KABOOM! Kinda...

[QuietWhisper]

Was at the range last night shooting my Walther P22 that has approximately 4000 rounds through it. After the first magazine I fired I went to fire the second one and on the second shot the slide seemed to blow off the rail and upon inspection I saw that near the front the slide had cracked!! I was choked for a moment but not at the fact that my gun broke but that it was a Walther I expected a higher level of quality from them and am now quite disappointed. Ill have to look around and see if I can buy a new slide. Or just a new gun!

 

[JB]

Id be getting a hold of the company about what happened

 

[*MALICE*]

Our club had one that the slide split right where the slide stop groove is. They are cheap knock-offs of the P99s. They aren't even actually made by Walther from what I understand, they just pay rights for the name.

 

[Unagi604]

see if the manufacturer will replace, and then sell the new one to put towards a different 22 lol

 

[Suputin]

A friend of mine nearly caught a P22 slide in the face when it sheared in half. Those are CRAP pistols. Get it fixed and sell it.

 

[drache]

Search google and you'll find many threads on many forums with the same type of problems. According to Walther they are made by them and distributed by Walther America and Smith & Wesson.

Here's a picture I randomly grabbed off google... LOOK AT THE PLACEMENT OF THE CRACK COMPARED TO THE OP'S!

 

[bellero]

From what I've read, this is quite a common occurance with P22's slides to crack like this.

 

[gunzik]

Walther P22 and SIG Mosquito are both "Umarex" pot metal specials IIRC. Lots of warnings posted about these two... sad that they would abuse their names like this.

 

[Musky Hunter]

definate a warranty issue...4000 rds is nth for a quality .22lr.

 

[5440fight]

Design flaw. This is why I never bought one of these for my wife.

 

[enefgee]

Yeah, they do that - really quite common, actually. Kind of interesting that it's exactly the same place in both examples.

 

[Antoine22]

That mighty 22lr round packs a punch eh!

 

[deadownwind]

This happens all the time. I love my walthers and I was going to buy the 22lr.....until i researched

 

[Mightymouse]

This is a known problem with the P22. A cast pot metal slide has no place on semi.

I got rid of mine and picked up a solid Buckmark to replace it.

 

[25mm]

wow that is why i always take a camera to the range

 

[Onty]

Walther P22 and SIG Mosquito are both "Umarex" pot metal specials IIRC. Lots of warnings posted about these two... sad that they would abuse their names like this.

Call me any name you want, but that's the reason I will never have firearm with main parts made from pot metal, aluminum alloy or plastic. If the gun is from the steel, it can always be repaired, but plastic frame ones? I had seen nice and accurate H&K 45, and when looked better, it had chipped magazine well. I felt sorry for owner.

I guess somebody got fed up with plastic Glock frames, and started making solid metal ones http://www.ccfraceframes. com/home.php

 

[mlehtovaara]

This happens all the time. I love my walthers and I was going to buy the 22lr.....until i researched

Yep!

Sig Mosquito, and Glock AA kit had no issues though.

Best of them all hands down was the CZ75 Kadet. Never should have sold that one!

 

[Rod B]

This is a known problem with the P22. A cast pot metal slide has no place on semi.

I got rid of mine and picked up a solid Buckmark to replace it.

It's all about company profits, quality costs $$$.

 

[arkangel06]

Looks like a pot metal piece of crap.

Should have got a Ruger MKIII.

 

[willy1]

Yep!

Sig Mosquito, and Glock AA kit had no issues though.

Best of them all hands down was the CZ75 Kadet. Never should have sold that one!

X2 for the CZ Kadet - I love mine!!! Sorry to hear you sold yours

While the Kadet doesn't have the cool factor of the entire slide moving during operation, it makes up for it with full size feel, look, an unmatched quality. Full size 9mm mag housing also allows use of existing mag pouches.