Dave29461
Well-Known Member
I picked up a new plinker from Bud's Gunshop. The transfer was handled by Beau at HHB Guns with his usual fast, friendly & professional service. the Pistol is the ISSC M22 Target pistol. It has a 5.5 inch ported barrel. It looks similar to a Glock. Not a bad practice gun for Glock conceal carry owners.
I had already put a deposit down on this puppy when I contacted Beau. He told me he had an unhappy owner of an M22 4 inch pistol and sent it back to the factory for him. I looked on line and found some very bad reviews, as well as, some good reviews. The gist of all of these was the pistol would not feed reliably with some or all ammo out the box. The company was good about trying to make the situation right. The company admitted to problems with early models. The later models had fewer problems. The Target pistols with 5.5 inch barrels worked well. All pistols worked best with CCI Mini Mags solid points. I was uneasy but decided to continue with the transaction.
I ordered 800 rounds of CCI Mini Mags in preparation for breaking in the pistol as recommended by ISSC. Today I had a chance to try the pistol out in the side field. I cleaned the shipping lubricant/protectorant from the pistol and lightly lubricated the slide rails, barrel, recoil spring and hammer. I did not polish the feed ramp as others had done. My son-in-law and I fired 100 rounds of Mini Mags in groups of five or ten rounds. We fired slow and rapid fire. We had one stovepipe which may have been caused by my son-in-law's inexperience with pistols. We had no Failure to Fires as some had reported. The shellcases showed a solid firing pin imprint.
The trigger pull is very good. The return travel is long and I had to get use to letting the trigger return further than I'm accustomed to the fire the next shot. It didn't take long to do that. The trigger has sharp edges on the face of the trigger which can become uncomfortable to finger pads without any callus. I will smooth this out with a little emery cloth.
I have to say that I enjoyed shooting the pistol and so far have no complaint about this gun. I'll continue to shoot it and update this review as I do.
I have not heard any good reviews about the 4 inch pistols and don't know if the barrel length would be a factor. The alternative would be a difference in the finishing process for the ported long barrel vs the short barrel. Any thought about this?
Surprise!!!! I stumbled across an interesting review of this pistol. http://carteach0.blogspot.com/2010/07/review-issc-m22-22-target-pistol.html
I had already put a deposit down on this puppy when I contacted Beau. He told me he had an unhappy owner of an M22 4 inch pistol and sent it back to the factory for him. I looked on line and found some very bad reviews, as well as, some good reviews. The gist of all of these was the pistol would not feed reliably with some or all ammo out the box. The company was good about trying to make the situation right. The company admitted to problems with early models. The later models had fewer problems. The Target pistols with 5.5 inch barrels worked well. All pistols worked best with CCI Mini Mags solid points. I was uneasy but decided to continue with the transaction.
I ordered 800 rounds of CCI Mini Mags in preparation for breaking in the pistol as recommended by ISSC. Today I had a chance to try the pistol out in the side field. I cleaned the shipping lubricant/protectorant from the pistol and lightly lubricated the slide rails, barrel, recoil spring and hammer. I did not polish the feed ramp as others had done. My son-in-law and I fired 100 rounds of Mini Mags in groups of five or ten rounds. We fired slow and rapid fire. We had one stovepipe which may have been caused by my son-in-law's inexperience with pistols. We had no Failure to Fires as some had reported. The shellcases showed a solid firing pin imprint.
The trigger pull is very good. The return travel is long and I had to get use to letting the trigger return further than I'm accustomed to the fire the next shot. It didn't take long to do that. The trigger has sharp edges on the face of the trigger which can become uncomfortable to finger pads without any callus. I will smooth this out with a little emery cloth.
I have to say that I enjoyed shooting the pistol and so far have no complaint about this gun. I'll continue to shoot it and update this review as I do.
I have not heard any good reviews about the 4 inch pistols and don't know if the barrel length would be a factor. The alternative would be a difference in the finishing process for the ported long barrel vs the short barrel. Any thought about this?
Surprise!!!! I stumbled across an interesting review of this pistol. http://carteach0.blogspot.com/2010/07/review-issc-m22-22-target-pistol.html
