I have a 522 and a dedicated .22 AR with a tacsol upper. I tend to pull out the 522 when I want to plink. It is accurate with any ammo and, so far, runs anything I feed it. (to be fair, so does the tacsol) It is a good choice for you and the wife. It's fun to shoot and set up well. Dave
Talking with the stage ROs, they said they would run somewhere between 1500-2000 rounds through them before the rifle would come off the line. They would then run a brush and patch through, shoot some oil and ready them to go back on the line. Dave
I don't own one but shot them recently. I was fortunate to shoot the Shooting Industry Masters match. One of the stages was a .22 rimfire stage. The rifles were SR-22s, the ammo was some bulkpack type nothing fancy ammo. This stage consisted of starting at low ready, engaging 10 steel targets, dumping the rifle, running ~15 ft., pick up another SR-22 and shoot 10 steel. Each shooter made 3 runs. If I remember correctly, there were about 360 shooters. The RO's told me they were just shooting the SR-22s with Rem oil and they ran without hitch. The rifles were smoking hot and they had no problems. I am impressed with the SR -22. Dave
I found this forum researching a Sig 522. I shoot USPSA, 3 gun and steel. I have a few S&W 41s, a Tacsol upper on a dedicated lower, a Sig 522, and some other .22s. I am fortunate to be able to shoot at home so the .22s get shot almost daily. Dave