I bought an FEG .22 auto which was nice looking, and very thin. Cannot recall the model number. Good ergonomics. It had a nasty habit of firing two or three rounds full-auto
. I never really gave it a fair chance. The dealer took it back with a full refund.
About the P-22. I have a new one, and it gave me some trouble
for a while, but with a little polishing of the ramp. slight throating of the chamber, and a few hundred mini-mags for break-in, it went through 600 rounds of cheap Remington ammo on its last outing without a glitch
. I absolutely love this little gun--under a pound empty, and it's gong to be my new fishing buddy when I find a good shoulder rig
. Here are some sites which might help if you still have one and it isn't reliable:
http://www.sju.edu/~bc165187/p22fixes.html
http://www.gothammarketing.com/bb/waltherforum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=48
I have around 20 Makarov pistols
, Soviet, Bulgarian, East German and Chinese. They all work well. Most problems with these guns are the result of cosmoline in the extractor assembly, which for some reason people are afraid to disassemble
. These guns have 27 parts, and are the easiest auto to detail strip. (Maybe there's an easier one, but I have never seen one.) CB