my first walther

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well, I just picked up a p22 and love the little sucker to death. The first night out we were having so much fun I went through almost 500 rounds!!!! cleaned it well, and looks like the beginning of a long relationship.
 
congrats!!! a .22 pistol is essential, I never knew it till I got a kadet kit, now I always shoot .22
 
The first night out we were having so much fun I went through almost 500 rounds!!!! cleaned it well, and looks like the beginning of a long relationship.
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Take a close look at your slide. If there is damage to it you really need to do the trigger bar ear modification to it. I was just going to run mine until it stopped working, but then it got to the point where I couldn't hit a thing with it unless I threw it. Found out that the two screws holding it together were walking themselves out of the gun and the barrel was loosening up. Decided to take care of the sharp ears as well and since then it has really been a different pistol. Not a tack driver, but at 20 yds I can bust clay pidgeons all day. Anyway, check out this site http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=48 and have fun with the P22. I have easily 1500 rounds through mine and it just seems to get better each time.

-David
 
If you like the P22, you'll love the P99 in 9mm

If you like the P22, which IMO is a good gun you will love the P99 in 9mm. Walther makes several different models of handguns which are great gun's, however, they (IMO) only make one world class firearm and that is the P99 in 9mm.

I have bought and sold about 12 different semi-auto handguns in the last 15 years and can only say that of the ones I had, the walther P99 and the sig. P226 are world class firearms, that's not to say they are the best in the world only as good as the best IMO.

Good luck with your P22 and enjoy it

Sigbear
 
I already have the extension and am shooting th LR22...It is awesome!! I am looking hard at their other guns as well, but I am still leaning toward my next one being a 1911. I have a 9mm now, but I was a squid when we shot .45's and I miss that old springfield..
 
I absolutely love my p22. I've read a lot of posts knocking this fine pistol, but mine has been completely reliable, even with the cheap stuff.
 
I love my p22 as well. It was my first pistol and the only advice I can give you is every time you shoot it make sure that the two screws holding it together are tight and the barrel nut is tight. Other than that I don't have anything bad to say about the little plinker. Congrats.
 
The difference between a P22 and a P99 is akin to the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. That's also true when you compare a P22 to a PPS, a P88, a PP or PPK, a P5, a P4, a P1, a P.38, etc. The P22 is a fun little shooter. The rest of the Walther line are real guns.
 
I really wanted a Walther P22. Saw it in a catalog and just had to have one.

Then I found one in a store and couldn't believe how small it was. I'm no ham-handed doofus, but it was just too small for me, an average-sized guy.

I missed my old .380 Walther PPK/S (sort of) and was going to buy a Walther P22... but bought an old Walther P.38 instead.

But I still think the P22 is a nice looking pistol.
 
My P22 has fired 6,000+ rounds downrange. My wife really enjoys the pistol. I like it too, but it is a bit too small to hold comfortably. I have to significantly modify my grip. Even so, the pistol is very enjoyable.

Around 5,000 rounds I started having lots of problems with it. It was almost like the pistol just wore out. Lets of failures to eject including stove pipes and all out jams. I noticed the barrel housing was coming loose and tightened it, but it only fixed the problems for a few magazines. Finally, I gave up and sent the pistol to Smith and Wesson. Wow.

Smith and Wesson's customer service was ABSOLUTELY EXEMPLARY. I called them and they sent me a free shipping label. It took about 5 days for the shipping label to reach me by mail. I mailed the gun to S&W last Wednesday evening, and the pistol was returned to me today (Tuesday). It took them less than one week to fix the pistol including shipping both ways. They replaced the barrel and the extractor. It looks like they generally went through and tightened everything as well. I look forward to shooting it again.
 
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"The difference between a P22 and a P99 is akin to the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. That's also true when you compare a P22 to a PPS, a P88, a PP or PPK, a P5, a P4, a P1, a P.38, etc. The P22 is a fun little shooter. The rest of the Walther line are real guns."

so what are you trying to say?? that a p22 is not a real gun??? imho....I think you are crazy sir
 
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so what are you trying to say?? that a p22 is not a real gun??? imho....I think you are crazy sir

That's OK; my wife often says the same thing. :) Keep in mind that the P22 is a Umarex gun. Umarex is the parent firm that now owns the Walther line. Umarex makes air pistols and air rifles and the like. Walther makes guns -- real guns, in my estimation -- and has since the turn of the century. The slides on the current batch of Walthers, like the P99 and the PPS, are made of steel. The P22's slide is made of pot metal. That's a good selection for an air pistol, I guess, but not so much for a real gun. IMHO, of course.
 
indeed ....the ssbn's do probably have the best food all around, you must have been on a family cruise?
 
Yep, something I will never forget...shooting water out the tubes, driving, emergency blow(it was before the incident in HI), watching the dolphins jump the nose, standing out on the wing coming into port at sunset. It was great!
 
searcher 451....when is the last time you actually looked at a p22?? the slide is not pot metal by any means. I think you are mistaken sir
 
the slide is not pot metal by any means.
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The slide is a zinc alloy on the P22. I have one, and the trigger bar ears have chewed a nice chunk out of each side of the slide.
Perhaps your definition of "pot metal" differs from Searcher's, but he is quite well versed in Walther handguns, and he is correct, the slide of the P22 is not made of the same materials as other Walther pistols.

Hey, I enjoy shooting my (actually MrsBFD's) P22, it is a great trainer and as fun as it is cheap to shoot. Easy to strip/clean/reassemble, too. But it isn't a target pistol by any means, and it isn't as reliable as other .22 autoloaders at the same price point.
Enjoy it for what it is good at, and don't stress about the shortcomings, no handgun is perfect, every one is a compromise in some way, the P22 sacrifices some durability and longevity to make it a trainer for the P99 platform, nobody ever meant for it to be the only handgun in anyone's safe.
 
Dave is correct: zinc equals pot metal. Wish it weren't true, wish it were otherwise, wish the P22 were of better quality ... heck, I really wish that the P22 were of the same high quality as the rest of the Walther line. Sad to say, it's wishful thinking and likely too late (and yes, I own two of the little buggers). I just hope that Umarex has learned its lesson and greatly improves the overall quality of the PK380, which is overdue for release in the USA right now. But we won't know for sure until we get a good look at it.
 
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