Walther P22?

[atblis]

I'll wager the majority of detractors haven't even held one, much less fired it.

You'd lose that wager. I've shot plenty of them. Including replacements for ones that didn't work. The replacements also didn't work. Friend had one come apart in his face, but that was one of the fake compensator models.

I can't find anything good about that gun, except that they're sorta cheap so you're not getting too screwed when you buy one.

I keep running into people who buy them because "they're cute", and they don't like that the MKII/Buckmark don't "look like real guns". Well who cares what it looks like if it won't feed/eject reliably, will only work with CCI Minimags, can't hit anything with it, has a horrid trigger pull. The slide is made of Zinc. That right there should tell you all you need to know. Walther/Umarex cranked out the cheapest piece of crap they could, because apparently everybody forgot that you don't make quality firearms out of Zinc. It's unpossible.

I don't care if you have 6k, 10k, whatever through your P22. There are countless people who have been shooting the Rugers 40-50 years and show no signs of giving it up anytime soon.

Why would you buy something because it's "cute" when you could buy an all steel gun, that's way more accurate, and most likely your grand kids will be shooting?

I guess there's no accounting for taste.

 

[woad_yurt]

I've shot two, both owned by others. Both jammed on me within 2 minutes of picking them up. One of the guys also owns a Phoenix .22, which totally outclassed the P22.

Spend a hair more and get a Ruger or something. Or, get two H&R DA revolvers on Gunbroker for the price of one P22.

 

[Mickstix]

Why would you buy something because it's "cute" when you could buy an all steel gun

Alot of folks are drawn to the looks of the P22.. I know I am.. If someone else would make a better gun, that had those real "carry" semi-auto looks, I'd buy it.. But for some reason most all the "good" auto .22's are made with those heavily slanted grips and long barrels.. (I know the barrel length relates to accuracy, but it still detracts from the overall looks of the gun) Those MK II and III's just remind me of bb/pellet guns or something? Their looks totally turn me off, unfortunately, cause I know their tried and true, and are accurate as heck.. I would think with the upright "L" shape of the P22, it would actually feed ammo BETTER than the other slanted designs?? Not sure what the problems are with the P22, but from reading the other forums dedicated to them, it does appear that their getting better and better.. At least from the reviews I've read.. Anyone heard of any problems with the CZ 75 Kadet?? It's got the good looks, but it also comes with the good gun pricetag..

 

[jsm190]

I will say that I liked mine. Was not happy with the potmetal in the slide but I found it to shoot well. My slide did not lock back after the first two mags but after that it was 100% with Federal bulk ammo. It was "combat accurate" good groups but no <1" target pistol.
I bought mine for $239 on sale not long after they came out. For The close to $300 they want now I would go Ruger 22/45 5 1/2" for about the same money, mine shoots one ragged hole groups at 25yards off a rest.
I wanted a pocket pistol so I traded my P22 in on a Beretta Bobcat .22lr, not quite as accurate but much better made.

 

[Aka Zero]

This is the typical A vs. B thread now.

A few people saying they all are bad, and the rest saying they are ok.

P22 vs MKIII, the new AK vs AR. J/k

Like mine, Still want a MKIII. My dad has a huntsman, and I just love that style of .22.

 

[atblis]

At least from the reviews I've read.. Anyone heard of any problems with the CZ 75 Kadet?? It's got the good looks, but it also comes with the good gun pricetag..

Yes I have a Kadet. That's actually my benchmark for the P22. Superb gun. Very accurate. With iron sights, the best I could do was 1.25" 10 shot groups at 25 yards rested. Golf balls at 50 yards are hittable (not kidding!). Not every shot, but I can usually get them within 3-4 shots.

The only quirk it has are occasional ejection problems. Some guns have it, some don't. Tweaking the ejector slightly usually cures this.

 

[burningsquirrels]

on ejection.... i foudn that if you use cheap ammo, it'll work like crud in most 22 pistols. you'll jsut end up running into weak rounds or rounds with a malformed rim. usually when i use the more expensive CCI mini-mags or stingers, i never have problems.... ever.

 

[whichfinger]

You'd lose that wager. I've shot plenty of them.

Ah. So you're a majority of one. I had no idea.

 

[atblis]

Huh

Just me aye?. My opinion is based on a sample of four different guns. They all sucked.

My Walther was not my best buy had major extractor problems. I sent it in and they sent it back still having the same problem just less often.

I own two Walther P22's and have been very unhappy with both. Each has feeding problems and very poor slide to frame fit. I sent both in for warranty work and one was partially fixed, the other was not.

I don't shoot either of them any more and would highly discourage anyone from getting one. My wife bought me a Ruger MKIII and that is my 22 of choice now.

I also found them to be very inaccurate. I shoot competitively as well as instruct. The Walther P22 has been my single biggest firearm disappointment.

Its sad that walthers name is even on that turd. I had one for a short time sold it to a friend who just had to have it. Got a Browning Buck Mark all the differance in the world buy a browning you cant go wrong,

Buy any other .22. I have one in pieces. I shot about 2k bulk pack ammo out of it. The fake compensator cracked the first time I shot it. The phillips screw inside the slide backed out and stopped the action third time I took it out. The slide cracked right behind the muzzle at about 2,000 rounds. My friend had nothing but problems as well.

I own a P22, buy a ruger MKIII. Not alot of difference in price.

 

[duewest]

The P22: the only bad gun made by walther.

 

[gunseller2]

POS...If I sell one there is a good chance I'll be seeing it again.

 

[whichfinger]

Just me aye?. My opinion is based on a sample of four different guns. They all sucked.

Let's see, I could probably dig up four quotes about what a POS the Glock is, so therefore all Glocks are POS. I like the logic.

 

[atblis]

Well

Let's see, I could probably dig up four quotes about what a POS the Glock is, so therefore all Glocks are POS. I like the logic.

You apparently don't understand logic yourself. In your Glock scenario, You are picking four not at random out of all possible and making an asserstion. I am picking four random samples, and finding the same thing, and making an assertion based on that. Totally different. Your example is utterly meaningless and completely different than mine.

 

[brett30030]

I wanted one bad. I bought one, immediate disappointment. FTE regularly, and it has the nasty habit of ejecting spent casing back at the shooter. I bet at least a dozen times i had them slip in between my glasses and forehead, only to come to rest on my cheek and burning my face
Traded it for a PF-9 and bought a Ruger (no looking back except to laugh).

Don't get a Walther p22, it may have ruined the whole Walther line for me.

Good luck.