I have one. Great trigger and love the sights. It's easy to maintain and simply fun to shoot. Very accurate and shoots easily. The weight makes it easy to stay on target.

 

Ditto.

 

I will give a big thumbs up for the victory.


a couple years ago I was looking for a can host ( I much prefer blue steel and wood classics, but none come threaded and I wasn’t going to cut on a classic) and preferring traditional target platform type pistols as opposed to the combat trainer poly frame guns, I looked at ruger browning and the victory. As it turns out and somewhat to my surprise, the S&W was the least expensive. while I hate stainless and I think the lines of the pistol are ugly, beauty is as beauty does. Nearly as accurate as some of my dedicated bullseye competition 22’s, very reliable. I have only had one type of ammo cause a malfunction in my victory, and it also caused issues in several other 22’s so not the guns fault
I see a lot of posts about the rugers, and people dumping lots of aftermarket parts, and tuning magazines to get reliability. I have done nothing but shoot the victory. And I am not what you’d call finicky on maintenance- I shot about 3500 rounds between fields strips and cleaning. Most range trips of 200 rounds or so I just lock back the action, reach what I can run a bore snake and re oil. Even with the sludge created by the can, no issues

 

I have one. I like it very much. Great trigger. Comfortable grip. Easy to shoot. My only problem is the takedown screw backs out on mine every hundred rounds. There's a screw available with a nylock insert to fix it, but I haven't gotten one yet.
I like my victory more than my Ruger mark IV.
Just throwing it out there, but I love my TX-22. For @$250 it's worth considering.

 

I’ve had a great time with mine. Comfortable and of course easy to shoot; no issues to date. Maybe not as many accessories as the Ruger Mark series, but still more than I’ll ever need.


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I’ve shot one a number of times. I think it’s the best compared to the base Buckmark, Ruger Mark IV models. I have a Mark IV. The Victory I shot is a lot more accurate than my stock Mark IV, and the range Buckmark I shot several times

 

I have one. I like it better than my Mark 2’s and 3’s. Very accurate. I put a red dot on it but soon removed it. I like the factory sights a lot too. I shoot it better than any handgun I own.

 

I seriously considered one but went with a Ruger MK IV, 6” bull barrel.

 

Stink. And here I clicked on the thread thinking it had to do with a "V" model 10.

 

Wow! Lots of positive feedback. I better get one. Thank you all for taking the time to reply, I appreciate it. Sorry BallisticNerd, didn't mean to get your hopes up.

 

Love mine

 

One of my favorite 22’s.

 

Anyone here have a S&W Victory? Looking for an easy to maintain 22 informal target gun. Thanks.

about 2 years ago I was looking for a 22 pistol, and having had experience a Ruger MKIII, was looking at the MKIIII with the new take down set up and asked about 22 LR pistols here.

the overwhelming response was about the Victory, its great trigger right out of the box, it eats anything you feed it, its accurate and how easy it is to break down for cleaning, all true.

break down is removing a single screw in front of the trigger guard then to just lift and slide forward (with a little force) the barreled receiver to remove it from the frame, then slide the bolt out, the barrel is also easy to remove if you want to install a lite barrel.

reassembly is just as easy, insert the bold, align the barreled receiver on the frame, pull back and push down so it "snaps" into place on the frame, then insert and tighten the screw.

about the only complain I've heard but haven't experience is that the screw can loosen up while shooting, I just put a dap of blue Loctite on the screw and have never had a problem.

mine came with a fiber optic front sight, threaded barrel and a fixed rear sight that also doubles as an optics mount, spare mags are a little more expensive but should be readily available.

mine is stock except for a HS507C X2 on a Tandemkross Shadow mount, it makes a great suppressor host when set up with a red dot.

just about every time I go to the range, regardless of what I'm shooting, a 22 comes with. if I'm going to the pistol range, the Victory come with more than any other 22 pistol I have, it just a fun, easy to shoot pistol.

 

Love mine.....accurate, fun to shoot, easy to clean, great sights.........can't list a single negative

 

I liked my first one so much that I now have 3. Mine are used for competition and plinking.

 

It'soncuz!, if you call S&W's customer service they will send you a new improved takedown screw free of charge.

 

I just got off the phone with them. New screw is on its way. Thanks!

 

Along with a S&W Victory I have several Ruger MKII's, a MKIII, a MKIV, and a Hi-Standard HD Military. I am very fond of the Victory although I've never found any of the Ruger's particularly difficult to field strip and reassemble.

The Victory has proved to be very accurate and very reliable.

 

You're welcome. Always glad to help another forum member.

 

 

I wanted a 10-shot revolver, like Ruger GP-101 or S&W Model 617, but those were extremely hard to find, so I settled for Victory in the interim, and I'm glad that I did.

 

I like mine; it's accurate with a great factory trigger...

 

S&W mod 41

 

Never shot one of the Victorys.
But, I've owned a mod 41 for almost 30 years now. Definitely a very fine pistol.

 

Never shot one of the Victorys.
But, I've owned a mod 41 for almost 30 years now. Definitely a very fine pistol.

They are not comparable products. The SW22 Victory succeeds the S&W Model 22A, not Model 41. It is a clean-sheet design and does not inherit a whole lot, except the general outline, but its design parameters conform to the market that was served by Model 22A. In small words, Model 41 is at least 3 times more expensive than Victory. This difference is what permits both to be made and sold simultaneously.

 

I've got about 5 or more rugers, mk II and mkIII.
Since getting my S&W Victory those rugers never come out of the safe anymore...

 

Well I bought one and did a few upgrades. It shoots very well, I'm very pleased with it. Thanks to you all for the comments.

 

I like Ruger .22s very much and even I want a Victory.