[Darth Dadoo]

Any one out there ever owned a Walther .22? If you I would like your take on them. Quality, reliability, accuracy etc.


Thanks Darth Dadoo. :cool:

[Dennis Foote]

Lord Dadoo,
The weapon you seek is not yet available within the boundries of the empire. Next month, maybe!!!

[Grayfox]

I think what you are refering to is the now defunct Walther THP. (I think that was the model designation?) Basicly a scaled down version of the PPK in .22RF. I've never owned one, but I have seen and shot them. Very nice litte pistol although as I recall the trigger could stand some work. I also remember that they were rather expensive. The guy who owned the one I tried just loved it as a pocket gun.

[jimfox]

I've owned two.

One, a European made PPK - very nice, very reliable.

The other was an American made TPH. A POS. It would not feed reliably, nor would the hammer always fall far enough to strike the cartridge when shooting DA.

[Darth Dadoo]

Ok well obviosly I do not wanna own one of the American ones.

Yipes, that is a scary laundry list of bad attributes.
:(

[Dennis Foote]

Originally posted by Grayfox:
<STRONG>I think what you are refering to is the now defunct Walther THP. (I think that was the model designation?) Basicly a scaled down version of the PPK in .22RF. I've never owned one, but I have seen and shot them. Very nice litte pistol although as I recall the trigger could stand some work. I also remember that they were rather expensive. The guy who owned the one I tried just loved it as a pocket gun.</STRONG>

No Grayfox,
The Walther P22 exists!!! I placed my order for one this weekend. It will be here in about two weeks!! :)

[Darth Dadoo]

Dennis I would really apreciate a heads up on how that Walther works.


Darth :D

[Grayfox]

Dennis, yes I've seen the P22 on Walthers web page. The gun I was refering to was the THP. A smaller version of the PPK series chambered in .22RF. Walther doesn't make those anymore.
By all means, give us a range report on th P22 when you get it.

[Tony from Finland]

I've seen one (the one with the fake compensator added to the barrel, the version without it would be a pocket gun in Finland and not available to general public). The Walther P-22 is pretty much a scaled-down P-99. Interesting critter, but handling it, I couldn't lose the feeling of a toy gun. Too bad they had to scale down the whole gun instead of just the caliber, the grip felt all weird to me. It might be a nice option for kids and those with really small hands though.

Unfortunately I have no first (or second, for that matter...) hand info on how it handles at the range, so sorry I could not help you out there. But please let us know after you try it. :)

[Dennis Foote]

It has not appeared here yet!!!! My FFL has no idea when it will!!! I hate the ATF. :mad:

[Richard J.]

My second ever handgun was a Walther PP Sport. This was a .22LR built on a standard PP frame, but it had a 5" barrel and target sights. Both magazines had a "pinkie extension" at the bottom, and the left grip panel had a raised thumbrest. It was an accurate pistol, and I never had any problems with reliability.

[ 09-04-2001: Message edited by: Richard J. ]

[Richard]

Richard J., I assume that you sold this pistol. If so, why, what did you get for it, what did you pay for it, and did you know its' value? I had a chance to buy one years ago and, as usual then, I was broke. The owner wanted $300 20 years ago and it was worth $750 then. Thanks in advance for your response and regards, Richard