Thread: Range report new 2245

Received the pistol yesterday. Fired case envelope from Ruger indicated September 16, so it was a fresh gun. This is a blued 5 1/2" fluted bbl Hunter with the fiber sight. Davidson's exclusive.

I took 100 rounds of CCI Mini-mag HPs and 50 rounds of Winchester Super-X LR solids.

First 4 mags full, 5 mis-feeds, the bullet tip was getting split on the bottom of the feed ramp. I discovered I wasn't getting the magazine fully seated. Once I realized this, I had no more problems at all. None, nada. Feeding, firing, extracting, ejecting, all as it is supposed to be.

First time I've used a lite-pipe site other than on my pellet gun. The pellet gun has a peep rear sight, so the V sight was like my Marlin 336 rifle. I liked it but I want to try out a different color. Honestly the lite-pipes look mostly just pinkish and green, maybe when I look closer in better light there will be other differences.

I didn't try much for accuracy - I wanted to get rounds through the gun, and acclimate myself to the sights, trigger, and grip. I did adjust the sights a bit after about 120 rounds, adjusting a bit down and a bit right.

Overall I was quite pleased, once I figured out about the magazine. Even though the trigger pull was more than my 1968 Standard, it did seem to break crisply. As to the grip, what with the hundreds of posts on the Rimfirecentral site about changing them, I thought they were fine as is. If anything, I'd get a slip-on like I have on one of my Glocks. If I was in a mood to spend money on one of my guns, I'd pick one other than this.

I'm happy with my choice! Now, on to practice, practice, practice and try out some other types of ammo.

Tom
My 2 Ruger Autos:

Thanks for the review! If you don't mind me asking, how much was it?

One of those will go perfect with the new YHM MITE I'm getting!

Cool Stuff.....

The only .22 pistols for me are revolvers though.

Single Six...or some Double Action model one day.

One day I want a .22 Ruger that I can suppress.

I've seen this model for $305 and up online plus s&H & etc. I never asked what my dealer was going to charge me when I ordered it in mid-July - we've bought and sold before and I trust him. I paid $334. I believe it always pays to support your local dealer (especially if he also has a range!)

As for other .22's I have, let me think:
Ruger Standard (Like Mark I but with fixed sites)
Ruger 1022
S&W Mod 34 Kit Gun revolver
Taurus .22 Mag stainless revolver copy of kit gun
AR-7 Survival rifle
North American Arms mini .22 short revolver
North American Arms mini .22 lr revolver
Jennings J-22 auto
Davis derringer .22 mag blue
davis derringer .22 chrome

I think that's it. As for handguns that makes 4 revolvers and 4 autos for me.

Update:

First time out a couple weeks ago, I fired 150 rounds, had 5 failures to feed in the first 4 magazines full, which I found was because I did not have the magazine seated completely. The nose of the bullet was being slammed into the bottom of the feed ramp, splitting the nose of the bullet quite nicely. Not a single problem after that. That was 100 rounds of CCI minimags, and 50 rounds of old Winchester Super-X high velocity copper washed solids.

Second trip out, I fired 100 Winchester 36g hp from the 333 bulk pack, and 50 Remington Golden bullets so often bad mouthed on gun boards. I had one FTF with each, and I think I may have "limp-wristed" the gun on those shots. I was firing fairly rapidly (for our range, which doe not allow "rapid-fire" or double-taps) Absolutely no other trouble with chambering, firing, or extracting/ejecting.

So - I have used 4 different brands/types of ammo - and been happy with each of them. I'm also happy with the narrow factory grip - no plans to change anything. Well, maybe, I've got a green-dot sight on my .454 Super Redhawk right now that might be interesting...

I have found that I liked the green fiber better than the red, at least at the targets I was shooting. I have used these sessions (and hopefully again tomorrow) as "breaking-in" for both me and the pistol. I plan on running 200 rounds through it tomorrow to get the count up to 500 total before I take it down for cleaning. I did clean it before shooting the first time. The trigger seems to be improving as I shoot it.

Okay, update Friday 10/9. I Went back to the range today. Advanced Bullets - Temple, GA Fired 220 rounds. All but 10 were the Winchesters from the 333 bulk pack. the other 10 were CCI Stingers. All 220 rounds functioned perfectly, no FTF, no extraction problems, nothing. I like this gun.

I now have 520 rounds through it without cleaning. I should have the time this w/e to get that done, but actually it doesn't look too bad.

The two things that I feel are important to new owners of these 2245's....
1. Make sure your magazine is fully seated in the gun before chambering a round. I do this by wiggling the base of the mag forward and back a bit with upward pressure after inserting it.
2. Have the nose of the top round in the magazine elevated a bit before chambering.

Tom