Two new 22 revolvers, the journey begins

[North Country Gal]

Fine guns, Mags. The K22 is very collectible, now.

[Vaquero]

I have a Cimmaron Pietta 45 also.
Very nice shooter.

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RP

[TRock]

Have a 45 colt Uberti El Patron 5 1/2 inch barrell. It has a nice trigger on it and no complaints so far. Like you, I tend to favor the single actions more, but have a double action 38 also. Nice revolvers sir.

[North Country Gal]

Update:

With a near record warm day on Friday this week in the upper 40s, we headed to our local range with the new 617 and the new Uberti, hoping to finally see how they shoot and compared. I guess everyone else in the area decided to get out and shoot, too, what with the nice weather. In fact, the range was the most crowded we've see\n all year. There was one bench left, but we passed, since there were shooters on both sides shooting ported ARs. Nothing against ARs - each to their own - but not much fun to get hammered when guys on both sides were shooting ported guns at a fast and furious pace. In fact, almost all the shooters we saw were shooting AR type guns. I actually felt a little out of place packing little 22 revolvers.

Oh, well, will try again later. Will ;probably have some more guns to add to the mix by then, anyway.

[DsGrouse]

For those not familiar with 617s, the 617 is notorious for light strikes, right out of the box, some guns being so bad they can't make it through an entire cylinder of 10 shots without a significant number of failure to ignite rounds. This one and the one I used to have both had to be returned to Smith to be fixed. Got this one back and test fired it in the backyard and the gun seems fixed, now. (It better be, because 617s are very expensive, right at $900 these days.)

Smith and Wesson's extended firing pin cured most of my light strike issues. I'd not experienced any until about 200k through the gun (100k from the previous owner). I bought a replacement standard 617 fp and had the same issue. I bought an extended, and the issue cleared up.

The extended isn't longer than the standard. The groove cut in the extended allows it to travel further than the standard. My original FP was a couple of thousands shorter than the normal factory replacement. It was just plum wore out.

[North Country Gal]

Where can I get the extended? Be good to have one on hand.

[DsGrouse]

Iirc I found mine on mgw, or brownells.

https://www.midwestgunworks.com/page/mg ... /216310000

https://cylinder-slide.com/Item/CS0188

[Sir Henry]

Bummer you didn’t get to shoot.

[Vaquero]

Bummer you didn’t get to shoot.

What you said Gene.
One of the advantages to having a range right out the back door.

RP

[North Country Gal]

Iirc I found mine on mgw, or brownells.

https://www.midwestgunworks.com/page/mg ... /216310000

https://cylinder-slide.com/Item/CS0188

Thanks! I ordered a couple from Cylinder and Slide. Just good to have on hand as a backup, if needed.

[North Country Gal]

If I walk down to the lake at the end of our property, I am the legal 200 yard distance from another house, so it's legal for me to shoot. I do test fire guns down there for function sometimes, but that's all black spruce tangles/bog, so no place to actually set up a range.

Back up closer to the house we have our air gun range ad that's totally legal, so we do a lot of air gun shooting.

[daytime dave]

If I walk down to the lake at the end of our property, I am the legal 200 yard distance from another house, so it's legal for me to shoot. I do test fire guns down there for function sometimes, but that's all black spruce tangles/bog, so no place to actually set up a range.

Back up closer to the house we have our air gun range ad that's totally legal, so we do a lot of air gun shooting.

I'm hoping to have a small range built officially in late spring. I have a sweet spot that I use now that's NY's legal distance from both neighbors. Both don't mind if I shoot, so it's not really an issue. Neighbors change, so I plan to build at the sweet spot. In our area, a few years ago when I moved there, the whole neighborhood shot on Sunday in the backyards. Not so much now.

[North Country Gal]

Good for you, Dave. You're right about neighbors. You really have no control over who you get for neighbors, but always best to play it safe and stay legal, just in case.

[Sir Henry]

If I walk down to the lake at the end of our property, I am the legal 200 yard distance from another house, so it's legal for me to shoot. I do test fire guns down there for function sometimes, but that's all black spruce tangles/bog, so no place to actually set up a range.

Back up closer to the house we have our air gun range ad that's totally legal, so we do a lot of air gun shooting.

I'm hoping to have a small range built officially in late spring. I have a sweet spot that I use now that's NY's legal distance from both neighbors. Both don't mind if I shoot, so it's not really an issue. Neighbors change, so I plan to build at the sweet spot. In our area, a few years ago when I moved there, the whole neighborhood shot on Sunday in the backyards. Not so much now.

I hear shooting a few times a month. Most people here shoot or at least have a few firearms. I have a berm pushed up at 50 and a new one at 100 yards. I make it well known no bullets leave my property. Since 90% of what I shoot is rimfire most can’t even hear it.

One neighbor works in Madison and comes here on weekends. Actually she is on for seven and then off for seven. She told me she hears more gunfire in the city than here. Sad.

[North Country Gal]

If I walk down to the lake at the end of our property, I am the legal 200 yard distance from another house, so it's legal for me to shoot. I do test fire guns down there for function sometimes, but that's all black spruce tangles/bog, so no place to actually set up a range.

Back up closer to the house we have our air gun range ad that's totally legal, so we do a lot of air gun shooting.

I'm hoping to have a small range built officially in late spring. I have a sweet spot that I use now that's NY's legal distance from both neighbors. Both don't mind if I shoot, so it's not really an issue. Neighbors change, so I plan to build at the sweet spot. In our area, a few years ago when I moved there, the whole neighborhood shot on Sunday in the backyards. Not so much now.

I hear shooting a few times a month. Most people here shoot or at least have a few firearms. I have a berm pushed up at 50 and a new one at 100 yards. I make it well known no bullets leave my property. Since 90% of what I shoot is rimfire most can’t even hear it.

One neighbor works in Madison and comes here on weekends. Actually she is on for seven and then off for seven. She told me she hears more gunfire in the city than here. Sad.

Not surprised. When we lived in Milwaukee, we lived in a nice NW suburb, but not far from us was a pretty nasty neighborhood. We heard gunshots at night all the time and when we had gangs driving down our street and shooting guns out the window, we knew it was time to get out. Bill finally retired shortly after and we moved as far from the big city as we could get and have never regretted it. When Del Gue suggested Jeremiah should maybe move down to a town, Jeremiah says, "I've been to a town, Del."

[daytime dave]

Agreed. The shots in my neighborhood are for sport, pleasure and obtaining wild game. In the cities, the shots are always in anger and unwelcome. Fortunately the two worlds don't meet. I think it's a universal given that my unlocked door is meant for friends and certain family to stop by anytime. Everyone else knows better............