Walther P22 Trigger Lock

[Crooked_Aim]

My wife and I recently purchased a Walther P22. We shot 50 rounds at the range and had zero problems.

Last night I disassembled the gun, cleaned it, put it back together, and finally engaged the trigger lock to the "S" safe position.

Today my wife, not knowing the trigger lock safety was engaged, tried to retract the slide and now the gun is jammed (no ammo in it, but the hammer stays cocked and the trigger will not release).

The manual said if this happens to use some force to retract the slide, which I did, but now the trigger lock is about 30 degrees to the left (90 degrees left full motion to engage it to "F") and it will not move from that position using the trigger lock key

Any help or advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

-JB:banghead:

 

[America]

Put an empty magazine in it and see if that will let you move the slide.

 

[Crooked_Aim]

Thanks for that tip. I tried putting in the magazine, and the slide does move both forward and back...But, the hammer is still cocked, the trigger is still frozen, and the trigger lock key won't budge at all.

This was a brand new out of the box gun with only 50 rounds put through...I wonder if it's a dud gun or did trying to move the slide back really damage it with the trigger lock on!?

 

[America]

Move the safety to the opposite of what you think it should be and that should let it work.

As far as being a dud. I sent mine back to smith and wesson twice and then got rid of it.

There are some walther forums out there, one is ar15 and one at at handgunforum.net something.

 

[rcmodel]

Once in that condition, the safety lock is very difficult to turn.

But it will turn if you try hard enough.

The problem is trying to hold down on the key hard enough to keep it from slipping off the tapered lock stud.

If you have access to a drill press, use the drill chuck to hold down the key while you turn it with pliers.
Works every time!

Then, after you get it unlocked, throw the key in the deepest body of water near your home.

rcmodel

 

[bigfatdave]

The silly plastic key?

Why in the world did you feel the need to use it? We took one look at it and placed it in with the fired casing, in the "stuff that goes with this gun but will never be needed unless we want to sell it" bin. The sturdier Ruger mkIII key went in the same bin, we don't need multiple locks on a gun.

I hope you can get it unlocked without sending it to S&W, but regardless of how you get it unlocked, I hope you have learned to distrust devices added to firearms by government/lawyers [not gunsmiths or engineers]. The moron who wanted your P22 to be child-safe would be delighted, because that lock is keeping everyone safe from the scary gun quite effectively.

I could be wrong, but I think the P22 came with a cable lock, if you must have multiple locking devices, put it in a locked case with the cable lock installed, or store the slide and frame in different locations, or anything but the silly plastic key!

 

[JHL]

This just happened to me on a new P22. There's nothing on heaven or earth that can unlock this frozen pistol using the stock key. I guess it undergoes a lengthy and costly trip back to Walther.

I have to say that this is a fatal design flaw and one that just put me off this brand permanently. If anyone has a work-around, please post is. Yes, this is my first post here but I had to share this as if this cannot be remedied, I tend to take a three hundred loss a little personally. That loss is because somebody couldn't be bothered to engineer a relatively common piece of hardware to be more trouble-free than this.

A real disappointment to find a brand new pistol taken down for a simple inspection before being gifted to my daughter rendered suddenly useless. Shame on you Walther.

 

[bigfatdave]

JHL, Check our Rimfire Central (another forum) for expert advice on that P22.
Don't panic and send it off to S&W before posting your problem there.

 

[MrCleanOK]

I've done the same thing to mine. The lock WILL turn, but it takes a lot of umph to make it do so. The drill press tip is a good one if you have access to a machine. Once was enough to teach me that I never want to fiddle with that stupid lock again.

 

[searcher451]

You can find help for this issue here:

http://www.waltherforums.com/showthread.php?t=10259

Good luck.