Walther P22: A picky eater? You gotta see this range video…maybe twice!!
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- One might venture to say that a .22LR in ANY format is the most enjoyable gun to shoot. Shooters guilt is made null, recoil is thrown out the window, and accuracy is automatic!
We really enjoyed this pistol and had a different experience than most reviewers on the market.
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I have found my Walther to be completely reliable. Two issues my first time out but I chalked it up to breakin and me learning. All good now after a few hundred with flawless operation.
Ours hasn’t had an issue to speak of. Thanks for watching and commenting and please be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
My Walther P22Q has proven accurate and reliable with Remington Thunderbolt, Remington Golden Bullet, CCI Mini-Mag and Aguilla Super Extra. I make a point of cleaning it after every trip to the range. Ballistol is the product I use for cleaning along with a boresnake.
Yes we to clean ours every trip out I don’t know why people don’t clean them makes no sense. We didn’t have issues with anything we put in it. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already. Thanks again
I love the awareness and trigger control this guy shows in the first minutes of this video. Know where your fingers are.
I’ve seen some stuff which will make you think the whole time you are shooting. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already. Thanks again
the one i have broke the slide when using the 5 in barrel while shooting Remington Thunderbolt ammo. Walter replaced the slide free of charge. the long barrel is meant for use with "target" ammo not the high velocity stuff, for that the short barrel works fine. the original (broken) slide had been an original import by S&W, hence it had both logos on it.
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I polished my p22's fed ramp/chamber edge and ridge on hammer with a dremel...Its made it more reliable...
I agree with GunWillTravel's ammunition post... CCI Velocitors are my go to self defense round...Mini mag and Aguila 40gr cprn are super reliable...
For me it's the ideal gun, the PPK's more reliable tactical cousin, 22lr, light/compact, accurate, with polished ramp its very reliable
We literally done nothing to it and it ran 3 brands without a single issue. Thanks for the info a for watching. Be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already thanks again
The first generation Walther p22 is the one with all of the issues. It has a manual key safety on the right side, one slot on the accessory rail instead of three, a hard polymer grip with stippling, a recoil spring that separates into pieces, and a slide with less grooves for grip. Worst gun I’ve ever owned. Sold it and bought the 2nd generation p22 shown in this video. I can run any ammo, even sub sonic, without issue. Very good rework by Walther.
Yes sir we’ve had nothing but good results from this gun. Thank you for watching and commenting and please be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
Great video! That's what I'm thinking about. Good job!
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I have the same gun..I bought a cheap gun to shoot cheap ammo and it dose..it's had a steady diet of federal automatch and occasionally golden bullets. Been stacking automatch for awile so I'm really glad it shoots it.im really happy with mine and I scrub it clean after every session and oil
Yeah we clean ours too but this thing at everything new out the box. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t. Thanks again
Initially, i had FOE, FOF with my P22 CA. After 1000 rounds, with right ammos, now Truly love it. Might get another one, different color. Really fun to shoot and cheap P22 CA :-) ❤
Yes sir!! Ours has been reliable day one. Thanks for watching and commenting and please be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
I have the p22q and have over 3500 rnds through it with 5 or 6 malfunctions. The malfunctions were my fault i rode the slide with my off hand thumb. Not much blow back so you cant ride it. Its the best 22 pistol ive ever owned. When its wore out i will own another one.
That’s an insane amount of rounds. Heck yeah! Tried and true, glad you like it please subscribe if you haven’t already
I had to do some work to mine to get it to run properly. Filed down the top of the hammer to reduce the friction that the slide gets when sliding to the rear, also flattened the safety bar to do the same thing. Then polished the snot out of both areas. Helped tremendously. The TX 22 is still more reliable, but I like the feel of the P22 more. TX shoots just as accurately and holds 16 rounds in a mag. Picky Eater.
Love the TX22 and that’s saying something for me giving I’m not a Taurus fan. Thanks fire watching and commenting and please be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
I had a tx.22. it shot every thing but flat nose ammo like Winchester cowboy. They would always get stuck on the feed ramp. Loved the gun and was very quiet with a suppressor.
My biggest issue from the factory was the barrel issue they were known for. Mine was way off center and shot way right. After the barrel was replaced it was fixed. Still shot slight right but wasn't off poa 2 inches like it was.
The one issue that just absolutely bugged me about the gun itself are those crap rear sights. Never could perfectly zero it.
My PPKs .22 is a beast. Runs anything even Winchester ammo so far. shot about 100rd through it and only one failure. Stovepiped on one round of cheap Federal.
Hoping my p22 will shoot with no issues. It won't be used as a carry piece as of right now. Maybe after some hard testing. My walther though I am and using velocitor.
People hate on .22 carry guns but if you can put 10rd on target you'll bring at least one person down.
Haha that is very true sir
Shot my buddies P22 today no problem with the Remington bullets but when using CCi it would not eject the bullet so went back to Remington again had no problems The gun shot awesome and was quite accurate.
