Ruger 22/45 Lite or SR22?

[copfish]

I want them both but my wallet says pick one... Any opinions? I really hated my Walther P22 because it felt cheap. The SR22 feels more substantial. I've always wanted the Tactical Solutions upper, but it rubbed me the wrong way to fill out a 4473 for an upper and even though it is a 3rd model gun, it feels pretty good in hand. I will eventually end up with both, just because I'm an addict. But which one should I get first...[Bang]

[Singlestack]

My take would be the 22/45 - tons of available options and upgrades. Maybe just me, but the SR22 felt very, very small in my average sized hands. One thing (for training purposes) don't like about the SR22 is the manual safety is UP to fire - opposite of all my other handguns that have manual safeties.

Singlestack

[ray1970]

I'm going to agree with singlestack. Between the two I would definitely pick the 22/45.

[Mazin]

Another vote for 22/45, and I also agree with the op's comment about the P22. Hopefully they finally got the ejector issue taken care of, out of the 3 p22's I have had all of them had ejector issues.

[Cman]

Another vote for the 22/45.

[StagLefty]

Another 22/45 fan [Beer]

[Great-Kazoo]

Until the SR22 comes with a factory threaded bbl, go with the 22/45. With the 22/45 MKIII unless you absolutely want a very light bbl one of these work fine.
http://www.ruger.com/products/2245/index.html

Another vote for 22/45, and I also agree with the op's comment about the P22. Hopefully they finally got the ejector issue taken care of, out of the 3 p22's I have had all of them had ejector issues.

The majority if not all the P22 issues with FTF, FTE etc were based upon the P22 with the Blued Magazines. Once walther switched to the "stainless" offset stacked mags these issues disappeared.

[copfish]

Thanks guys, I am going to wait on the SR22 until they came out with the threaded barrel. Arctic has a 22/45 Lite with my name on it. Too bad they also have a four screw 4" S&W Model 34 with my name on it too...

[fossilfuel]

The sr22 needed at least one vote. I have one and everyone who has shot it says it's a blast to shoot. Admittedly, it is small in the hand, but nobody seems to notice while they are shooting it.

[loudbay]

My stainless Mark II 22/45 is very accurate, and the stock trigger is better than decent. It will adjust to a disturbingly light pull. It doesn't look as modern the the SR22, but a better target/hunter/competition/pinker platform IMO.

[hobowh]

22/45 love mine

[gnihcraes]

If the 22/45 is anything like the original MKI/II's, it should always run and forever.

Not sure on the SR22 yet. Supposedly better than the P22, but?

[sniper7]

To answer your question...buy both. you CAN afford it and you will be happy in the end.

I have a MKII and the MKIII 22/45. If I could get a MKII with a threaded barrel and rail like the MKIII 22/45 has, I would trade it off in a second.

The MKII is the stainless bull barrel, and I am partial to it because it has some heft, all stainless, no cheap plastic other than the grips, I've shot 50,000+ rounds through it since I was a kid and the only thing I have ever replaced was the ejector spring.

I do like the 22/45, but it has that stupid plastic loaded indicator cut out on the side of the chamber which is a bitch to clean, the mag floorplates are too big and clumsy in your pocket to carry around and snag on everything. The threaded is very nice though, it is a good shooter and as accurate and my MKII.
Just too much plastic on the MKIII 22/45.

I had a p22 and liked it well enough, the mag release was a little goofy, and the way the barrel worked was cheap. tiny little barrel with a shroud and it all threads together, then to put a can on it, you have to get an adapter to thread on as well. I ended up getting rid of it because 1/3 rounds roughly would keyhole after exiting my silencer and at about 100 yards they would hit like 20 FEET below my point of aim. Shot great without the can on, I think the threaded adapter and the way the barrel was just made it slightly off.

sold it to get my MKIII 22/45 and am happy I did.