Summer is here in south Alabama. I have been wanting a compact .22 caliber pistol due mainly to the fact that I wear shorts most of the summer. I have a Beretta .25 and I like it but I just wanted a .22 of similar size because I am prone to impromptu shooting in the yard when I am outside, and .22 ammo is cheap. I saw a Taurus PT-22 in a local gunshop a couple of days ago and I got on the Firing Line to see what others thought about the gun. I read mostly favorable things from people on the forum, especially Mike Irwin, so I took a chance and bought the gun yesterday.
I bought a box of CCI Mini-Mag ammo since most people on the forum said that high velocity ammo worked best in the gun. I had some Remington high velocity hollowpoint ammo that I bought at Wal-Mart in a 500 round box. This morning I took the gun out in the back yard to try it out. I took two coffee cans that I hope my wife wasn't saving for anything important and placed them about fifteen yards out from my deck. I thought that range was a little more than I should expect a gun of this size and type to be very accurate at, but I figured that was where I would start and move in closer as needed to find the my effective range with the gun.
I fired a magazine full of the Mini-Mags first. The first four rounds were high so I aimed at the very bottom of the can. I had the can laying on its side with then bottom facing me. I connected with the remaining rounds. I shot a couple of more mags of the Mini-Mags and hit the can many more times than I missed. I then tried the Remington hollowpoints. They were dead on and I mean dead on. It was like I could not miss. I started to shoot faster and still was hitting the can. Needless to say I was impressed and quite happy with my purchase. I decided to move in to what should be the appropriate range with the gun, about seven yards. I put the second can out with the lid facing me and shot a magazine full into the lid. All shots were in a palm sized group and I was not being really careful, just shooting as I would defensively.
The trigger pull is really long and stiff and I had worn the skin off of the bottom of my trigger and did not know it because I was having such a good time with the gun. I guess I shot about 150 rounds before I quit. The gun fed everything I put through it. It failed to feed the next round twice during the time I was shooting it but I think it is probably just a new gun break in thing. As a pocket gun for summer and a can popper I really like the little gun. I am gonna try to attach some pics. I found the forum once again helpful and I am writing this hoping that it will be helpful to someone else. If anybody can tell me how to make the pics I took with the camera smaller so they will upload I would greatly appreciate it.
I bought a box of CCI Mini-Mag ammo since most people on the forum said that high velocity ammo worked best in the gun. I had some Remington high velocity hollowpoint ammo that I bought at Wal-Mart in a 500 round box. This morning I took the gun out in the back yard to try it out. I took two coffee cans that I hope my wife wasn't saving for anything important and placed them about fifteen yards out from my deck. I thought that range was a little more than I should expect a gun of this size and type to be very accurate at, but I figured that was where I would start and move in closer as needed to find the my effective range with the gun.
I fired a magazine full of the Mini-Mags first. The first four rounds were high so I aimed at the very bottom of the can. I had the can laying on its side with then bottom facing me. I connected with the remaining rounds. I shot a couple of more mags of the Mini-Mags and hit the can many more times than I missed. I then tried the Remington hollowpoints. They were dead on and I mean dead on. It was like I could not miss. I started to shoot faster and still was hitting the can. Needless to say I was impressed and quite happy with my purchase. I decided to move in to what should be the appropriate range with the gun, about seven yards. I put the second can out with the lid facing me and shot a magazine full into the lid. All shots were in a palm sized group and I was not being really careful, just shooting as I would defensively.
The trigger pull is really long and stiff and I had worn the skin off of the bottom of my trigger and did not know it because I was having such a good time with the gun. I guess I shot about 150 rounds before I quit. The gun fed everything I put through it. It failed to feed the next round twice during the time I was shooting it but I think it is probably just a new gun break in thing. As a pocket gun for summer and a can popper I really like the little gun. I am gonna try to attach some pics. I found the forum once again helpful and I am writing this hoping that it will be helpful to someone else. If anybody can tell me how to make the pics I took with the camera smaller so they will upload I would greatly appreciate it.
