Any info on Jennings j22 pistols

[78spitfire0]

I just got a few j22s and wonder if they are worth keeping?

 

[Electronrider]

I have never heard anything good regarding Jenning pistols of any kind. That being said, might as well clean em up and run a few boxes thru each one, to see if there is a keeper in the lot.

 

[leftsock]

There are plenty of quality low-cost firearms out there. There are others, like the Jennings, where you get what you pay for.

 

[Jeremy1066]

The chrome plated ones make nice looking paperweights

 

[78spitfire0]

I see most people are thinking the way I am, Looks like they are sweeten the pot trading pieces.

 

[LEaSH]

If you're trading them on here, don't be offended if the other party doesn't return your PM's.

 

[78spitfire0]

Not on here I don"t want 2 offend anybody on here.

 

[Mosinguy]

I heard the .22s are marginally better than the .25 Autos

 

[JeepArn]

I have a crome (I guess) one that we found hidden in a closet of the house we bought but it was missing the clip. After hunting down a clip and my kids getting excited to have a small gun fit their hands we found out how cheap they are. It won't reload after firing the one in the chamber and it's not much more than an odd pair of pliers holding a bullet to which a controlled paper clip strikes the round. Sarcasm of course just wish I would have saved the money I spent on the clip
Btw, it didn't belong to the previous owners and I wasn't going on a long venture just to return a cheap gun.

 

[WOLFEMAN]

I've never owned a Jennings in any caliber and do not plan on ever
owning one. However, over the years the owners of these firearms
seem to report back the same information, mine works fine, or the
one I own is junk and will never own another. 50/50

 

[2cool9031]

I had one..and it was ok. I don't know how it would hold-up after 100's of rounds.

 

[sparkyfender]

I had one.
It rarely cycled a fresh round after firing.

 

[78spitfire0]

Well i might just have to make a floor shifter handle with one. LOL

 

[Mosinguy]

If you don't want them I'll take em

 

[crispy]

My Jimenez JA-22 (the current model) functions perfectly if I don't accidentally flip the safety on with my thumb.

I got it because it was a .22lr that my son could grip. But I've since gotten the SR22 for that purpose.

 

[sgreen3]

I just got a few j22s and wonder if they are worth keeping?

Would be good as a thrown projectile, but not so much as a firearm

 

[paperboy]

Why dont you keep one and give it a try? Put some rounds thru it and then you can give all us fellow Ingoers a range report. I say if you can get one for a $100 or less why not?

 

[chubbs]

I seen a buddys 9mm come apart in his hands a couple rounds into the magazine. The loaded chamber indicator hit the roof above the shooting tables. I think he paid 75 bucks for it, he didn't agree, but everyone else thought it was worth it for the laugh we all got at his expense

 

[hbarnett1]

I've heard some people complain that they have come apart in their hand while they were shooting it.I won't ever take a chance on a piece of garbage like that.

 

[STEEL CORE]

"Starter pistols", what poor struggling gun nuts bought when they turned twenty-one and saved up a hundred bucks somewhere so they could get their first gun and feel like a bad ass carrying it around. I once saw a security guard during on christmas with two under his arms in shoulder holsters............then we got older, got into serious firearms, then these pistols (yes I owned one back in the day), became takle box or sock drawer queens and you could not give one away. I sold mine to a friend who wanted it for his wife for $25, I think I paid $60 new in the 80's for mine .

Go ahead, admit it.......you had one, or new somebody who did. Maybe in your tackle box or sock drawer right now.