I feel compelled to add that while I trade away guns at the drop of a hat, I still have that TPh after all that trouble.
It is a neat little gun. As I said in my first response, it is amazingly accurate, so I guess that's worth something!
Heck, it's worth having around to shut people up who say that you can't hit anything with a little gun. Maybe they won't notice that I pulled the trigger 10 times to get eight shots!
But, I would never feel good carrying it for defense. I could get by with it, I guess, since if I keep pulling the trigger it will fire. But I'd have to get rid of about 95 guns to be that bad off.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, if you want something unique, and the price is good, get it. Who knows? It might work fine.
Just don't get it to save your hide.
Oh, and spot-on advice from Mr. Keenan (as always). I just didn't know how to say it.
I've often wondered if my TPh were a .25, would it work.
If you really, really want a small .22 auto, may I suggest a Beretta 21A? I got one when I lived near Chicago, where there is no provision for carry- still. Strange, but I suddenly felt the need for a really,really small gun upon moving there.
I put at least 5,000 rounds of Remington Std Vel ammo though it, plus a bunch of other stuff. I bought the case of Rem ammo, and used it all in that gun. It was on the old side, with cruddy, green cases here and there, yet I had maybe 10 rounds total that wouldn't fire. They wouldn't fire from anything else either. So, it was the ammo, not the gun.
It's not the smallest .22 pistol, but it's as small as I'd go.