Taurus tx22 compact thoughts

ericuda

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Received my holosun mgd so I had to try it out. Was not warm so didn't try it out long. Came with 2 13 round mags and was 349 before gov at lgs.

Ran a patch or 2 through and put a few drops of Lucas extreme oil on rails and in trigger area. High dollar for an ounce but works well and convenient.

Shot 26 thunderbolt (to test for leading and none ), 75 2012 dated blazers and 50 new cci sv with zero, yes zero malfunctions. Noticable difference between cci and blazers but all good. Couple mags of each at fast rate at plates for fun. I sort of dialed in mgd with wrists on bag but was too chilly for decent accuracy tests. Shot at 14 yards and could hit my 8" and 12" plates at 25 and 50. Ejection was good and consistent, tried to show pic in snow.

Not sure on mgd yet. The circle with dot kind of covers complete plates up. I didn't try just the dot cause I couldn't remember how to switch it. Shake awake is cool and seems like a durable and size appropriate dot.

Thoroughly impressed. The compact isn't much smaller than the regular tx but seems way lighter and fits well with the same excellent trigger. It may very well be the most fun plinker that I have and if I want to shoot 50 at plates would be the first rimfire I would grab. Mags are easy to load and best way I found is loading while just pushing down on mag springs (buttons or knubs) just enough to load a round. I feel this allows the rounds not to bind in mag. Wish someone would sell something that made his easier as the knubs are small and recessed a bit. I have a little plastic thing i bought for ruger mark mags and something similiar id buy. The 16 and aftermarket 21 tx mags work but stick out a bit.

Best thing unlike mosquito and other compact 22's I have owned it just doesn't malfunction and i don't have to install or change springs and hold mouth right depending on ammo (sorry for rant) to get it to work somewhat reliably.

Gonna keep on shooting with no maintenance to review more. Will use all blazers. 20230130_211200.jpg 20230126_112515.jpg 20230126_112043.jpg 20230126_111604.jpg 20230126_113926.jpg
 
I got mine out for the second time yesterday afternoon. The first time out it got a healthy dose of Blazer and yesterday was all Aguila. Also along was my Sig P322. I had a couple of strike, no fire with the 322 and Aguila, but the TX compact was again 100% reliable. I don't have a dot on mine yet, but am impressed with it. I ran the 16 round mags for fun, they worked great as well.
 
To be honest I was caught off guard by the reliability and accuracy when I first got the TX22. Ive now had it for about 8 months and have been a couple of thousand rounds through it and can say it has been nothing but reliable. The gun really does box above its weight class.
 
I want one, but hope they get to the $250 price point that the regular tx22 has been lately
 
I dig the private range you got going on there. I presume that's a defunct section of rail? What's beyond the back target, appears to be nothing for a good bit.

I have a TX22 standard and it is the best value period on 22lr auto's. Are there better quality 22 autos out there yes, but none at the cost and with the features the TX22 has. I didn't understand the need for the compact, but the optics ready slide cut would be nice to have on mine.
 
6 miles of w Kansas pasture. Was nice when rail gave up, in rails to trails program now to just avoid taxes and keep right of way. Mother nature taking over quicker than I realized.

If the compact was first I wouldn't have a tx slide just sitting here as I wanted a mrd so had to get comp slide. I think the compact would be preferred to my daughter and me too. It just fits for a plinker.
 
Think hard about this one as replacment for my Beretta M71... It looks like solid upgrade, but i dont shoot that much, i like my Beretta and TX cost about 600 USD here (Czechia)
Could get it with suppressor usable for my Tippmann AR15-22.

The thing is i dont think zombie apocalypse comes any time soon and my safe starting to be too full of paperweights :p
 
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