It’s crazy because we never had an issue with anything we put through it. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already. Thanks again
I just bought one of these today.. had failure to eject 2 times with federal auto match but it ran Winchester M22 perfectly.. I think it will run most anything after a couple hundred rounds of break in
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I've owned a Walther P22 since 2019 and initially I did have problems with Failure to Extract, and Failure to Feed....these are the improvements I did to mine and it significantly increased the reliability. I did switch to a captured guide rod assembly, I also polished the feed ramp, and I polished the face of the hammer. Lastly I think one of the major improvements I installed was the Lugus Mfg extractor. The Volquartsen extractor when they still made them, I initially used first and it sucked. The Lugus Mfg has a more pronounced claw. I don't know if they are still in business. Also based on my testing...Ammunition that has a minimum of 1200 fps has to be run through the Walther P22.
Thanks for the info. We are super happy to report that ours stills runs flawlessly with anything we put in it and we haven’t had to make any changes to date. Hopefully it stays that way. Thanks for watching and commenting and please be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
Thanks for the review! I believe you that CCI Stingers shot well, that's the reputation of this Walther P22. I'm also in CA so the P22 is the only game in town if I want a semi-auto 22lr pistol. Have you tried it with any bulk pack ammo like Remington Thunderbolts or Golden Bullets? My only 22lr gun right now is a S&W 617 which eats everything I throw at it.
This gun literally ate ammo I had in a ziplock bag that sat on my porch for months. We have the video proof on the P22 range video.
We never did watch range video
I had some failures from the very first magazine but after adding a captured spring it chews through golden bullets like nothing. I have since had 500+ through it with no issue
Interesting! We may try it just for the heck of it, haven’t had too many issues yet
Walther recommends Remington golden bullets for the P22, I use them with no problem on my P22 California version
Recently RE purchased a p22. I wish i kept my original. I didn’t put a ton of rounds through the new p22 but so far it’s ran 100% with thunderbolt (about a bricks worth) wasn’t sure if I was more impressed by the p22 or the ammo there.
I wish there were some aftermarket sight options for the p22 that is my only complaint with the pistol. It’s not that the pistol is inaccurate but it’s definitely not an easy mode pistol to master and shoot accurately compared to other .22s I know it isn’t designed for a target pistol but I think some sharper iron sight options would make it much easier to shoot accurately past 10-15 yards. Even the ruger sr22 which has very similar sights is easier to hit with at range and the only difference I can notice is the sights on the sr22 are a little tighter.
If I’m being honest I like the SR-22 better functionally but the P-22 feels better in the hand and looks better lol. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already. Thanks again
The stingers are the only ones ive had good luck with... havent tried that other brand but bulk rounds have issues and other cci ammo wouldnt eject properly
Everyone has told us that and so many has that I have no doubt it’s true but we literally shot ammo that had been previously wet and didn’t have a single issue with anything we put in it. Not even once. What you saw on camera is what we got. I guess we got lucky. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already. Thanks again
Had no issues with mine either. Normally run mini-mag and thunderbolts but eats blazers as well.
There is nothing like a good ole 22 at the range. Glad you didn’t have any issues. Thanks for watching and please subscribe if you haven’t already
Thanks for the info
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Turn up the damn volume !!!
Sorry this is an older video we have better equipment now.
Feel so compact .22lr.. Nice review
Thank you
My walther p22 is a piece of crap. Fails to feed. Every other shot tried a bunch of different ammo.
I did notice the primer strikes are right on the edge of the round which causes the empty casing to stay stuck in the chamber
I’ve cleaned it ground down the back of the hammer and the feeding ramp. Problems still persist
I haven’t been able to shoot 5 consecutive rounds without a problem
We’ve heard of these type of issues with this pistol and feel fortunate that ours has been flawless. Thanks for watching and commenting and please be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
Exactly. Me too. Piece of junk
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My new P22Q won't even chamber the cci Stinger. I ran 200 rounds of cci mini mags through it first thing, then tried a mag of cci stinger. I had to disassemble the gun to get the first one out of the chamber. After that, they wouldn't even go into the chamber.
Wow that’s crazy. It will shout everything else? Thanks for watching and commenting and please be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
Just picked one up last week and went to the indoor range to try it out. It had two failure to feed on the first two shots so I was a little concerned. I was shooting some federal cheap stuff and after about 100 rounds about 25 of them failed, I did switch to the CCI Stingers and it did much much better. Typically love Walther guns, but this one has been disappointing so far.
Yeah that’s not a great reliability ratio, in today’s day and age even one in a hundred maybe be problematic. But 25 is highly excessive. Thanks for watching and please subscribe if you haven’t already
Walther p22 is a love hate relationship 😆 had to do a lot of work to mine to get it to function well. Keep an eye on where ur hand is...don't wanna shoot urself.
