Deal of the day!!!

I love my phoenix. I have the extensions on my magazines.

 

$65 is an excellent price. I'd buy one for that in a heartbeat. Looks like it's in great shape too.

 

Lucky dog. I'll give you $66 for it and I'll clean it.

 

Good deal....is it functional ?

 

I paid full retail of $149 for mine a few years ago and don't regret it. I shoot it more than anything else I have. I did buy the long barrel from e-bay for $30 something with the illusion that it shoots better. It doesn't and the short barrel works fine. The only thing I did was disable the magazine safety so I could clear the chamber with the magazine out. You got an outstanding buy and they are a good gun.

 

Shoot standard velocity ammunition, ONLY!

That's less than 1200 FPS.

As far as the fellow complaining about the weight, he should try shooting Hi Standard's Supermatics or Trophys; S&W Model 41's; Ruger's MK II or III with Heavy Barrels; or Browning's Buckmarks.

I love my two HP-22's

eldar

 

I like em. My sister in law has the .25 acp version. Great gun, just hate the safeties. I thought i really broke it one time after dis assembly and cleaning. I got it back to gether and it didn't work. Turns out it had something to do with the safeties. I can't remember exactly, but I really thought I messed it up.

 

I too like 'em. Brings back the old days when I just went out to plink with no agenda.

Here's some more stuff to tune your HP22 a little better.

If you're wanting a LRHO for the HP22, give these a try. I've got them in all of my magazines and they seem to be holding up well. search Ebay for

Phoenix Arms HP22 Slide Hold-back Magazine Follower.

They do take out a round of capacity but there is a easy fix for that too. Just Dremel out the magazine base to account for the extra follower thickness. Here's a pic of before and after:

P1010710 by lazarus352, on Flickr



I had one of my HP22s start giving me issues with extraction. This guide did the trick:

http://www.my2ndright.com/pdfs/Phoenix%20Arms%20HP22%20Extractor%20Fix.pdf

 

Great PDF, Ed!
I got my 22a, like new for $105 and bought a matching long barrel at the same time.

 

i have been thinking about buying one of these for a while now. But seeing that they are not rated to handle high velocity ammunition makes it a no go for me. I have over 4k rounds of bulk 22lr, but every single round of it is rated at 1200 fps or higher.
Come to think of it, I can't remember the last time I saw any standard velocity 22lr in a store.

 

Don't get too hung up on a couple of hundred fps. Truth is, the frame is likely to crack, even with standard velocity lr. 5K rounds seems to be the average frame life. Some have cracked sooner, some haven't cracked at all after a lot more rounds beyond 5K and using HV 22lr. Using standard velocity verses high velocity just decreases the risk of early cracking. I'm using some old target 22lr that is rated 1250 fps out of a rifle and I'm not worried about it. Changing out the recoil spring every 500 to 1K rounds goes a long way in adding to the life of the frame.

Did you get the original registration card with the Hp22a?. If so, send it in. Phoenix is fairly good about their owner lifetime warranty. Just send the pistol back to them and they will replace the entire pistol, no charge, if the frame cracks.

Even if you don't have the original registration, contact Phoenix about registering. Worst case: If the frame cracks, some individuals have just cut out the cracked area and kept on rocking with the pistol will no ill effects. (I'm talking about the thin frame area on the right side, in the magazine area.)

Another tip is go to ACE hardware and look for a #124 spring as a substitute for the Phoenix recoil spring. The spring can be found in the drawer of springs, not individually packaged. Not all ACE hardware carry them.

Enjoy the toy!

 

Academy had hundreds of boxes of sub sonic and quiet 22 this morning.