Comments on: Revolver Rant: A Real .22 Magnum – Smith & Wesson’s Model 53 in .22 Jet https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-review/revolver-rant-a-real-22-magnum-smith-wessons-model-53-in-22-jet/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:04:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Greg DeSaye https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-review/revolver-rant-a-real-22-magnum-smith-wessons-model-53-in-22-jet/comment-page-1/#comment-156886 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:04:28 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=15234#comment-156886 My Dad got one of the early Model 53s and was his pickup gun for a few years, used it for coyotes, rabbits. Skunks, gophers and at least one mule deer buck. We never had a problem with set back, later it became mine and I worked up some reloads and shot it some, a lot of fun. Again no setback problems. I have always felt the gun writers ruined this round with their setback bs. Most when questioned admitted that was any oil in the chamber it could be a problem, why leave oil in the chamber?

]]> By: Specialist38 https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-review/revolver-rant-a-real-22-magnum-smith-wessons-model-53-in-22-jet/comment-page-1/#comment-13062 Thu, 28 Nov 2024 04:39:26 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=15234#comment-13062 I’ve shot a couple of these. One 4 inch and one 6 inch.

Painful! Loudest gun ever. Ended up with plugs and muffs. Hard to imagine it could be louder than a Ruger 30 carbine Blackhawk.

Didn’t last too long, though. We never got more more than 4 shots off without it seizing up.

Beautiful to look at but kind of a dud to shoot.

]]> By: hawkeye https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-review/revolver-rant-a-real-22-magnum-smith-wessons-model-53-in-22-jet/comment-page-1/#comment-12920 Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:36:27 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=15234#comment-12920 Slow, precise shooting is kinda being relegated to the back seat. Everybody oughta balance their rifle and pistol drills with a muzzleloader class, clay shooting, airgun, bullseye, PRS, or the like. High energy engagement of multiple targets in split seconds is certainly a skill that has value, but the flip side of that coin is being able to time the dancing of your sights and press your shot into the target, as Bradshaw put it many years ago.

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