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Re: Walther P22

Postby yuppiejr on Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:49 pm

My wife loved the Browning Buckmark Camper, costs more than some of the Umarex pot metal guns but highly accurate + reliable with a great trigger and "real gun" heft. Not a bad companion for your CZ-75, the controls, balance and grip angle are similar in the 4".
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Re: Walther P22

Postby Synergy on Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:29 pm

We have a P22 and it works really well although the only ammo we've put through it is CCI mini mags with are almost non existent for the time being.
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Re: Walther P22

Postby Thunder71 on Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:41 pm

My P22 was great, it was the newer style so maybe they worked out some bugs.

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Re: Walther P22

Postby grousemaster on Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:53 pm

yuppiejr wrote:My wife loved the Browning Buckmark Camper, costs more than some of the Umarex pot metal guns but highly accurate + reliable with a great trigger and "real gun" heft. Not a bad companion for your CZ-75, the controls, balance and grip angle are similar in the 4".


I'm actually leaning more towards one of those as opposed to the SR22 to be honest. I like them better than any of the Rugers.
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Re: Walther P22

Postby grousemaster on Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:55 pm

Thunder71 wrote:My P22 was great, it was the newer style so maybe they worked out some bugs.

Posted from Tapatalk on my Galaxy Note II while using the restroom.


I have a friend that has one, he used to have another one he sold but regretted and replaced. Both of his ate up everything, although I used to hear some of the P22's were picky with ammo, I haven't seen it first hand.
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Re: Walther P22

Postby codilly on Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:04 pm

grousemaster wrote:
Thunder71 wrote:My P22 was great, it was the newer style so maybe they worked out some bugs.

Posted from Tapatalk on my Galaxy Note II while using the restroom.


I have a friend that has one, he used to have another one he sold but regretted and replaced. Both of his ate up everything, although I used to hear some of the P22's were picky with ammo, I haven't seen it first hand.

Never have a single problem with the first one I bought in I think 2008 and I would regularly go 500-1000 rounds of Thunderbolts without cleaning or oiling it. I believe Grouse even saw me throw it in a muddy lake and take it out and get a couple shots off. I have one of the new P22Q's now and I have I think 300 rounds of Thunderbolts and CCI Stingers through it without a single hiccup. As for the Sig Mosquito's my buddy had one that would not eat anything reliably no matter how clean or oiled it was, I thought it was straight junk but I only have expirence with that one pistol.
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Re: Walther P22

Postby codilly on Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:54 pm

grousemaster wrote:
PHATSPEED7x wrote:The Ruger SR22 is a "improved" P22 many claim...


Yea, no way I'd buy a P22 with the SR22 out. Walther doesn't even make the P22, Umarex does. I think it has a low grade metal slide to...like a pot metal of some sort? I could be wrong.


Can you prove that the P22 is made by Umarex? Seems a lot of people think this but none can prove it, a lot of placed a call to Walther and asked and were told it is made by Walther.
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Re: Walther P22

Postby Jbotto on Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:20 pm

My input on this is that I'd go with the Ruger SR22 before the Walther. I liked the Sig Mosquito as well, but was turned off when it didn't RELIABLY function cheap .22 ammo. I think a .22 that only works well with the more expensive stuff is pointless.
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Re: Walther P22

Postby Thunder71 on Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:24 pm

If it's not for self defense, is it really a big deal if it doesn't go bang every time? I mean, we're talking cheap .22LR rimfire ammo, not CCI's etc that rarely, if ever, are an issue. If it is for self defense or competition, use quality ammo.

Otherwise pull the trigger a second time, boom... problem solved, or work on failure drills. :D
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Re: Walther P22

Postby sgruenhagen44 on Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:41 pm

optimusglen wrote:Have you looked at the Sig Mosquito? Seems like a decent firearm, though I don't have any first hand experience.



junk. Very ammo specific. CCI MINI MAGS only.
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Re: Walther P22

Postby Jbotto on Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:42 pm

Yeah, I can see that Thunder, I just enjoy the reliability of a gun when I'm shooting. I get too many issues, and it goes back to the case until I'm not sick of the issues again, some other day.
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Re: Walther P22

Postby Devious Delight on Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:04 pm

Jbotto wrote:My input on this is that I'd go with the Ruger SR22 before the Walther. I liked the Sig Mosquito as well, but was turned off when it didn't RELIABLY function cheap .22 ammo. I think a .22 that only works well with the more expensive stuff is pointless.


wife didn't like the rugers at Gander, and I didn't like the one I qualified with. The 9mm jammed constantly.
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Re: Walther P22

Postby Beretta Dave on Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:11 pm

I picked up a P22 about two years ago for the wife’s first gun. I have been able to shoot any ammo, including the cheaper bulk stuff without any issues. The wife did have issues with the cheaper ammo, but it is 100 percent reliable for her with CCI Stingers. I believe she was limp wristing the gun, and the little bit hotter ammo makes up for that.
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Re: Walther P22

Postby Baja Bum on Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:50 pm

I took my new P22 out yesterday and out of 100 rounds of cci mini mag, I had one FTE. Next week I will run bulk Remington Golden through it to compare. One thing is for sure, it is fun to shoot.
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Re: Walther P22

Postby PHATSPEED7x on Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:17 pm

I owned a mosquito, and never could get it to run 100%. My S&W M&P22 has been 100% reliable.

And here is another interesting fact... The M&P22 is made by Walther in Germany and imported by Smith and Wesson.
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