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I put 400 rounds through it then it quit firing. Cleaned it up real good, i think maybe the firing pin got to gunked up to strike. Not real happy with this little gun, hope it doesny have to go in the jennings drawer.....
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Yep those CCI Stingers 32gr 1640FPS are the only thing James Bond Jr. will eat reliably.(the fireball is fierce too) I heard CCI mini-mag 40gr work and have ordered some but haven't tried them yet.
We was very fortunate that we didn’t have issues with anything we fed her. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
Had no luck with cci mini mag or velocitor. The cci stingers work flawless in mine.
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does your p22 get scratch marks on top of the barrel from the slide? Walther says this is normal
Almost every gun I have does that except maybe Glock so I’d say yes for sure
Sold mine.
After 100 rounds the extractor was shot.
Shame the concept was great
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Get the Ruger SR22 lifetime warranty and never hangs up after about 600rounds and It shoots all ammo well Thunderbolt Federal lead head Aguillas
The SR22 was the first gun my wife ever owned 2nd gun we ever bought behind the Glock 17
Mine doesn’t like Federal Punch for some reason
That’s kinda odd, what does it do when you fire punch
Just got one very slightly used yesterday. My issue is that mine will not manually cycle rounds. Feed a live round and try to eject it, it will not grab the round unless i press the ejector down while pulling the slide.
I hear that it should run fine when it shoots. This is just weird because any other pistol ive had manually cycles. Even my PPKs .22 I bought last week.
Any thoughts?
There’s several reasons that would happen. 1. The casing swells and there’s not enough “blow back” force to eject it. This could be from cheap ammo or reloads or from low velocity rounds. 2. There could be trash or a burr on the ejector behind the “hook” or lip whatever you want to call it. 3. The ejector spring maybe missing, the wrong one or just bad. Sounds like it’s probably the ejector or it’s spring. I would rule out a few things and send it back to Walther for repair or replacement. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already. Thanks again
@@GSquaredTactical I decided to try different ammo in it. I got it to manually cycle winchester white box and Remington. It did not want to manually cycle the cci. Definitely not worth the risk so traded it and a box of ammo for a g30s. Not bad on my end. Just have to start stocking .45 now...
Haha that’s a good trade
@@GSquaredTactical $28 a box.
If you feed these guns cci especially the mini mags, Aguila high velocity, rem golden bullets or even Armscor they are very reliable. If not you're gonna have problems. For example mine won't feed federal auto match at all but will run say cci mini mags flawlessly. That and keeping the chamber clean and this gun is ultra reliable. Now that I've found thr ammo it likes and I keep it hardly ever has malfunctions. Considering mine was only 279.99 new(in 2021) and is cheap to shoot even during the pandemic I couldn't be happier w mine ....I have the communist CA version too
We didn’t have issues shooting anything period not one round.
Me Walther p22 CA “it doesn’t like Águila and Golden bullet”not sure why
Ours has eat everything. I’m glad it’s been problem free. Thanks for watching and sharing and please be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
What about federal target grade 22? Can any one comment how that runs in the p22?
Hopefully someone can help you out with that. Thanks for watching and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
Where did you find cci ammo?
A place call Blackstone Shooting Sports in Charlotte NC but it was in store they don’t sale online. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already. Thanks again
They are really picky with ammo stick with cci for the first 4K rounds 😂 I know it’s a lot after that, thang will eat anything.
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Your audio on this video is crap. Hard to hear
Sorry we have a lapel mic now
Tons of malfunctions
We have been fortunate compared to
Others. We have likely put 8k rounds through this thing with maybe 15 or 20 malfunctions similar to what you expect with .22lr. Thanks for watching and commenting and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already
This pistol is disappointing for sure. For everyone saying that this gun runs subs, no way, not reliably. Im actually shocked that Walther has not fixed this gun after so many years. You should not not need to run certain ammo for the gun to function. Taurus TX 22 compact will pretty much eat anything. Its a sad day when a Taurus pistol is more expensive than a Walther
lol the TX-22 is a beast. Thanks for watching
@@GSquaredTactical what is your take on this? On Walther? Walther 9mm handguns are pretty much gold, why do you think Walther can't do the .22 lr...after all these years. How does Taurus TX22 get handgun of the year in 2019?
This is the only Walther.22 I’ve ever owned and surprisingly this thing has been flawless for me. It has absolutely ran any and everything but I’m aware of their issues. You never see them on the shelves so they may not sale enough of them to are.
@@GSquaredTactical good to hear. I can get the P22Q Military version for $150 . I like the look and feel, and it's not a self or home defense gun. I am planning on running the gun suppressed only. I think I'll get both the Walther and TX22
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To be honest, it always bothers me when seeing a big guy grab a small gun in a fat hand with pinky stick out.
lol 😂 thanks for watching
I think the P22 first generation was bad, but the P22Q corrected all the issues
Ours was flawless either way. Thanks for watching and commenting and please be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already