Puma 1911-22

[tacklebury]

Don't know if any one is signed up for their email specials, but this looks like a pretty good price for a nice semi-auto .22 in the 1911 package.  Few have reviewed them well here.    Just thought I'd pass it along:
https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=59751

[ratdog]

just got thew reading about the puma 22 made out of alloy material stove pipes and has a heavy trigger. not for me.

[44 Man]

I'd have to say that is a good price!  Why is it that we have all kinds of pistols with aluminum frames or plastic ones and we say nothing about them.  But if it's a 'zink alloy', everyone hates them?  Before the gun control act of '68, many small .22 pistols had that kind of frame and they have functioned fine and held up over the test of time (just like plastic frames).  It's a 'non-issue'.  I have a Puma 1911-22 and just love it!  No, it's not built to the same standards as my Colt 1911.  But that's not what I compare it to.  It's a fun, enjoyable pistol that my only problem with has been one bad magazine, quickly replaced by Chiappa.  Like many pistols in this day and age, it doesn't have a fine polish and bluing, the finish being something else, but you are also not paying a thousand dollars for it either.  I think it does a fine job, especially at it's very low price, and I enjoy mine.  I've fired a lot of rounds through mine and it still functions fine.  Trigger heavy?  Yeah, but you can pay more and get one with a factory trigger job.  44 Man

[tacklebury]

Got to hold one last week at my local FFL buddy's shop.  I think it's nice feeling.  Not too far off an unloaded 1911 weight.  I didn't have ammo in it though.  I think when a few of my other itches are scratched, one of these might follow me home. 

[Savage]

Reading the reviews, it seems this pistol is "Hit or Miss". I'm thinking a conversion unit for your 1911 is a better investment. There are several sources for conversions available. Ceiner, Tactical Solutions,  Kimber, and likely others. The Ceiner is the least expensive, around $200 when I bought mine. I use it frequently in rimfire steel challenge, it's reliable and I shoot it better than my Mkll Rugers.
Savage

[gcrank1]

44 Man, that is quite an endorsement, and I appreciate your candid comments. I just wish they were, well, more affordable, or perhaps I should say, cost more in line with the way they are made than what the market 'may' bear. BUT, I recognize that I am at that age where current costs, or the devaluation of or currency, is stunning me.........I fear I may be fast becoming priced out of the market. Based on your experience I will give one a look over more closely if I find one on a gunshow table.

[ratdog]

i have three zinc alloy guns two are 22cal other is 380 all have worked well with me. they are not patterned after the 1911 the chippawa is a double action and and the trigger is hard didn't care for that one.i will stick with my ruger mk2.