Have you had your Walther P22 rebuilt?

[mini14jac]

(I also posted this on www.rimfirecentral.com hoping to get some enlightmentment.)

My P22 is serial number L0215xx.
After about 1000 relatively trouble-free rounds, I started having the following problems.
1. First round would fire but not eject. After cycling the slide, the other 9 would cycle fine.
2. Light strikes. Second pull on the trigger would usually do the job.
3. Safety goes to "on" after 6 or 7 shots.

The problems happened with CCI Stingers, and Rem. and Winchester bulk ammo.
Prior to these problems, the gun shot the above ammo with almost no problems.

Got the gun back from Walrep yesterday.
The invoice says "Repair safety detent, Replace recoil spring, check feed w/hi vel ammo.".
Nothing about replacing the hammer spring, though it really seems like the trigger is much harder to pull.

If the hammer, safety, and recoil springs need replaced after 1000 rounds, they obviously need stronger spring material.
(I just talked to S&W on the phone, and according to them, they are putting in stronger springs.)

Walrep picked up shipping both ways, and got the gun back in less than two weeks, which is great, but I don't want to have to ship it every couple of months.

So, finally, here's my question: Since the gun has been rebuilt, will it last longer than 1000 rounds this time?
Has anybody put some serious rounds through a repaired P22?
Or a newer one?
(Mine is about 5 months old.)

 

[NEtracker]

P22

Had my safety done, a new firing pin spring, general checkout by Walrep.
I put >1500 rnds thru it since, with no issues.
The slide does have quite a bit of wear, though.

Oh, forgot one other thing, Walrep (S&W) shaved off the top of the hammer because it was catching on the slide as it cycled!
That & the spring were the big improvements.

 

[Kar-el]

No, I sent my pistol(s) in and had them completely replace the bloody jammomatics. Nothing but trouble with 8 different types of ammo. They shot CCi minimags with no troubles.
However I was not going to feed cheap pistols with expensive fodder so after the third time back (at S&W's expense) they finally believed me (they admitted they could only get them to function with the CCI) and sent me two new pistols. The jury is still out on them.
Oh, the first time they had them for 3 weeks, second for 1 month, and third for 2 1/2 months. They said they were waiting on the new guns...
I'm almost ready to sell them now before they have a chance to self destruct... :banghead:

 

[hksw]

I recently purchased a P22/5" ~2 weeks ago. On my first outing, the gun ran fine for the first and second magful. I was thinking, 'Hmm, this gun is running great considering all of the issues I've read since its intro." The next magfuls were not as impressive. Averaged about two failures per mag. From falire to eject (but still return the case into the chamber), stovepipes, and not picking up the next round. Clearly the slide sounds like it was being slowed down during cycling.

Upon my inspection of the gun prior to shooting, I did notice that there was a definite hitch that the slide has to travel over to cycle. That hitch occurs when the hammer rubs on the underside of the slide and hits that point where the safety block and the bolt meet. I also noticed after disassembly after shooting that some wear was visable on the corner of that little hump on the top of the frame just inside to the right of the sliderail. Shaved the burr on the corver down and will try the gun again tomorrow. It has less than 300 rounds through it using Fed Lightning.

That double action trigger really sucks on mine. Serious stacking just prior to letoff. Final pullweight was 10½#. Single action is pretty good though at 4#.

 

[mini14jac]

Thanks for the replies.
I had a Ruger MKII, but it never really lit my fire, if you know what I mean.
But not only did it not wear out at 1000 rounds, I usually didn't clean it until I 2-3000 through it!

The P22 costs about the same, and I was hoping it would be just as durable.

Oh well.

 

[KiowaWarrior]

G36K

 

[KiowaWarrior]

Walther P-22 Serious Rounds

I purchased a P22 in early 2007, with a suppressor. I really purchased the handgun to test how durable it was. The suppressor on the other hand I kept in reserve. As of January 1, 2010 I broke 21,000 Rounds on it. I am an advit shooter and go every weekend. Alot of the problems that have been discussed in this forum, haven't happened to my weapon until it broker 17,500. Sound crazy right, well I am a firm believer in shoot only what you can trust. Now my question to the forum is where did you rebuilt your weapons, I am struggling to find an online gig and really don't trust that method too much. Also, what kind of money was paid into the P22 for repairs? Can any body hook me up with that information?

 

[franconialocal]

Yes...I had the same problem with light strikes. I sent my P-22 back three times then finally gave up on it. No longer......

 

[mongo4567]

I bought mine used with over 1000 rounds through it. I've put several thousand more through it with no problems. I will say that the safety detent is weak and will on occasion drop to safe when I'm shooting with the suppressor. The suppressor changes the recoil dynamics of the gun, so I don't know if I should blame the P22. The safety never flops without the suppressor on.

I feed mine mostly Fed bulk. I sometimes shoot Rem bulk, but had two bricks that were complete junk...one or more misfire per 50. Even retries or attempts in my Ruger Mk2 didn't work on most.

 

[Randal45]

8000 rounds of Rem Golden Bullets through my P-22 so far. No problems whatsoever.

 

[evan price]

Over 7000 rounds and counting on my P22 with no trouble.

 

[blkbrd666]

This is a lot of complaints for one pistol. Between the P22 and screwing up the PPK, they're going to destroy Walther. Sad.