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.22 Jet
Nov 3, 2012 20:41:24 GMT -5
Post by deputydon on Nov 3, 2012 20:41:24 GMT -5
I'm thinkin' about buying a S&W 53-2 in 22 Jet.......
Any thoughts ?
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.22 Jet
Nov 3, 2012 22:36:26 GMT -5
Post by jmarriott on Nov 3, 2012 22:36:26 GMT -5
I bought a tender barrel in it for 100 dollars 10 inch octagon. Was offered 300 at a gun show for that barrel.
They do make ammo for it now I think Aquila.
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Post by Bill on Nov 4, 2012 9:39:39 GMT -5
Just sold the one I had at the store. Really nice guns and wish I had one except that I don't know what I would do with it. Jack First Inc. sells the inserts to make them shoot .22;s in case someone needs any. I still see .22 Jet ammo on the shelves, I think in Winchester silver box if my memory does not deceive me and also in Remington green and yellow boxes.
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.22 Jet
Nov 4, 2012 23:50:27 GMT -5
Post by Jack on Nov 4, 2012 23:50:27 GMT -5
The 53 is a beautiful gun.
I never owned a 22 Jet. They got a reputation for having the cases back out of the chamber when fired, and locking up the gun. I can't confirm that that is true, not having owned one.
Anyway, the was the reason everyone quoted as to why the Jet wasn't more successful. The 53 came with chamber inserts to fire 22 rimfire, if I remember right.
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Post by deputydon on Nov 5, 2012 6:55:22 GMT -5
The 53 is a beautiful gun. I never owned a 22 Jet. They got a reputation for having the cases back out of the chamber when fired, and locking up the gun. I can't confirm that that is true, not having owned one. Anyway, the was the reason everyone quoted as to why the Jet wasn't more successful. The 53 came with chamber inserts to fire 22 rimfire, if I remember right. Yup and Yup Jack..... But a CLEAN non greasy cylinder will help w/ the Jet problem..... |
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.22 Jet
Nov 5, 2012 10:42:22 GMT -5
Post by Jack on Nov 5, 2012 10:42:22 GMT -5
Makes sense, D-D. I hope you get it - that gun should be a lot of fun.
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.22 Jet
Nov 5, 2012 11:17:38 GMT -5
Post by dovehunter on Nov 5, 2012 11:17:38 GMT -5
At one time H&R (NEF?) made accessory .22 Jet barrels for the old Topper break open. I got one for my .30-30 frame but then traded the whole mess off before ever shooting it. I wish now that I had kept the gun and the .22 Jet barrel.  |
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.22 Jet
Nov 5, 2012 11:21:33 GMT -5
Post by deputydon on Nov 5, 2012 11:21:33 GMT -5
To be truful the .22 Jet and the .22 Hornet look to be a lot a like........ I haven't checked the ballistics but wouldn't be surprised if they were close.....
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.22 Jet
Nov 5, 2012 13:00:35 GMT -5
Post by Jack on Nov 5, 2012 13:00:35 GMT -5
Hmmm, I wonder. . . .
Nevermind. I was thinking that maybe inserts could be made for a 22 Jet chamber, so you could use 22 Hornet ammo.
Don't think so. Hornet case length is 1.403, and the Jet case is 1.2 something.
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.22 Jet
Nov 5, 2012 18:50:14 GMT -5
Post by deputydon on Nov 5, 2012 18:50:14 GMT -5
Hmmm, I wonder. . . . Nevermind. I was thinking that maybe inserts could be made for a 22 Jet chamber, so you could use 22 Hornet ammo. Don't think so. Hornet case length is 1.403, and the Jet case is 1.2 something. Got ya to thinkin'........ But that answers that. |
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.22 Jet
Nov 6, 2012 10:15:44 GMT -5
Post by twomoons on Nov 6, 2012 10:15:44 GMT -5
Now talk to an owner...
In 1973 I bought a new 22 Jet Smith and Wesson with case and inserts. I shot it and my dad's friend Bill Sell had one of the fiirst chronographs we had ever seen so the Jet was it's first victim. In actual practice if you loaded so the shells would eject the 22 jet had very little more to offer than the 22 magnum. You had to make sure the cases and the chambers were plumb dry or the shells would back up and lock the cylinder tight. Then the inserts... they worked fine but the accuracy wasn't as good as a regular model 18. All in all I wasn't impressed witht the gun in a revolver. Now in a Contender barrel 10" long with no cylinder gap it was a whole nuther story.
Smith and Wesson missed the booat on this one in that they should have made interchangable cylinnders in 22 LR, 22 Magnum and the 22 Jet for those who liked to tinker.
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