22 revolver

I think I will buy a 22 revolver for the grand kids to shoot. The kids are 6 and 11. There are a lot of choices and I have never owned a 22 revolver, I have looked on-line and thought I would ask here. What do you guys think would be a good gun for the grand kids to shoot? I'm only looking for 22 LR, nothing more powerful than that.

You didn't indicate budget, but Ruger has a inexpensive .22 revolver now that is really nice. I own 3 Heritage Rough Riders in .22 LR I have them in different configurations. My favorite Rough Rider has Tru Glow adjustable sights, oversize grips and I do hunt cottontail rabbits with it, a lot.

I'm not concerned with cost.

If money is no object....they will love a K22 Masterpiece Pre 64.....tack driving sumgum

Browning Buckmark with Bill barrel. Extremely accurate and dependable with all ammo

Ruger single six, single action 22 LR, stainless or blued. Has adjustable sights and an extra cylinder for 22 mag.

Or

Ruger GP 100 22 LR (double action, 10 shot).

X2

I vote buck mark camper, easy to reload magazine and really easy on the ears. It's a lot more accurate than most people can shoot with iron sights.

[quote=TraderVic]Ruger single six, single action 22 LR, stainless or blued. Has adjustable sights and an extra cylinder for 22 mag.
Yes. Agreed!

While buckmarks are a very nice semi auto .22 pistol, if you are wanting a revolver as stated a ruger single 6 or 10 with adjustable fiber optic sights are very nice.

https://ruger.com/products/gp100/specSheets/1757.html - everything you can ask for in a .22 revolver.

one more vote for the single six

YEP, or the Single-Ten, new ten shot version

Another vote for the Ruger Single Six. Bought mine in August 1976 on my 21st birthday. Packed it many a night following a pack of hounds and dispatched plenty of critters on the trapline with it over the past 43 years. It has lots of bluing wear and a few scars on the grips but still shoots great. It is the 6.5" barrel with adjustable sights.
I just passed it on to my oldest son just because he needed a 22 pistol and I wanted to make sure he got it.
No doubt we consider the Ruger as a family heirloom..

Now I want. Another .22

Ruger Single Six. Tough gun; pretty hard to break anything on it. I've shot probably 20,000 rounds through mine.

Jim

I bought mine for the trap line 24 years ago It is a European Arms single action 6 with the 9 inch barrel. I believe it as $99, with holster and a 22 magnum cylinder. It shoots .22 caps, shorts. longs and long rifles.
I drove over it once with my truck but it works well yet. It gets muddy and wet every year but I keep it clean and oiled but it is not pretty anymore.

Bryce

Nice looking revolver.

I'm using dad's H&R 9 shot that he bought back in 1953. Still works great.

Adjustable sight bearcat.

I don't like Ruger single six for kids. It takes too long for them to "make it safe". Too much muzzle wander going on while they fumble with the cylinder and ejecting each round one at a time. I am basing this on first hand experience while conducting firearms training for youths.
I would suggest a double action revolver with a swing out cylinder, or an H&R like Paul has (if you can find one).

If young children will be using it a S&W 317 lt wt is the way to go. Pricey but I love mine and only weighs 11 oz.

For kids a tiger bearcat would be good. Small enough they can get a good grip.

I have a Heritage Rough Rider and it works fine for what I use it for... But I will NEVER own another revolver that doesn't have a swing-out cylinder or a breakover feature. Safety aside, loading/unloading through a loading gate while turning the cylinder and manipulating the ejector rod is the most tedious waste of time ever.

Mike

Another great Ruger option (these slipped my mind in my earlier post). Ruger has made a run of these with adjustable sights for Lipsey's (a distributor). Guess you could call this model a Ruger 22 revolver "kit gun".

Always make sure your kids use hearing protection, even with a .22 rimfire.

I agree.

H&R 929 revolver works for me. Goes where I go.

Do it.

i have same revolver Paul, great piece !

Accurate and a single shot Savage 101 from the sixties

x2 Either the S&W 317 or an older K22. Both are very nice with really good triggers.

Take a good look at the Cimmeron "Plinkerton", very well made and low cost.

yes I know it isn't a revolver

Ruger MKIII or MKIV 22/45 with 5 mags that way you can load the whole box of 50 an go shoot.

the irons sights are good there are almost as many parts for them as the 10/22.

they will run all day on most 40gr ammo CCI SV and CCI blazer work great

the MKIV is even easier to break down for cleaning , want to shoot 100 yards ad an optic pre drilled and tapped and they will do it too , shooting 10 inch steel plates at 100 yards is a blast.

on the MKIII using a MKII hammer bushing to replace the magazine disconnect gets rid of that stupid thing and makes the trigger better for about 8 dollars. once that is out the mags drop free. it appears on the MKIV you need to put a MKII hammer and bushing in but not very expensive.

I suppose the down side is the ammo can go kinda quick because you don't waste time reloading every 6 rounds

I have a Mark 1. I don't know how well the kids, especially the 6 year old, would handle the working of the action----the slamming of the bolt. Plus, I don't want another bullet being fed into the chamber right away. And I don't want to try to use that gun single shot---too much trouble trying to load it as a single shot. When they get proficient they can shoot the Mark 1 I have. I have quite a few thousand rounds for it and 5 mags. Some day that will be fun for them.

My daughter likes shooting the Mark 1. I load up all the mags and she burns through the ammo.

H&R 929 also still shooting since 1973

then a single action , bear cat with the adjustable sights .https://ruger.com/products/newBearcat/specSheets/0916.html

6 is a bit young for any handgun hands are very small, with kids and semi or double action revolvers I always start them with one round when they are doing well and have solid trigger discipline and grip is good , then 2 several times then load up.

single loading an auto is as simple as one round in each mag , but I understand not wanting to start a new youth shooter on a semi-auto

I like to start kids on a rifle until they have excellent muzzle control , because muzzle control with a short barrel of a pistol is more advanced level muzzle control.

I have and recommend the heritage rough rider. It's simple to use has a safety and takes a beating. I've had mine for two years and take it on every trap check and I have killed rabbits with it while running traps