Instead, I recommend the Ruger 22 line of pistols, or a Browning Buckmark. That something else just might be a pot metal slide that would make a Lorcin look like a forged steel wonder gun.īecause of the regularity of these slide failures, and the potential for injury that could result from a chunk of metal leaving the frame of the gun under recoil and slamming directly into the shooter's face, I can not recommend the Walther P22 for anyone. Even if the shooters were firing round after round of Stinger ammunition, this type of failure should not have happened with the regularity that it occurred in the Walther P22.Įven if a potential purchaser wanted to ignore the forward slide failures, blaming them on the use of hyper velocity Extreme Shok killa gorilla ammo, it is hard to deny that the subsequent cracks that appeared with frequency at the slide stop notch might be indicative of something else. If a 22 round could be overcharged, it is still difficult to imagine an overcharged 22 round that could do this type of damage. These failures can not be blamed on poorly loaded home brew ammunition. The 22 cartridge is not a round that is reloaded. Many opinions on the internet should be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism, but when corroborating photography accompanies the reports, and time and again, the slides are shown exhibiting failures in the same areas, it behoves the reader to take notice and pay attention. The pistol had been on the market for approximately six months when the first reports of slide failures began to appear on internet forums. The Walther P22 is cursed with a zinc pot metal slide. It is a sufficiently accurate, and durable enough polymer 9mm pistol.
#WALTHER P22 SLIDE MOVIE#
The P99 is not a bad pistol, I suppose it has it's niche with the transformer grip crowd as well as the James Bond fanatics who want the latest movie gun, but it never really stuck me as being anything special. They love the German pea shooter for it's size, and it's mimicry of the larger Walther P99.įor the record, I don't particularly care for the Walther P99 either. Indeed, I see that my friend Peter has given it his recommendation in a recent blog article.
The P22 CA variant specifically excludes this capability to comply with California law.Every now and then, I get email asking me why I never recommend the Walther P22 pistol. All P22's except the P22 CA come with an internally threaded barrel which allows the attachment of a sound suppressor or silencer with a separate thread adapter available from Walther. The P22 was originally designed such that the two different length barrel assemblies could be easily interchanged, and "combo" packages including both barrels were offered for sale. The P22 can be purchased with a 3.4-inch short barrel (pictured to the right), or with a 5-inch barrel which includes a barrel mounted weight compensator matching the profile of the slide.
#WALTHER P22 SLIDE SERIAL#
Its slide and serial numbered frame receiver inserts are made from MIM (Metal Injection Molding) cast zinc alloy, its barrel consists of a rifled steel insert within a steel barrel sleeve, and its internal lockwork and fire-control parts are a combination of MIM cast steel and steel stampings. The P22 features a cast polymer grip-frame. The most noticeable exterior difference is the P22's slide mounted, thumb operated, ambidextrous safety and its external hammer. On the exterior, it resembles the Walther P99, but it is somewhat smaller (75% of the P99's size) and its action chambers the rimfire. The P22 is a semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen.