up across the board. Both have good aftermarket support. With the weights of the new ti printed suppressors I'm not sure I would bother with getting a shorter upper, but maybe if weight and balance is a critical issue then its available.
The universal internet says the Buckmark is on par, but I have no experience personally.
I have a bunch of other things like the 41 and hammerli and the little p322 sig and the little glock... but why would you bother unless you have some very odd need.

I have two Ruger 22/45with pac lite uppers(they were originally made before Ruger started making theirs with the lightweight upper)

I’ve removed the mag doo-dad that only allows it to shoot wiht a mag inserted-and it’s perfect.
I understand that Ruger fixed all that when they made the MKIV version.

I used to have a walther P22 but the slide cracked and I sent it back for repair nd sold the repaired one when it returned.

I used my buddy’s browning before settling on the rugers.

I like my Ruger MkIV Tactical...now.

Out of the box it wouldn't get through a mag without a malfunction.

I spent about $150 replacing all the internals with Volquartsen parts, and polished a few things and now it's reliable (and has an excellent trigger). Still not as reliable as my MkII Target...that thing is more reliable than any rimfire semi-auto that I've ever seen. But the MkIV will nee get through a couple hundred rounds suppressed before it starts acting up. And shooting it suppressed with cheap bulk ammo gets it FILTHY!

The short barrel keeps even cheap high-velocity bulk-pack .22 Subsonic, which is nice smas it allows me to save my more expensive subsonic ammo for the rifles.

I didn't care for the huge cheese grater rails, so I removed them both and got a low profile mount for the 407c.

It's accurate, fun, cheap to shoot, and very quiet. And it better be because that's over $1000 wrapped up in a .22....

Like 92fstech posted, a lot of rugers have quality control issues, and I see most of the people I shootvsteel challenge with almost immediately run out and buy a bunch of parts to dump in them to get them running optimally

I had the same question a few years ago and settled on a S&W victory threaded. I got it for a great price ( about 200 bucks less than a 22/45 lite at the time) and it runs perfectly. Needs no aftermarket tinkering to run, is nearly bullseye competition accurate has a good trigger and sights. I would do the same again

Where can I source one of the $10 FRTs for the TX22? Sounds fun just to have!

The one thing I will say for the Volquartsen parts...it's something I probably would have done anyway, even if the gun had been reliable out of the box.

First, it gets rid of the idiotic magazine disconnect safety. That alone is worth the cost/effort.

Two, the trigger pull is vastly improved over factory.

Three, the quality of the Volquartsen parts is just superb. When you handle them you can feel the quality of the steel, and everything is finished and polished to perfection.

It's good enough stuff that it almost makes it worth buying a gun just to be able to install the parts kit, lol.

I have 4.
Sig p322, runs well. I wish it had a properly threaded barrel instead of the adaptor, but it works.
A Taurus TX22. Had to send it back to them for the feed ramp, but they replaced the barrel and it runs great. The cheapest and it runs really well.
A Walther p22. Don’t really use it, it was the only one I had when I got my first can. It is ok but the others are better.
My favorite is an FN 502. This runs great and is really accurate.
I run optics on all but the Walther and it is a really good experience shooting them.
I used Rugged and B&T cans.

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Very happy with my MkIII 22/45. The one drawback I’ve found is cleaning it.

It gets what I call a whores bath every couple hundred rounds. Open it up and spray the hell out of it with CLP, run the slide. A couple revolutions and it’s good to go. Take down is more complicated pre MkIV.

I am surprised no one mentioned the S&W M&P22C yet; this gun runs great with Aguila Subsonics and is so much fun to shoot!

I wavered between the Ruger MkIV and the Victory for months. I finally bought the Victory, for the sole reason that I played with both of them in the store and the Victory had a very slightly nicer trigger. It shot good and was nearly 100% reliable (I had a couple of FTF jams with some cheap bulk ammo in over 500 rounds, but don't recall which). Mixture of plated and lead rounds.

Then I screwed a can on it, and within about 30 rounds the bullets started to keyhole. Took the can back off and the keyholing continued. I took a close look down the barrel and saw what appeared to be a slight buildup of some kind of crud, just forward of the chamber. A brush and several hours(!) of scrubbing later, the bulge seemed to be gone. Or at least small enough that I couldn't see it anymore. Shot it again, without the can, and it seemed to be back to normal. I don't know what that crud was, but from the amount of elbow grease it took, I'm assuming it was lead. The timing of the appearance of the problem is suspicious, but it doesn't make sense that putting a can on the gun would cause that kind of buildup, so I don't know what actually caused it. A tiny flaw in the machining in the barrel (rough spot) maybe?

The whole incident kind of ruined my faith in that gun and it's been a safe queen ever since.

I sold my buckmark for a 22/45 mk4 and I’m not looking back. Pairs very well with a dead air mask

I'd suggest 3 options.

1. Ruger 22/45 mark iv. There is a special edition one that has a 2" barrel. Perfect for being a suppressor host.

2. Sig P322. Add a red dot, upgrade the trigger shoe, already threaded and having 20 round magazine. Fun all day!

3. S&W 422/2206/2213 family. Have to buy an adapter but barrel already threaded. Barrel is n the lower part of the frame so it doesn't obstruct your iron sights. It's like a sewing machine...I can't ever recall a malfunction.

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The whole incident kind of ruined my faith in that gun and it's been a safe queen ever since.

It seems to me the best solution it to send it to S&W. And the second option is just get a new barrel which is likely to be less than $100 for a stock one. I see lots of rounds out of suppressed victories and there is no generic problem.

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The whole incident kind of ruined my faith in that gun and it's been a safe queen ever since.

It seems to me the best solution it to send it to S&W. And the second option is just get a new barrel which is likely to be less than $100 for a stock one. I see lots of rounds out of suppressed victories and there is no generic problem.

Yeah, my general experience with S&W has been pretty good over the years. I didn't mean to indicate a loss of faith in S&W, just in this particular sample. I may take a look around for an aftermarket barrel.