Taurus PLY22 pistol

[bigdee]

Anyone have a Taurus polymer 22 handgun? I bought one b/c it looked intriguing and looks similar to a Berreta. I wanted something small enough not to not print through my pocket. After test firing about a hundred rounds of various ammo with no FTF or FTE I am impressed with this mouse gun.

 

[MTboatguy]

I was just looking at the same one for carrying around the garage and shooting the pack rats I have not been able to catch in the trap!

 

[jrttoday]

Taurus makes a pretty good gun IMHO, have a 40Slim that I'm impressed with. Of course they came out with a newer version the next year - rounded corners for added concealment.

 

[gm280]

With the increased cost of 22 rim fire ammo, It seem better to go for .380 Auto or 9MM. How simple 22's can raise in cost so quickly is amazing. And I don't see that coming down to anything reasonable again either. At one of our current WalMarts if you are not there the day 22's show up, forget it. They are gone instantly when arriving. The sporting good manager told me that. So I carry 9MM for concealed carry. I can load them cheaper...

 

[MTboatguy]

My carry pistol is a Ruger Security 6 .357, with wad cutter loads, 2 speed loaders and 6 rounds on top of the holster, but I do have about 10K rounds of .22 in my inventory so I have a bit of shooting I can do when I want, I just ordered 4 500 round bricks of .22 as well from back east so that is another 2000 rounds to carry in a smaller pistol.

 

[aspeck]

I have 2 Taurus' ... in .380 auto and a Judge for the wife. We like them ... fun bang for the buck!

 

[WIMUSKY]

Doesn't Taurus make around a .50 cal too?

 

[dwco5051]

My carry pistol is a Ruger Security 6 .357, with wad cutter loads, 2 speed loaders and 6 rounds on top of the holster, but I do have about 10K rounds of .22 in my inventory so I have a bit of shooting I can do when I want, I just ordered 4 500 round bricks of .22 as well from back east so that is another 2000 rounds to carry in a smaller pistol.

I carry a Stainless Security Six as my around the property weapon and in the woods. Have about 2500 rounds of reloads still from when that was our duty weapon before we transitioned to the 40 autos. Love the gun, it goes bang every time you pull the trigger. No tap, rack, go drills in case of a misfire to worry about. My eleven year old grand daughter just starting shooting this fall and enjoyed it so much I thought she was going to use up all my 22 ammo. Since she was going hunting this fall I started loading reduced recoil 30-30 loads for training and practice. I am still using primers that I bought years ago for $8.50 a thousand so her shooting costs about half of what 22 shells go for. She is now shooting tighter groups than these 76 year old eyes and shaking hands can muster. Plus she really likes helping Pappy reload.

 

[MTboatguy]

I still have 6 bricks of large bore primers around here for reloading, the price tag on them is $4.99 from the local hardware store where I grew up, my Dad and I used to reload a lot of ammo, so we always bought in bulk and I still have thousands of shotgun primers, what I am lacking these days is pistol primers, running very low on those and have not been able to find any this last year.

 

[bigdee]

but I do have about 10K rounds of .22 in my inventory so I have a bit of shooting I can do when I want, I just ordered 4 500 round bricks of .22 as well from back east so that is another 2000 rounds to carry in a smaller pistol.

My inventory dates way back. I am still shooting 22s that are about 50 years old! I still buy bulk when I find it ( looking out for my grandkids).

 

[gm280]

I still have 6 bricks of large bore primers around here for reloading, the price tag on them is $4.99 from the local hardware store where I grew up, my Dad and I used to reload a lot of ammo, so we always bought in bulk and I still have thousands of shotgun primers, what I am lacking these days is pistol primers, running very low on those and have not been able to find any this last year.

