As those of us who own and care for our G22's know, there are two tiny springs on either side of the receiver block that have a propensity to launch themselves into oblivion while removing the block. While knowing about this can help to curtail the loss of the springs, it cannot prevent it fully. I learned this first hand the other night as the spring on the right side of the receiver went airborne and is now lost forever. This is the small coiled spring that prevents the trigger mechanism from dropping the hammer unless there is a magazine loaded in the gun. Without the spring, the gun will fire regardless, which is not a huge problem, but a decrease in safety.
Does anyone have any of the following information:
If anyone can provide guidance, I'd appreciate it. Any further information I get, and my final solution, I will share with the group. Hopefully others will benefit from this. I'm also going to be looking for a replacement spring for the left side of the action, the spring that locks the bolt back on an empty magazine. While I have yet to lose this one, I know it is only a matter of time.
As an aside, I plan to write up some directions w/ photos on how to dissassemble the G22, as there doesn't seem to be a complete and detailed review on this process. Uncut's photos are a good start, but I plan to go further in depth to get down to the bolt and firing pin. That'll be a little while though.
-Bob
Does anyone have any of the following information:
- Dimensions of the original spring
- Part number from Walther to order a replacement
- Width of the slot where the spring originally sat
If anyone can provide guidance, I'd appreciate it. Any further information I get, and my final solution, I will share with the group. Hopefully others will benefit from this. I'm also going to be looking for a replacement spring for the left side of the action, the spring that locks the bolt back on an empty magazine. While I have yet to lose this one, I know it is only a matter of time.
As an aside, I plan to write up some directions w/ photos on how to dissassemble the G22, as there doesn't seem to be a complete and detailed review on this process. Uncut's photos are a good start, but I plan to go further in depth to get down to the bolt and firing pin. That'll be a little while though.
-Bob