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[stuz92]

I've had my Walther P22 since 07 and it's been great. i have put manny brands of ammo through it with no problems, except when it was extremely dirty. Just shot it last week, no problems and it hasn't been cleaned since last summer, August i think. I've been torturing all my range guns(by not cleaning) to see when they fail.

Good luck on your search.

[Adyta]

Originally Posted by Kaboom

I haven't had any troubles with either my Mosquito or my P22 after thousands of rounds, try not to paint with such a broad brush there are MANY very happy P22 and Mosquito owners.
You should also take a look at Bersa 22, well made and so far very reliable for me.

I'm not "painting with a broad brush". I'd say the hundreds of unhappy owners I've heard complaints from did that for me. You never had a problem with yours, but that doesn't mean they don't have problems.

[Kaboom]

Originally Posted by Adyta

I'm not "painting with a broad brush". I'd say the hundreds of unhappy owners I've heard complaints from did that for me. You never had a problem with yours, but that doesn't mean they don't have problems.

If you've "only heard bad things about them" you're listening with closed ears, simple as that.

[Adyta]

Originally Posted by Kaboom

If you've "only heard bad things about them" you're listening with closed ears, simple as that.

It's clear that you're a fanboy, and arguing with fanboys is like arguing with a liberal. All it'll do is piss off both parties (even though the Liberal is wrong).

OP... go google the Mosquito and P22 and I think you'll find you wanna stay away from those 2 guns.

[richeyo2]

I've got both Browning Buck Mark & Sig Mosquito.
The Buck Mark is awesome had a few probs out of the Mosquito before we had some work done on it. The Buck Mark has been flawless, great gun.

[jgreg]

Originally Posted by richeyo2

I've got both Browning Buck Mark & Sig Mosquito.
The Buck Mark is awesome had a few probs out of the Mosquito before we had some work done on it. The Buck Mark has been flawless, great gun.

What kind of problems did you have with the Sig?

[richeyo2]

Originally Posted by jgreg

What kind of problems did you have with the Sig?

When my wife first picked it up you couldn't get off 2-3 rds. w/o a FTF or FTE. even using the CCI mini-mags like recomened. A range officer at our shooting club took it home and done some work on it (polished the feed ramp, milled down the extractor, & couple other little things) brought it back & it has been great since. Still have to run the CCI's in it or Lupua Center-X.

[Kaboom]

Originally Posted by Adyta

It's clear that you're a fanboy, and arguing with fanboys is like arguing with a liberal. All it'll do is piss off both parties (even though the Liberal is wrong).

OP... go google the Mosquito and P22 and I think you'll find you wanna stay away from those 2 guns.

Yeah I'm a fan boy of all my guns, nice try newb.

Some people forget that a gun is just another type of machine and you have to follow certain guidelines or procedures to get out of it what you want. If you just "put gas in it and go" you can expect problems.

EVERY gun has problems with some of them, the Buckmarks for instance have disassebly issues. The Skeeter has a complication in that the owner is expected to READ the manual and follow accordingly: use the soft spring and run 40gr Mini-Mags at first.

When I first got my Skeeter I did that and had three fails in the first three mags and none after that for probobly 5,000rnds. I don't even clean them all that much and certainly don't detail strip just for curiositie's sake.

The P22 likes to be massaged a little bit, the "p22 bible" ( a free download ) walks you through some very easy mods for the non-lazy types to greatly improve it's function and longevity.

Once the OP decides what he wants the new 22 to do he will have a leg up on what model to pick.

[DoubleA]

Buckmark.

Ruger is good, although can be difficult to reassemble. LGS warned me that Sig Mosquito can be tempermental- so far, they haven't steered me wrong.

[Adyta]

Originally Posted by Kaboom

Yeah I'm a fan boy of all my guns, nice try newb.

Some people forget that a gun is just another type of machine and you have to follow certain guidelines or procedures to get out of it what you want. If you just "put gas in it and go" you can expect problems.

EVERY gun has problems with some of them, the Buckmarks for instance have disassebly issues. The Skeeter has a complication in that the owner is expected to READ the manual and follow accordingly: use the soft spring and run 40gr Mini-Mags at first.

When I first got my Skeeter I did that and had three fails in the first three mags and none after that for probobly 5,000rnds. I don't even clean them all that much and certainly don't detail strip just for curiositie's sake.

The P22 likes to be massaged a little bit, the "p22 bible" ( a free download ) walks you through some very easy mods for the non-lazy types to greatly improve it's function and longevity.

Once the OP decides what he wants the new 22 to do he will have a leg up on what model to pick.

I agree that every model of gun has it's lemons... but from what I have read, it seems the Mosquitos are lemons with the occasional gem. Scroll up a bit and see what I'm talking about, another member here has a Mosquito and had problems with FTF and FTEs which seems to be a huge problem with these guns. Instead of him getting a bad one, maybe you got a good one.

You say your P22 needs to be "massaged" and there's even a manual on how to get it working? That in my opinion is a junk gun. When I buy a new gun, I expect it to come ready to be fired flawlessly. If I have to do mods, polish this, dremel that... that is a piece of **** gun.

I have owned about a dozen guns and fired thousands of rounds through those guns and I have NEVER had a malfunction in my life. They are supposed to be extremely rare occurrences. How would you feel about a car that sometimes doesn't start, or stalls every few miles?