MT Guy, the wife and I have been reloading since before we got married 42 + years ago. Her dad owned a gun store and we use to mold and reload ammo for a local police department. We made a few dollars those days when we really needed it. So I have a very large selection of reloading dies and a lot of molds to make our own bullets as well. So I try to always keep tens of thousands of primers for every kind of ammo on hand, as well as a lot of different types of powders also. And I also have tons of lead, some molded down to ingots and a lot still raw. So 22's are the only ammo I ever buy. And of course 22's are really costly now and not readily available unless you buy bulk online. :smile:

 

[jrttoday]

sounds like everyone's packin!!! lol

 

[S.A. Baker]

Everyone BETTER be packin these days! And a .22 won't do you much good. I Cary my 'nam issue 1911...with 3 magazines. Wife carries a 9mm Sig special build with two double stack mags. Don't mess with her....she can shoot! Watch your back everyone!!...,stay safe.

 

[MTboatguy]

Well as to the .22 not being very good, it was the choice of hit men for many years and it was the gun that unfortunately killed my sister a few years ago, sometimes you don't need firepower, just placement to do a job.

In my almost 30 year career in the Army, I have seen the .22 be used quite effectively by our enemies.

 

[gm280]

MT Guy, Very sorry to hear about your sister.

I have a huge book case with one shelf devoted to reloading and ballistic type books. It was a very interested in such back in the days. I bought and read anything and everything concerning ballistics. I even wrote ballistic programs on the subject. And in one of those books is a very sad story of a little boy that was killed by a simple BB gun his sister was target shooting with. Seem she was plinking with her BB gun, a simple **** to load type, when the little boy walked in front of her as she squeezed the trigger. A little BB hit the boy under his arm in the rib cage and penetrated his lung. He later dies from that BB. It is sad. but does points to how most anything can be use in a deadly situation.

Yes 22's have been used for so many situations. But I still carry something more substantial just to give me the edge. So does the wife and actually everybody in our family. We all are shooters and legally licensed concealed carriers. Certainly not a bad idea these days. JMHO!

 

[bigdee]

Well as to the .22 not being very good, it was the choice of hit men for many years and it was the gun that unfortunately killed my sister a few years ago, sometimes you don't need firepower, just placement to do a job.

In my almost 30 year career in the Army, I have seen the .22 be used quite effectively by our enemies.

Yes, a lot of people overlook that the M-16 is .22 caliber! True it has more powder driving it it but a pistol is for close range and with a 9 shot capacity I would not want to get shot with one!

 

[MTboatguy]

What I find interesting in the amount of .22 weapons that are used in Israel, they use the Ruger .22 sniper rifle and many of their agents carry various different pistols. The Russians as well as the British have carried .22 for their intelligence work as well, so it is, in the right circumstances the round of choice for lots of countries.

 

[jrttoday]

Everyone BETTER be packin these days! And a .22 won't do you much good. I Cary my 'nam issue 1911...with 3 magazines. Wife carries a 9mm Sig special build with two double stack mags. Don't mess with her....she can shoot! Watch your back everyone!!...,stay safe.

my comment was in jest and do not disagree with what you've said; however, just because the 2nd Amendment gives us the right, it doesn't give everyone the ability. And many may lack the responsibility, good judgement etc that comes with a gun.
Furthermore, "arms" does not define caliber, manufacturer, or much anything else - my understanding is that's left up to the individual. I've told a few opposed to the 2nd A, "if we have war here, I guess you'll be the ones throwing rocks!!"

but then I remember near forty years ago while living in the dinkytown of Bayou Vista, LA while working offshore for Texaco, Gulf, Chevron etc (1981). The local gas station was a social spot and I was hanging out one day when this very young boy comes in. He has twelve rabbits hanging from the belt holding up his pants!!

Armed with a pocket full of rocks, he was helping to feed his family and legendary around these parts.



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[S.A. Baker]

I ain 't that good of a rock chucker.... Bad shoulder!

 

[southkogs]

I have a Taurus PT 24/7 9mm as my carry gun - doesn't have the punch of the 45 ACP, but I've got 17+1 without any extra mags. It shoots reliably, and pretty accurately - not quite as tight as some of the Glocks or 1911s I've shot.

If my Ruger Mark III didn't have a 7" barrel, there's a good chance that .22 would be my carry gun. That's an incredibly easy gun to shoot, and VERY accurate.