Walther P22

[53caddy]

I have a couple of questions for my fellow TGO. I just recently purchased a p22 and went to the range. Ok first of all I think it is weird or it is just me that the F stands for safety and the S stands for fire. Also, about every third round I would be shooting and hit the trigger and it wouldn't fire, but all i had to due is pull the trigger again and it would shoot. I was wondering if anybody else has this problem and is there any fix to it. All in all great little gun except for those little kinks. I hope someone can help me out on this.

[BrasilNuts]

Try different kinds of ammo. For plinking the Federal 550 box from walmart works the best for mine with the least malfunctions...1 in about every 100 rounds. The Remington goes about 1 in every 20.

Mine will shoot Stingers and CCI mini-mags with no malfunctions. They are just too expensive for a plinker.

Its gonna jam so just get used to it... its a good practice gun for clearing jams.

[Guest tanker179]

The one i had shot the remington ammo ok..

[Guest price g]

Great little pistols. Very picky about ammo, mine runs better wet.

[53caddy]

Now what about the F and S thing???

[Guest gcrookston]

I never had any luck with these. I bought 2 when they first came out - one for me and one for a present. between the 2 they went back to the factory 5 times for repair... (nothing like shooting a brand new gun and the safety falls apart on the first mag)...

[Moped]

I fired a buddy of mine's and kepted dropping the magazine due to the location of the mag release and my grip. I decided it wasn't for me. He had the same complaint. His wife loves it though.

[Guest price g]

Now what about the F and S thing???[/quote

Thats the way they are made...go figure

[TGO David]

Now what about the F and S thing???

Simple: If the lever is exposing the "F" then it is ready to fire. If the lever is exposing the "S" then it is on safe.

Granted it's a bit backasswards since you pretty much assume that the lever is "pointing" to whichever mode it is in, but the key here is that the lever doesn't actually point to the letters... it obscures them.

Picture of Walther on "safe" for reference:

[edellson]

IMO it sounds like your problem described is the ammo. With that being said I have had nothing but problems with the P22.

[Guest Phantom6]

Mine run great as long as I'm using quality ammo. After about 300 rounds though 'em they get dirty and need a cleaning. Then they run great again. No worries here.

[Magiccarpetrides]

One of my girlfriends has one...it runs great with WWB...fun little gun to shoot with very minimal recoil. After about 300rds though you better clean it, otherwise its starts to jam...fixed hers by cleaning it....shes not the best handgun keeper in the world.

[Guest pelican]

I bought one about 3 years ago---Junk! Would not do anything consistantly!

I bought another 4 months ago and broke it in by shooting about 3-400 rounds without cleaning, everything worked perfect. Cleaned, every thing is good again!

This is a great fun gun and a good little protector, if needed.

I really like mine and would recommend a late model one to anyone.

Thanks, Robert.

[Guest sermon8r]

a friend has one with the laser and he got a .17HMR barrell for it too.

now its a KEWL Plinker!

[BrasilNuts]

I guess I got mine about 2 years ago and I've shot it a lot... probably close to 10,000 rounds... ammos cheap and its just so fun to shoot. I've not had anything break on it yet.

Yeah 300-500 rounds and she's ready for a cleaning