Paul did yours seem fussy about ammo brand or type ? Going to pick it up next week

I have a high standard that is probably the best revolver I've ever used for trapping, but this little thing is so easy to carry and conceal. The ones with the swing out cylinder are worth the extra money IMO. I'd hate to have to remove the cylinder every time I reload.

I Carried a Ruger Bearcat for 50 years. Retired a couple years ago and thought I'd buy me a new revolver. It's a S&W Airlite. Spendy little bugger, but it's small, extremely lite and amazingly accurate. It would be Hard to justify one now with today's fur.prices.

I didn't notice it being choosy about what ammo it shot. But my shots were generally within 5 - 15 feet. The four inch barrel worked better with the rat shot than the six inch barrel on my H&R. I reckon it's because the barrel being shorter doesn't cause it to not engage the rifling as long. It doesn't spread so much from the centrifugal force as it travels down the rifling and comes out of the shorter barrel. I don't know if that's why, but it makes sense to me.

Does anyone ever feel the need for more gun than a .22 on the line?

No, not for trapped critters. I've been packing a 22 mag pistol this fall, but not because I feel I need the magnum, but because I bought it off my cousin seven or eight years ago because it was a good deal, and it hadn't been out of the safe since I bought it. Figured I really should use it, so started packing it this fall. Dispatches wolves good, seems a little bloodier on coyotes, but I wash them all anyways, so I don't care. Shoots grouse good also, but the magnum is always a lot louder than a long rifle.

I have been carrying this K22 in a chesty puller harness this season. Eley subsonic HP makes short work of a coyote.

Trapping pistol update. Picked up the hi standard sentinel 22 revolver it has a 3 inch barrel and can put all 9 rounds in a fifty cent group at 25 ft Looks like it gonna work good and rides in a custom pancake holster I made years ago for a police positive I feel like it is a great score for 275 $ and will dispatch a bunch of coyotes with it after deer season. I was using CCI Quiet rounds

I carried a 357 Blackhawk trapping in Lion and Bear country

I have one of those and love it, the only problem is the mags are hard to find and when you do expensive

I love 22 pistols and if I told how many I have would probably get some odd looks, frankly I have everything mentioned and a few others as well, if your looking for a semi in 22 short good luck, I don’t think and company currently makes one so your stuck with the used market

If it was me I would look for a Astra cub it a copy of the Colt junior but doesn’t carry the premium for the colt name or for the Berreta for that matter




Frankly I use my Bersa Thunderer and run CCI CB Longs through it, or the CB quiets neither cycle the action but that’s not a problem

Ruger lcrx 22 for me. Very happy with it.

NAA Black Widow.

Browning Buckmark with 5" barrel. Loaded with Remington Subsonics, it's very accurate out to 25 yards and relatively quiet with those loads.

I have a Taurus 992 Tracker in 22LR and really love it. In PA we can’t use semi-auto pistols.

Heritage .22 pistols are on sale around right now, not bad for $99. They do have a safety and a .22 mag cylinder for about $30 extra.

S&W 63. Most every 22LR round are subsonic from a short barrel.
This is my second small Smith. The first one got used to death over 23 years of use. I think going in the ocean a few times might have accelerated the date of retirement of the 34-1.

I have. It had to do with a sow brown bear with two cubs out on New Year’s Eve. Not fun.

Bearcat for me.

Dad has a JC Higgins 22 revolver that sent many a critter over the rainbow bridge

I carry a Ruger 22/45 stainless