The Smith & Wesson M&P22 Compact is a polymer-framed blowback .22 LR pistol built for training and plinking. It has an MSRP of $439 and weighs 15.3 oz. Smith & Wesson built it as a reduced-scale version of its full-size M&P, so the controls, the grip shape and the rail all sit where an M&P shooter reaches for them.

The muzzle is threaded 3/8x24 and not the common 1/2x28, so a thread adapter goes on the list alongside the can. Two 10-round magazines come with it, the thumb safety is ambidextrous and the magazine release reverses. There is a magazine safety, so the pistol will not fire with the magazine out, and an internal key lock, and neither comes out. The rear sight adjusts with a screwdriver and there is no optic cut. The pistol is 6.65 inches long, 5.03 inches tall and 1.48 inches across.

Against its rivals, the Sig Sauer P322 holds 20 rounds at 17.1 oz, arrives cut for an optic and ships with a thread adapter, so it covers a dot and a can with nothing extra bought. The Taurus TX22 has an MSRP of $349, holds 16 rounds at 17.3 oz with three magazines and a 1/2x28 muzzle, so the thread question never comes up on it.