New gun, New problem

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Snoopy96

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Found me a Walter P22 in a pawn shop yesterday that I just couldn't pass up. After a night of thinking on it, went back up there today and picked it up. There was my first mistake. Buying a used gun and not being able to shoot it before hand, doesn't work so well with me. First time and definitely the last time.

It came with one standard 10 rd magazine, B series, so I loaded it up and headed to the creek.
I got one shot off and I'll be if the next pull of the trigger wasn't followed by a 'click'. First thought was old bullets but to my surprise there wasn't a bullet in the chamber. After several rounds and mishaps later, I came to the conclusion that it is double ejecting, but not every time. It will eject the spent casing, along with the next bullet, and not put anything in the chamber leaving me to rack the slide, forget about finding my lost thrown bullet, and shoot again before the same thing happens. I put 10 bullets in the gun. By the time I shoot 6 of them, my slide is open with an empty mag staring me in the face.

And it seems my luck gets even better when I find out Smith and Wesson recently updated their warranty on the Walter P22 to now only a year after purchase versus their old lifetime warranty.

Does anyone out there have any ideas?

Ever faced this tragedy before?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
P22 can be vary finicky on the ammo. You'll have to try a little trial and error till you find the right combo. CCI Mini Mags might be a good place to start and really inspect the mag.
 
P22s are notoriously unreliable. And, at least for my family, prone to disassembling themselves as often as possible.

But... it sounds like someone modified that magazine, or bent the feed lips in an attempt to try to fix feeding problems.

You can try tweaking the magazine, or trying another magazine.
 
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I had one of the earlier P22s. Mine never did disassemble itself while shooting but certainly was "ammo sensitive." However, with the right ammunition it functioned reliably and was more than just plinker accurate.

Mine was 100% reliable and accurate with CCI Mini Mags and CCI Stingers. Federal bulk packed ammo did fairly well but would still stove pipe occasionally, or fail to fire, sometimes once or twice per magazine. Winchester was about the same, Remington was the least reliable,

Once the .22LR ammo shortage hit and I couldn't find CCIs anymore I gave it to my son (who has a lot more patience than I have) who wanted to try shooting it with a variety of ammo brands and types to figure out which ammo it would function reliably with. I suspect it is still just sitting in his safe.
 
As others have said, sounds like a magazine problem. Also, mine likes cci minimags, hates remington bulk paks. My brother's (we bought them at the same time, at the same store) seems to work with any ammo.
 
Got rid of mine due to malfunctions and ergonomics, friend who has it now is not concerned about failure rate,just manually ejects and goes on shooting.
 
Try CCI high velocity, or the Aguila high velocity, seems that the slide is not going all the way to the rear to pick up a new round after ejecting.
 
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