Posted: 5/20/2007 7:20:38 PM EDT
| what do you guys think about the Walther P22? thinking about buying one just for cheap fun at the range. |
Buy a new one. The early ones had reliability issues. Even though these aren't optimal 'self-defense' guns, jams are irritating. On the good side, they are accurate enough. Light, handy, and comfortable, if you don't have really large hands.  The long and short barrel options give you a bit of flexibility that is rare, in a .22 at least. The threaded barrels also make it easy to put on a suppressor, if that works where you are and you don't mind the extra $200 to the tax guys.  It is a gun that has had issues in the past. But the new versions seem to have those problems mitigated, and it is a cool little blaster, when it works. 
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I have one of the early ones and its been a fun little pistol. Mines been reliable with everything I've put in it and I mostly use Winchester Super X as I have a lot on hand. You dont have to only shoot the hot Stingers in them, the cheap stuff works too. They do come with two springs so you can switch for different power ammo. I've always used the one what came installed, which I think is the lighter one, with good results. Mine is the 3.5" model and is more than accurate for fun plinking and shooting. Its not a target pistol, nor is it trying to be. I've owned a good number of .22's over the years, including a number of Rugers, a couple of High standards, and Brownings, to name a few. The two I own now are the P22 and a SIG Mosquito, another .22 that is often bad mouthed on the various forums. Mine has also been fine and I actually like it a tad more than my P22. Keep in mind, all .22 pistols will suffer fails to fire due to the ammo, and as they get dirty, they tend to have function problems. Some will lead you to believe that its all the P22's fault, when in fact, its the nature of the beast. If you keep them clean, you should be fine. |
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My 7 year old and I have put thousands of rounds through ours in the last year and a half and it's been one of the best, most reliable guns I own. We had to do a few of the "tweaks" to it to get it running right including stretching the mag springs (to fix feeding issues) and stretching the extractor spring and shaping the extractor hook so we weren't taking cases in the forehead. There are detailed instructions on how to do all of this over on rimfire central, if you care to look. As noted earlier, buy new. The gun is cheap enough new that it's worth getting the latest revision. |
Agree completely. I have a browning buckmark that's been good for nothing but a paperweight since the day I got it. The Walther on the other hand, has been a model citizen.
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