S&W Victory .22

[graycrait]

I would like to read a TGOr's review of this one, especially with a longer VQ barrel:

 

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/01/jeremy-s/new-from-smith-wesson-sw22-victory/

[Rebels010]

I have not not shot one, but fondled one at LGS and it almost went home with me. Waiting on a factory threaded version. The grip feels good and fiber optic sights are a nice size. Not so big that it's blinding outside. They put a lot of good thought into this one for sure.

[MacGyver]

Seems like they could've done us all a favor and just gone ahead and used Ruger Mk III mags. :)

[TNWNGR]

Seems like they could've done us all a favor and just gone ahead and used Ruger Mk III mags. :)

 

Exactly.  

[FUJIMO]

Seems like they could've done us all a favor and just gone ahead and used Ruger Mk III mags. :)

My thoughts too after seeing it at SHOT.

[graycrait]

I've owmed at least a dozen Ruger MK series from 1950 versions on up.  I like them and can tune one up pretty well.  But a .22 pistol that could hold a good trigger in the frame, yet change out the barrels for whatever your pleasure intrigues me.

 

I have a MKIII that has the complete aftermarket changeover to MKII with many VQ parts, but I am not opposed to another well priced great .22.  Bar none, the Nelson Custom .22 conversion for 1911 is the best .22 out there for less than a grand, and I have one on a nice Springfield Loaded lower, but the new S&W might have enough gravitas to drive some aftermarket like a 10/22. Apparently Volquartsen thought so.

[Steelharp]

I've handled one. The slide was very difficult to rack; the grip felt really strange, getting really small toward the bottom. It was just not comfortable to me.

[kieefer]

Just from the pictures it looks like an upgraded .22A which also has interchangeable barrels.
I like it.

[gregintenn]

Why'd they have to make it so damn ugly?

[Trekbike]

Why'd they have to make it so damn ugly?

Yea, that's what I was thinking too.

I know Ruger was catching a lot of crap recently on how ugly the American pistol is.

In my opinion this is uglier than the Ruger.

[TNWNGR]

Why'd they have to make it so damn ugly?

 

Eye of the beholder...I personally think Glock's and all of the assorted Tupperware Clone ware are unsightly as can be. That doesn't stop everybody from buying and carrying them though. In a lot of ways the easily changed barrel on the S&W V-22 is appealing so I suspect if it is priced right and shoots well it'll sell.  

[1gewehr]

For plinking, I'll keep my Ruger MkIII. For targets, I'll keep my High Standard Victor.
If I were to buy a S&W.22, it would be a M41.

[gregintenn]

For plinking, I'll keep my Ruger MkIII. For targets, I'll keep my High Standard Victor.
If I were to buy a S&W.22, it would be a M41.

Now these guns are functional and attractive. Why can't a manufacturer still do both?

[Garufa]

Now these guns are functional and attractive. Why can't a manufacturer still do both?

 

Those guns were designed before computers when people actually thought about what they were doing.  CAD has subjected us to some of the most hideous designs ever cranked out on an endless basis.