S&W .22 Pistol
My second favorite pawn shop is in the shopping center with the Winn Dixie grocery store so I went browsing while my bride picked up some groceries this afternoon. There was a really fine S&W Mod 2206 tagged at $199.99. Here that translates to $218.99 "out the door." I bought the pistol for $200.00 total, and it was strictly an impulse buy. How did I do? There isn't one currently on GB for comparison (nor at that other place), but I have been on the look-out for a "large" frame .22 pistol for some time. The pistol is very clean stainless (I guess 95-98%), it does shoot as I fired a magazine into the canal and bank behind the house, only one magazine, no box or case, came with a Crown Royal bag smelling a lot like 3-in-1 oil. I immediately began to doubt the purchase only because I know absolutely nothing about these pistols. Advise please. Thanks, Jim
PS My younger brother has already warned me about the pistol's possible drinking problem and that I would probably have done better spending the $200.00 on Crown Royal.
PS My younger brother has already warned me about the pistol's possible drinking problem and that I would probably have done better spending the $200.00 on Crown Royal.
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Not an expert opinion by any means, but personally I think you got a good gun at a good price...If YOU are happy, that's all that counts...I've overpaid for many guns (not that you did), but they were worth it to ME...Enjoy!
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.0 -
If you got the field grade with fixed sights, you did well.
If you got the field grade with adjustable sights, you did REALLY well.
If you got the target model, you should get a mask.
Unlike the alloy frame 622, the all-steel 2206 is too heavy to teach the kids to shoot. It's light slide spring still makes it easy to chamber a round. A great gun for plinking/backpacking.
Neal0 -
Sounds to Me, You did very well.....
Captain Kirk, Tech Staff0 -
I've got both the 2206(adj sights,walnut target grips) and a 622(fixed) and think highly of both.
If you scored the 2206 for that price,you indeed should rejoice..................0 -
maybe its me, but anytime a gun goes for that cheap, i suspect a flaw in the gun. look it over closely next time you shoot it. 0 -
Congratulations! You are now the (hopefully) proud owner of one of the last high capacity, all steel, plinkin' & target .22's S&W made before they sold the company to the folks that screwed American gun owners!
I paid almost $300 for the 2206 I bought years ago, so you made a heck of a good deal! Too bad it only has 1 mag; but you can find extras at gun shows. The 12rd mag comes factory, but you'll find that almost every mag seller has "original" 10-rounders available.
I like the smooth slide, easily adjustable sights, the cool takedown tool (didn't say whether you got one or not; it's a little piece of plastic with tabs on both sides to hold the recoil spring when you remove the little "staple-shaped" spring guide/retainer), and the in-the-grip mag release makes for some speedy reloads.
Mine works best with Eley Club Xtra or Federal Gold Medal 711's.
If you know it all; you must have been listening.<br>WEAR EAR PROTECTION!0 -
Timbro, I'm a big fan of this series (422, 622, and 2206). The only one I don't have out of them is the stainless framed 2206. It is a fair amount heavier than the alloy framed 422 & 622. I looked for a 2206 for a while and never did find one. I wanted the model with adjustable sights. I like this series gun because of their design with the bore closer to the centerline of the gun thus reducing the recoil of the .22lr even more making for extremely fast accurate shooting.
I think you did pretty good on it. I'd have given that for it...
As gunnut mentioned, some of this series gun came out with the 12 round magazine, but they were later dropped for the 10 round magazine. I think this happened before 1994. Anyway, the 10 round magazine is commonly available and can use the same one as the popular model 41 (although the 12 rounder didn't fit in the 41 I had).
Call S&W and get the take-down tool, you can also request a free owners manual for it and with some patients, boxes can be found for it for 5-25 bucks.0 -
Thanks to all of you for the thoughtful replies. I guess I got the middle-of-the-road model
- black plastic stocks, black rear adjustable sight, no take-down tool nor manual but I will contact
S&W for availability of one. It is an interesting (to me) gun in that it seems alot of its
weight is in that steel chunk above the barrel. We're going sac-a-lait fishing in the
morning and I will bring it along to shoot at the little "range" behind the camps
near the landing.
Ingredients: Mechanically separated chicken, water, chicken skins, pork skins,
corn syrup, pork spleens, salt, soy protien, pork stomachs, sodium phosphate,
paprika, sodium nitrite, smoke flavoring - packed in chicken stock.0 -
Timbroman, if ya ever want to sell that gun let me know. It is no longer high on my list, but I'd still take one if I could afford it at the time.
BTW, I got my manual by going to S&W website and filling out a form, now they have it set up to request only certain manuals. I'd bet they still have them available, I'd bet a call to them could get ya fixed up. I know someone posted a link to an online manual to that family of S&W .22 on it. I don't think this is where I was thinking of, but it should help you until you get your manual from S&W. http://www.e-gunparts.com/productschem.asp?chrMasterModel=1980z422
The little tool is handy, but one can be made. I hammered out a lead roundball from my .50 muzzleloader to work.0 -
Okay BambiH, Thanks for the info re the manual. Three of us shot it today - no paper, just cans and limbs in the country - I guess it is as accurate as we were. So chilly out today it was hard to hold steady. Caught lots of nice to so-so sac-a-lait (crappie) and fingers got numb handling shiners and fish. Anyway, we shot all of a 50 box except left 8 in the magazine (it is a 12-round mag). Cleaned it thoroughly when I got home including removing plastic grips and spraying, brushing, oiling all the works. I will definitely look at getting squared away with the manual and tool, as I guess like most .22 autos (rifles anyway) cleanliness is key to smooth operation. If I ever decide to let go of it I'll certainly give you a shout - also will give you a heads up if I see another or similar one around here. 0
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