[nickjeswald]

Sirs-

I have been alternately told that high-velocity ammo is ok or bad for the P22. Which is the truth? I have had issues with standard-velocity .22lr not cycling properly.

Will high-velocity ammo harm my P22? Is there a manufacturer recommendation? I searched my operator's manual and found nothing.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Parabellus]

IMHO if standard-velocity ammo won't cycle properly and the gun is clean and lubed then send it back for repair.
If high-velocity ammo breaks it then throw it back for a new gun.

This is where MGMike tells you to get a real gun.

Russell

 

[vme2mopars]

I just sold a P22 to a friend who wanted a plinker and a gun to teach his fiance how to shoot with.

That P22 had over 6,000 rounds through it. Most of that was 15-20 year old Winchester Wildcat High Velocity, with the rest being Remington High Velocity.

When kept properly cleaned and properly lubed, that P22 never failed to go bang when the trigger was pulled.

I would have to say that it liked High Velocity Wildcat and CCI best, then Remington, and last any Federal and any non-high velocity.

I've noticed that the two newer P22's- which I kept- don't have a preference, and seem to shoot anything equally well.

I still perfer my Buckmark Target and 2206 Target to either of the 3.4" P22's, but in my experience the P22 has been a fine gun.

 

[nickjeswald]

Thanks, and some more feedback

All-

Thanks for the help!

I think it is worth noting that the problematic rounds were CCI Blazer standard-velocity. After more testing, I have concluded that I purchased one faulty brick of rounds. Rounds from the three other bricks I picked up at my friendly local sporting goods retailer cycle just fine.

 

[Bodie]

CCI Working

I have a fairly new P22 and have fun about 1k of CCI Blazer without any problems. Accuracy was good too (as compared to some other bulk). Stingers were fine too, but MiniMags are my favorite all around.

 

[MGMike]

IMHO if standard-velocity ammo won't cycle properly and the gun is clean and lubed then send it back for repair.
If high-velocity ammo breaks it then throw it back for a new gun.

This is where MGMike tells you to get a real gun.

Russell

Now there's a good fellow who doesn't have to be told the answer.

M

 

[Parabellus]

Now there's a good fellow who doesn't have to be told the answer.

M

Good heavens Mike!

It took you nearly a month. I thought you would never get here to validate my remark.

Since then I took your advice and got a real gun. Walther (sort of) .22 PP Sport from Manurhin. Have yet to try it out but I have high hopes.
http://www.waltherforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7911

Meanwhile our P22 has continued as before. Fingers crossed.

Anyway, I want to emphasize that Mike's comments and advice are well thought out based on what is obviously a lot of experience. There are many folks with decades under their gun-belts. I'm only in my third year of firearm enthusiasm so I need to mine this and other forums for all the info I can.
I'll never gain the level of expertise of most here as I am already sixty.
I'm sure all the newbies join me in appreciating the time that the old hands afford us on problems and issues they address again and again.

Russell

 

[MGMike]

... a real gun. Walther (sort of) .22 PP Sport from Manurhin. Have yet to try it out but I have high hopes.
http://www.waltherforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7911

Russell

Russell, that's a very nice gun. I had not focused on it before when you posted pictures. It's also a very early gun, and extremely unusual in that it appears to have a straight-sided slide (same width as .380 and .32), unlike practically all other postwar .22s which are dished out and thinned down on the sides. Probably there are lightening cuts on the inside walls where it doesn't show to reduce the slide mass. Normally one sees this only on Zella-Mehlis .22s. It was more complicated and expensive to machine the slide this way, so it was not continued postwar, except --apparently--for a short time. I've never seen a postwar one like yours; didn't know any of these were made by Manurhin.

I'm guessing the grips are original. You didn't lose "3 out of 4" of the wooden grip plugs -- just one. The plugs only cover the 2 nuts on the right side, not the screw heads on the left (otherwise you wouldn't be able to remove the grips).

The slide's been reblued and left side markings are little faint, but so what? It's an elegant gun and infinitely preferable to ANY of the current crop of .22 tinker-toy pistols.

M

 

[Formula]

I have had my p22 for almost 2 yrs. I have 300 rounds through it w/o ammo issues. I have learned this pistol needs to be well lubed. Yesterday I was 25 rounds into a box of very very old federal ammo. I had one round “pop” spewing what could have been powder back on me and stranding a shell in the barrel. After that 3 other pops sounding rounds that fired but did not cycle properly. I say it’s the ammo not the pistol. Thoughts

 

[Formula]

I just found the exact answer on the p22 ammo thread. Sorry for the post. I suppose old federal 22ammo is not the best

 

[jkv45]

CCI 40gr MiniMags are usually the most consistent in the P22.