New toy - Walther P22 questions

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Torquemada

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Thanks to all who replied to an earlier thread of mine.

I took my wife with, choices were P22 (5", $299) and Buckmark Standard ($259). I "persuaded" her to handle both. Her reasoning beforehand: I can't make up my mind, I'll have regrets no matter which I choose and want the other anyway, so why bring the checkbook?:mad: My reasoning beforehand: Since I can't decide, I'll just have to buy both eventually :D

Well, I decided on the Walther. As we got to the paperwork stage, she decided that she wanted it in her name, since everything else was "mine." SCORE!!! I said "I'll just have to sell off some no-longer-interested hobby items and have a garage sale, then I can buy the Buckmark this summer" and got no disagreement!:cool: :cool: :cool: Told her I'd be more than happy to clean it and break it in (like a thousand rounds or so :D), since she's pregnant.

Now I know why there's a 3-day wait: by the time she picks it up, I'll be frothing at the mouth for accessories and extra mags and ammo and general anticipation .

Finally, the Q's, covers stuff I forgot to ask/will RTFM when I get it:
1. can it be dry-fired repeatedly?
2. DA/SA or DAO?
3. Is my wife cool or what?:D
 
If you look...

through this site you will see many comments on the Walther P22, some of which are negative opinions. I have one 5" model and it has not given me any trouble. As far as I know it can be dry fired repeatedly as any other modern firearm with out damge to the firing pin. It is DA/SA. Yes your wife will love it!! Be safe and Careful.
 
To my knowledge no rimfire firearm should be dry fired. On a rimfire shell, the primer sits in the rim. To set it off, the firing pin strikes the shell on the rim. If the gun was fired without a shell in the chamber, the firing pin would hit the edge of the chamber, possibly causing damage.

A buddy of mine bought a .22 semiauto pistol a a gun show real cheap because the owner said it wouldn't eject a shell after it was fired. He inspected it, saw that dryfiring it had caused a bit of metal to be smashed into the chamber. When he got it home he, very carefully, filed the spur out of the chamber and it has worked fine ever since.

So, in short, don't dry fire a .22

Also, you probably shouldn't take a file to the chamber of a firearm. But, he knew what he was doing.
 
I also have a 5" and un-like a lot of comments you might read, I have found it to be very accurate and reliable.

There seems to be some relationship between having a 3" and a 5" target model and if you have problems.

Good luck, I bought mine for my daughter.
 
Thought I'd clear up the dry-fire issue on the P22. If you use the manual safety with the hammer cocked, you can pull the trigger and the hammer falls--about 90% of the way. So you can actually dry-fire all you want like this. I don't think I'd dry-fire it with the safety off, however.
 
The P22's are DA/SA and yes, your wife is very cool. Congrats on the the new pistol and the lovely lady.
 
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