longrangeshooter
New member
Afternoon everyone,
I've been lurking around here for the last 6 months or so and finally decided to post a question. I've been around shooting most of my life and while I don't hunt often if at all I enjoy shooting just for fun. I was at the last gun show I've seen since Covid started causing all this trouble and a Walther P22 caught my eye. Thought about it for awhile and ended up paying what I thought it was worth. It's been a lot of fun so far and has been trouble free. I've only been using generic ammo, nothing special but it runs well. It came with a laser attached and it is accurate out to 15 or 20 yards anyway. My wife and I have gotten into RV-ing and I thought this might be a reasonable backup to the 1911 that travels with us but would be less likely to get us in trouble in some of the more left leaning states. There is normally a 12 gauge at hand as well especially if we are boondocking. I've seen references to the P22 indicating there were problems with frame cracking in the earlier versions. Mine appears to have been used a bit and shows no signs of this but I wonder what I can load it with and not ruin it. What is good for self defense or pest dispatch without having to worry about damage to the gun? I have other .22 rifles and a couple pistols other than this but none have a history of this kind of problem. Thanks for any insight.
LRS
I've been lurking around here for the last 6 months or so and finally decided to post a question. I've been around shooting most of my life and while I don't hunt often if at all I enjoy shooting just for fun. I was at the last gun show I've seen since Covid started causing all this trouble and a Walther P22 caught my eye. Thought about it for awhile and ended up paying what I thought it was worth. It's been a lot of fun so far and has been trouble free. I've only been using generic ammo, nothing special but it runs well. It came with a laser attached and it is accurate out to 15 or 20 yards anyway. My wife and I have gotten into RV-ing and I thought this might be a reasonable backup to the 1911 that travels with us but would be less likely to get us in trouble in some of the more left leaning states. There is normally a 12 gauge at hand as well especially if we are boondocking. I've seen references to the P22 indicating there were problems with frame cracking in the earlier versions. Mine appears to have been used a bit and shows no signs of this but I wonder what I can load it with and not ruin it. What is good for self defense or pest dispatch without having to worry about damage to the gun? I have other .22 rifles and a couple pistols other than this but none have a history of this kind of problem. Thanks for any insight.
LRS