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primeduck · 10-11-2007, 05:30 PM

I'm thinking VERY VERY seriuosly about getting one in the 3.4" to help stay in form practice, since the .22 rounds are a heck of a lot cheaper than the .45acp.

I keep hearing good things about them & the price is good. Any thoughts?

thejoe · 10-11-2007, 05:38 PM

I love mine. Most guys here love theirs, too. One thing to watch for is a stubbornness (at first) with low grade ammo. Sometimes federals don't like to feed quite right. Usually this problem goes away after a few hundred rounds. I personally have had not one single problem with mine and it's been over 1k rounds so far (mostly federals). YMMV.

joe

PS- just so you're not confused by my post, I recommend going ahead with the purchase.

So Flo · 10-11-2007, 05:46 PM

Love mine as well...it needed hi velocity ammo the first 500 rounds or so, but now it eats anything I load up.

It does like to be run a little wet though...don't let the rails dry up and it'll run forever and ever!

mudfoot · 10-11-2007, 06:23 PM

I love mine, its super quiet, can't understand why???

**speednut** · 10-11-2007, 06:30 PM

Bought one for the wife (yeah, right

). It was stubborn with hollow point ammo at first but I polished feed ramp and it now has 500 rds thru it and shoots great.
I would recommend it for a fun, cheap ammo gun! We paid about $259 new for ours at a gun show.

Palmguy · 10-11-2007, 07:17 PM

I love my P22 5"...definitely a blast to shoot

Judge · 10-11-2007, 07:51 PM

LOVE mine.... I've shot nothing but Reminington Hipoint thru it and zero, zero problems. Very sweet shooting and very accurate pistol (fixed, not floating barrel.)

Recommend highly.

Neocode · 10-11-2007, 08:20 PM

Just bought one for my wife... carbon fiber frame... she loves it. Brand new still.. only about 60 rds through it. Not a problem at all though...

**mhillsing23** · 10-12-2007, 05:19 AM

Nice frame, I haven't seen one of those before. I wouldn't like it on most guns, but it works on the P22.

crushert · 10-12-2007, 07:28 AM

Bought one for my youngest daughter to shoot (11 yrs). She loves it and the gun range is one of her favorite places to go. "Her" P22 has functioned great. I've only used Remington ammo in it (Golden Bullet value packs from Bass Pro or Wal-mart) and it's done great with that ammo. I've read that P22s sometimes don't like the lower velocity ammo, so be aware of that.

The P22 is currently at the gunsmith's because the pistol doesn't work in double-action unless I keep the mag pressed up into the gun. Read something over at rimfirecentral.com that says the magazine may be binding on something up in the action. Other than that, it's been a great little plinker.

10-11-2007, 05:30 PM	#1
primeduck XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ellis County, Tx Posts: 278	Walther P22 I'm thinking VERY VERY seriuosly about getting one in the 3.4" to help stay in form practice, since the .22 rounds are a heck of a lot cheaper than the .45acp. I keep hearing good things about them & the price is good. Any thoughts? __________________ XD 45ACP Compact Dark Earth P22 Target Military 3.4" OD Green Taurus PT111 Millenium Pro 9mm Tan

10-11-2007, 05:38 PM	#2
thejoe XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Moscow, ID. Posts: 789	I love mine. Most guys here love theirs, too. One thing to watch for is a stubbornness (at first) with low grade ammo. Sometimes federals don't like to feed quite right. Usually this problem goes away after a few hundred rounds. I personally have had not one single problem with mine and it's been over 1k rounds so far (mostly federals). YMMV. joe PS- just so you're not confused by my post, I recommend going ahead with the purchase. __________________ SA XD-40 Service S&W SW9VE Kel-Tec P3AT Walther P22 Norinco SKS

10-11-2007, 05:46 PM	#3
So Flo XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wellington, Florida Posts: 12,321	Love mine as well...it needed hi velocity ammo the first 500 rounds or so, but now it eats anything I load up. It does like to be run a little wet though...don't let the rails dry up and it'll run forever and ever! __________________ No Guns, Know Crime. Know Guns, No Crime! http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member3984.png

10-11-2007, 06:23 PM	#4
mudfoot XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 314	I love mine, its super quiet, can't understand why??? __________________ If you are citizen who is legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that the bad man will not come today. No one can be "on" 24/7, for a lifetime. Everyone needs down time. But if you are authorized to carry a weapon, and you walk outside without it, just take a deep breath, and say this to yourself..."Baa."

10-11-2007, 06:30 PM	#5
speednut XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: East Central Indiana Posts: 155	Bought one for the wife (yeah, right ). It was stubborn with hollow point ammo at first but I polished feed ramp and it now has 500 rds thru it and shoots great. I would recommend it for a fun, cheap ammo gun! We paid about $259 new for ours at a gun show. __________________ The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.

10-11-2007, 07:17 PM	#6
Palmguy XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lower Alabama Posts: 1,488	I love my P22 5"...definitely a blast to shoot __________________

10-11-2007, 07:51 PM	#7
Judge XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,814	LOVE mine.... I've shot nothing but Reminington Hipoint thru it and zero, zero problems. Very sweet shooting and very accurate pistol (fixed, not floating barrel.) Recommend highly.

10-11-2007, 08:20 PM	#8
Neocode XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Titusville, FL Posts: 334	Just bought one for my wife... carbon fiber frame... she loves it. Brand new still.. only about 60 rds through it. Not a problem at all though... __________________ Neocode SA XD45 http://www.g33kspeak.com

10-12-2007, 05:19 AM	#9
mhillsing23 XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: +38 26 31 -90 22 48 Posts: 2,468	Nice frame, I haven't seen one of those before. I wouldn't like it on most guns, but it works on the P22. __________________ Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. - Ronald Wilson Reagan

10-12-2007, 07:28 AM	#10
crushert XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 274	Bought one for my youngest daughter to shoot (11 yrs). She loves it and the gun range is one of her favorite places to go. "Her" P22 has functioned great. I've only used Remington ammo in it (Golden Bullet value packs from Bass Pro or Wal-mart) and it's done great with that ammo. I've read that P22s sometimes don't like the lower velocity ammo, so be aware of that. The P22 is currently at the gunsmith's because the pistol doesn't work in double-action unless I keep the mag pressed up into the gun. Read something over at rimfirecentral.com that says the magazine may be binding on something up in the action. Other than that, it's been a great little plinker. __________________ XD9 Service Model "The State is the great fiction by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else." - Frederic Bastiat, 19th century philosopher-economist

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