Sr22

Benchrest the SR22 and shoot on a few targets with a couple of different ammos and email Ruger with the pictures. Then give them a call and have them get you and shipping tag. Make Ruger make it right (and they will) you shouldn't have to spend money on an aftermarket barrel.

Oh, and if you want a Walther .22 that will serve you well, try the PPQ .22 M2, much better gun than the P22. Check this review. I have the PPQ .22 that is threaded and it has been perfectly reliable other than a few fail to fires (likely ammo related) over a lot of rounds down range both suppressed and unsuppressed. It holds 12 rounds in the magazine and the ergonomics are really good. It has a really lightweight slide which helps with the reduced power of the .22 being able to cycle and it also has some great attention to detail such as the steel pin at the slide stop location to stop the aluminum slide from getting chewed up on lockback by the steel slide stop.

The P22 is made in the Umarex plant in Arnsberg. Whereas the PPQ .22 is made at the Ulm plant (which was always a Walther plant with Walther employees) which Walther is now owned by Umarex but I think the quality out of the Ulm plant has been stellar due to the retention of good Walther employees through the buyout (this is my speculation). The quality may change over time, but so far all of my Walthers of the PPQ line coming out of the Ulm plant have been very good and reliable. Just some information to consider.

I will echo the comments about the PPQ 22. It is a fantastic gun. I just traded my SR22 because I prefer the PPQ.

My SR22 did have great reliability and acceptable accuracy however.

The SR isn't built to be a target gun, that's for sure, but I haven't been disappointed with the accuracy in mine when I shot an ammo it liked. Problem is it's not an ammo I want it to like, which would be the hyper velocity stuff, but that's to be expected.

I have liked most of my Rugers, but I did not like my SR22.

It fit my hand poorly, I recall the trigger as being stiff, and I wasn't very accurate with it.

I traded it down the road after a few range trips and haven't missed it.

@OP have you considered contacting Ruger?

My SR22 was purchased shortly after introduction. I’ve put a few thousand rounds through it without a single function issue.
As for accuracy? I didn’t buy it for bullseye shooting. But I enjoy shooting the 10” steel plates my club has at ranges from 20 to 50 yards. At 10yds, I can rapid fire a mag full into a tiny group in the x ring on paper, so I think it’s doing great.

My SR22 functions reliably with any ammo I have put in it but seems to very picky when it comes to accuracy. I was surprised to find it will even cycle 40 grain subsonic ammo (and is more accurate than with some of the hyper stuff) .

You might also want to look at your rear sight. I have found on mine that I can back the screw out far enough to leave the sight loose which throws your elevation all over the place.

I agree with the others. It's not a competition pistol, but it's not meant to be. That said, it should throw some sort of an acceptable group. Get ahold of, and get it back to the mothership. Ruger has one of the best track records in the industry in making things right. Bench rest it, send them targets, and let them know what ammo you used.

I have used to work at a range where we rented firearms. They had three Ruger SR-22 pistols available. All had acceptable accuracy for a non-target gun. I own two personally and they both have been decent as well. I also recommend emailing Ruger. They will make it right.

Well, if you’re expecting match accuracy out of the SR22, just cut your losses and get rid of it now.

Match accuracy you will not get but if you are looking for an informal plinker it serves that role well. If you want target accuracy, get a handgun specifically designed for target work. Every gun has its purpose. I have my target .22's and I have my SR-22's. They all fill a certain role.

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I have the PPQ .22 that is threaded and it has been perfectly reliable other than a few fail to fires (likely ammo related) over a lot of rounds down range both suppressed and unsuppressed.

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How is the wear on that aluminum? I was always wondering. I know that the slide stop notch is reinforced with a steel pin. Is that adequate?

Dinosaur1 said:

I keep seeing that word; acceptable. Here's my take on that. Next time your wife gets all dresses up for some function or other, heels, hair, makeup, and she asks, " Honey, how do I look?", you just tell her, "Well, you're no Miss America that's for sure but I knew that when I married you. You're acceptable, I guess." After the bleeding stops and your ears quit ringing you will understand that " acceptable " is not a term to use around your wife or your firearms. I move acceptable guns down the road. I do have 3 I've kept and unfortunately, 2 of those are Rugers. As far as contacting Ruger goes, I'm sure they would replace the barrel. They have good customer service. But, if you get OEM parts for your Yugo it's still a Yugo after all the hassle. That's why I'm curious about the Twin Tech barrel.

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I suspect the guy that can put 50% of his shots in the X-Ring at 50 yards has a different definition of acceptable than the rest of us.

My point being acceptable could be a pretty high standard for some.

zaitcev said:

How is the wear on that aluminum? I was always wondering. I know that the slide stop notch is reinforced with a steel pin. Is that adequate?

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Here’s a picture of my Walther M2 PPQ .22 it’s been holding up great, I’m impressed with the quality and reliability of it. The light white streak in front of it is the anodizing rubbed off but it’s not scored just finish wear.

I think the lightweight slide really helps in the reliability with the low powered .22’s in cycling.

I think that picture was taken when it had maybe 1,500 rounds through it it has had quite a bit more through it by now.

The accuracy of my SR-22 has been exceptional. Just to see what it would do at 25 yards from a two handed rest I shot a five shot group that measured 3 & 4/16 inches. If I drop one shot making it a four shot group it measures 2 & 14/16 inches. If I drop another shot making it a three shot group it measures under 2 inches. Maybe I have the exception but I'm happy with mine.

Dinosaur1, I should have written that on my target but didn't as it was just a sudden impulse to see what the SR would do at 25 yards. I routinely have with me Norma TAC 22, Wolf Match Target, Federal Target Grade Performance, CCI MiniMag .22, CCI MiniMag .22 Hollow-point and Eley Target. Just not sure which one it was but very surprised at the result.

6795 rounds through mine.
I can tear the 2" center out of my standard target at 15yds on a regular basis. Most if not all of the flyers from shooting are down to me furballing up my shooting or to "bad" ammo; you can tell when the recoil and sound is wrong. I think it's certainly accurate enough for a $300 .22lr small plinker of a gun.

it seems to this happy sr22 owner that it is a compromise handgun, not perfect in any one particular use, but very acceptable in all roles, i.e. the quintessential plinker. it was handy enough to be with me, and accurate enough to dispatch a rattler that i almost stepped on, seen at barrel’s end.

Jstert, damn they blend in well with their surroundings. If you hadn't said something about barrel's end, I'd have missed it! If I was walking around like that I'd have some really good snake boots. By the way is that a Western Diamondback as it sure looks like one.

Milt1 said:

Jstert, damn they blend in well with their surroundings. If you hadn't said something about barrel's end, I'd have missed it! If I was walking around like that I'd have some really good snake boots. By the way is that a Western Diamondback as it sure looks like one.

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it scared the absolute bloody daylights out of me. i was alone and wasn’t wearing boots. i moved away and it was gone, then saw it again to my side, which worried me even more. the sr22 did its job but a bond arms derringer loaded with #4 shot would have been handy to have along too.

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Here’s a picture of mine it’s been holding up great, I’m impressed with the quality and reliability of it. The light white streak in front of it is the anodizing rubbed off but it’s not scored just finish wear.

I think the lightweight slide really helps in the reliability with the low powered .22’s in cycling.

I think that picture was taken when it had maybe 1,500 rounds through it it has had quite a bit more through it by now.

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And if the pin ever fails and the stop starts smashing the slide up bad, Ruger will replace the slide no problems.