Taurus PT22 Experiences

[JR47]

This is actually amusing. It's quite possible to own any gun, and, through persistence, or ignorance, determine that it's always the guns fault.

Most of us have found that CCI Mini-Mags work reliably in a PT22. We've also learned to clean them before shooting, and then keep them clean. Failure to do so will lead to problems, caused by the shooter, not the gun.

The frames are of alloy, NOT Zamack.

There will always be lemons in any manufacturers guns. Like the Beretta 950 and 21A series, these guns are not meant to put 10,000 rounds through. They are not plinkers. They are actually a remnant of older thinking as far as caliber, and method of operation go. Beretta found a market niche with the Jetfire , where people with diminished strength could still carry a semi-auto. They even brought it into the .380 market, with the Model 86. Taurus followed suit in the .22 and .25 niche.

The Beretta Model 21A, like the 3032 Tomcat, has had a problem with cracked slides over the years. Yet, nobody seems to care about them.

 

[amd6547]

Never seen a cracked slide on a Beretta Bobcat...and the cracking issue on the Tomcat has to do with frames, not slides.
The PT22 I owned was scrupulously cleen when it jammed, failed to fire and keyholed when it did fire with repeated pulls of the trigger.
PT22 slides are well known to crack, particularly when the hard, brittle plastic "buffer" disintegrates.
My Bobcat has fired several thousand rounds faultlessly in the last year. It can easily bounce pop cans at 25yds. My advise to anyone considering a pocket 22 is to ignore the Taurus and get the original...the Beretta.