Originally Posted By OldSwampDog: I must be lucky, I bought a P22 at the funshow in Sept of 05 to compliment my P99C, P990-9MM and P990-40S&W. I have put 1400 rounds through the P22 and nary a problem. I have been shooting cheap shit . I have not made a mod, lubed it or cleaned it. Here is the ammo and round ct. Win VP - 491 Stinger - 100 (1st ammo shot) Rem VP HP - 826

So...... barrel code? AD or newer? Is the gun itself an L-series, N-series?

Don't keep us in suspense on the sweet set-up!

I wish everyone who's had a great out-of-the-box shooter (i.e. one that they haven't had to play doctor with) would include this information.

I own 2 P22s both work fine they like to be lubed well and will fire even the cheap stuff as long as they are wet. One I bought from a guy for a 100 bucks at the range cause he was fed up with it, it kept jamming, I offered to see if I could fix it for him and he said I could have the piece of crap cheap if I wanted it 100 dollar bill and it was mine he packed up and left pulled a can of rem oil out of my bag doused it a little and proceeded to shoot 300 rounds of some cheap federal without one stoppage. The guns tend to have a little drag in the actions so either a little lube or a little stoneing takes care of the problems. Nice cheap 22 in my opinion if you want a precision piece pick up a Berreta 87 now those are sweet

OK, but can you hit anything with it?

Mine functioned OK but it went back to the factory because it wasn't hitting anywhere near point of aim. When I got it back it shot in the vincinity of where I was aiming but wouldn't group worth shit*. Only thing I could figure is that they're making dinner plates a lot bigger now.

I sold mine.

*Just in case anyone is tempted to blame operator error, you should know that I once made a 1,000 yard shot with a High Standard pistol in Laos that only one or two guys on the planet could have made (and the other guy is dead now) . . .

Originally Posted By SHADI: I was thinking that if I chunked this little piece of shit in the lake that I would have to shove a dollar into the mag well just so I could say I threw something away. I have tinkered with mine and it is better now, but I'm still mad at it.

What letter does the serial # start with, what is the date code on the bbl, and is there a suffix on the S/N of your mag(s)?

Originally Posted By SHADI: Originally Posted By wise_jake: What letter does the serial # start with, what is the date code on the bbl, and is there a suffix on the S/N of your mag(s)? L20****

Interesting. I wish I had better insight into what the "L" series refers to, exactly.

I originally thought the subsequent "N" series was less likely to have problems, but had enough ppl trying to convince me it was barrel- or mag-related, but I have begun to return to the hypothesis that they're all important factors.

The barrel has an AH on it.

AH = 2007 manufacture (from what I've read)

the mag # has a -B on it

3rd-gen stainless(?) mags

According to the "rules" (the ones that say the bbl and mags have more to do with it), you should be golden.

I wonder what variables were changed in the mfg process between the "L" and "N" series lowers.....?

WOW... I saw these at a gun show the other week and thought they felt nice in my hand.. BUT after only reading the first page, I certainly dont want to own one.. I prefer items that work as advertised out of the box

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crap i wish that i would have seen all this before i just bought one tonight

Originally Posted By SHADI: 12/30/07 fired 100 Federals and 150 Remington thunderbolts no malfunctions. I am now officially tickled sh!tless.

Thunderbolts are the worst ammo ever. The lead is so soft you'll have a fully leaded barrel and be shooting keyholes in less than 250 rounds. Seriously.

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Originally Posted By sed6: How I made my P22 suck: 1) I broke the extractor doing the mentioned peen fix 2) I cut my hammer spring shorter so it doesn't protrude from the back of the gun... WTF! Yeah, bad idea on the spring...it now rolls back into the hammer and renders the gun non-functional! Don't do it! So I called my local gunsmith and asked for the parts, he said no-go, both are factory replacable parts only, but for $25 he can send it to S&W (Walther) for me. Yeah sure. So I called Walther hoping to tell my tale of stupidity and get a promise of a quick repair from them for a minimal price. What I got instead was completely unexpected... Me: I have two broken parts on my P22 Walther: Which ones? M: My extractor and my hammer spring. W: How old is the gun? M: Kinda old. W: How old? M: 6-9 months. W: I see! Can I send you those parts? M: Uh, sure. You can do that? W: Sure, what's your address... Now, if/when my parts show up in the promised 4-10 days I'll be an extremely pleased customer! Once I get it back up and running I'm sure I'll be pleased with the other de-suckification changes I made (plus I got a can coming)

The parts did show up, in about a week. I slapped them on and off I went. I've since put about 1k rounds through it of every type. Except for the occasional limp wristed malfunction, it runs like a champ. I've also put on a TAC65 silencer made by Tactical Innovations. This makes the gun even more fun to shoot as now I don't need to wear ears!

I've had my P22 out to the range twice. First time i was using remmington ammo, fired probably 2-300 rounds without a single problem. Today I started with remmington and no issues, switched to federal and started to have some fail to extracts, and some fail to feeds. Lubed the pistol, and that made a huge difference. But I did notice a difference between the two brands of ammo. Oddly, the second round seemed to fail to feed the most often, with the rest of the magazine firing smoothly, even under rapid fire. Not overly impressed with accuracy, but it's a blast to shoot. My paperwork just came in for my Tac 65 suppressor, which I will be picking up tomorrow morning, (along with some decent ammo) so I'm sure I'll end up at the range again this weekend. So far I'm a happy owner, and the smiles on my friends faces as they emptied the mags showed they liked it too.

I bought a green P22 at medina county gun show about 4 months ago and in the bottom of the case I discovered this entire thread in it. The headline scared me when I read "How I made my P22 not suck". I was pissed off the whole way home and thought I bought someone elses junk. But when I got home I unloaded about 10-20 full magazines of stingers and never had a problem. I was just wondering if anyone knew whos gun this originally was and why they got rid of it. I think this is my new favorite RF gun including my 10-22 target.

Been wanting a p99 real bad lately (still searching) so i bougth one of these to tide me over.. pawn/gun shop had one used in box for 279, i could tell it didnt have more than 10 rounds through it, had everything box in even the blue little tab that comes in the chamber when you buy it. So i bought!

(not aware of peoblems people here are having) i think its AH or something like that, i forget the letters but we looked it up it was made in 2007, and it had mags with a B on them..

Took it to the range, put remminging gold value pack crap from walmart through it, surprisingly it ATE it all up, only 1 failed to fire.. My ruger MK III bull barrel coughts and hiccups on these ALLL the time (ruger is fairly new, only about 700 rounds through it). So this little p22 eats EVERYTHIGN surprisingly, tho i still feel remmington is pure crap ammo, ...

I did have some accuracy issues, mine shot to the left alot... after putting it on the rest and adjusting the screen i was able to get it to keep groups of about 1 or 1 1/2 inches at 25 feet with iron sights from the bench rest, then a giant spider came out and started hiding near our spot so me having extreme arachanaphobia decided it was okay time to leave :D.. going back to today to put some more through it..

I think we probably put ohh 100 to 150 rounds through it? not a single problem besides that 1 remm that didnt fire.. (and rem is crap).

Sorry some of you have had horror stories but this little gun is great fun! and shoots ammo less picky that my ruger mkIII go figure! (the ruger will fail to fire or extract one rem out of about every 4 or 5, but its getting better the more and more i shoot it.

Just thought i'd relate my experience, its fun little gun and if i can just get it to feel more accurate and i think it will be a great plinker!