
22LR pistols a serious run for their money. The Victory’s reliability, downrange precision and quick-change barrel capability give other similar.

The heft in the hand was solid, but certainly not too heavy for an adult shooter. And the adjustable sights had fiber optic inserts. And an overall shape resembling the iconic Colt Woodsman that debuted over a hundred years ago, but with the pre-WWII Woodsman’s short grip-frame and round butt rendered as a longer round-butt configuration. The interchangeable but rock-solid-locked-in-place barrel that we first saw on the championship-winning High Standard. A T-shaped grasping apparatus at the rear of the bolt, for the operator to charge the gun or lock it open as needed.

A tubular receiver like the Ruger’s, though squared instead of rounded, with a bolt riding therein instead of a slide atop the pistol. 22 is an amalgam of many proven features.
