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variety with both front and rear being<br />
set in a dovetail, and the rear sight is<br />
fully adjustable. As 3-dot sights go, they<br />
are excellent. The aluminum slide has<br />
grooves on both sides below the front<br />
and rear sight for ease of operation of<br />
the slide.<br />
The stainless steel barrel does not<br />
move, but is fixed to the frame. Takedown<br />
is quite easy with the takedown<br />
latch found in front of the trigger.<br />
When this is opened 90 degrees downward,<br />
the slide can be retracted and<br />
lifted off the frame. This is a double<br />
action pistol for the first shot, and then<br />
single action for following shots. The<br />
ambidextrous safety is easily reached<br />
with the thumb. Shooting the SR22 is<br />
most pleasurable as this is a fun pistol,<br />
which feels good in the hand, points<br />
naturally, and shoots well.<br />
Lightweight 1911-Style<br />
Years ago in a major departure from<br />
their standard semi-auto pistols, Ruger<br />
began offering the 22/45 which, as the<br />
name implies, is a .22 with a .45 feel.<br />
This is a another polymer-framed gun<br />
and the original version had an integrally<br />
molded grip frame without grip<br />
panels. Today’s version, the 22/45 Lite,<br />
not only has grip panels they are basically<br />
the same size as grip panels found<br />
on 1911s. The original 22/45s also had<br />
a steel upper, however the “Lite” comes<br />
from the fact this newest version has a<br />
lightweight barrel. Actually the barrel<br />
is a steel liner within an alloy shroud.<br />
With its 4" barrel the 22/45 Lite weighs<br />
in at a feathery 22 ounces.<br />
The upper of this .22 is a light goldcolored<br />
finish, and it mates up nicely<br />
with the flat black of the mainframe.<br />
Grips are double-diamond checkered<br />
rubber, with a Ruger medallion in the<br />
center of each panel. More and more<br />
shooters are going to suppressors, and<br />
this Ruger is threaded to accept a suppressor<br />
and features a round nut at the<br />
end of the barrel to protect the threads<br />
when not in use. Amusingly, Ruger<br />
never says the “suppressor” word, but<br />
simply says the barrel is threaded for<br />
“muzzle accessories.”<br />
Sights are excellent, with the front<br />
sight being a post on a ramp and<br />
held to the barrel with a screw, while<br />
the rear sight is fully adjustable for<br />
windage and elevation. They are bold,<br />
square and black, just the way I like<br />
them. The top of the barrel shroud<br />
is tapped for a scope mount, which<br />
comes as standard equipment. For<br />
some reason the scope mount is about<br />
an eighth of an inch too long to fit in<br />
between the front of the back sight<br />
and back of the front sight ramp which<br />
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