Problems with Walther P22, firing pin not striking...

[Cavedweller]

Picked up a second hand 5" P22 for my son, when we went to shoot it, well it wouldn't. We were shooting CCI Maxi-Mag .22 LR, but the firing pin wasn't even making a mark on the rim. FP spring wore out or mayne the FP isn't long enough (A co-worker actually had this happen with a P22 and had to send it back). Thoughts?

 

[kd5rjz]

Probably the tip of the pin has broken off. You should be able to pull the slide off, take a look with a flashlight, and get an idea.

 

[Kings & Ar-15's]

Do you have any idea what the round count is? I've had quite a few down mine with no problems?

 

[Droberts]

my wife let hers get so dirty that the pin got stuck a couple years ago. a good lecture on gun cleaning & the problem mysteriously went away. hers seems to have very few misfires with rem golden bullet.

 

[338Shooter]

I've seen several crap up the firing pin channel and stop. A good cleaning is probably in order.

 

[okievarmint]

Picked up a second hand 5" P22 for my son, when we went to shoot it, well it wouldn't. We were shooting CCI Maxi-Mag .22 LR, but the firing pin wasn't even making a mark on the rim. FP spring wore out or mayne the FP isn't long enough (A co-worker actually had this happen with a P22 and had to send it back). Thoughts?

That may be your problem right there...Ain't Maxi-Mag .22 magnum? You may have meant Mini-Mag.

 

[druryj]

That may be your problem right there...Ain't Maxi-Mag .22 magnum? You may have meant Mini-Mag.

Say it isn't so...

 

[Fyrtwuck]

The hammer spring on mine broke and I had to send it back to S&W.

 

[okievarmint]

Did this problem get resolved?

 

[gl89aw]

I bet that the magazine safety is malfunctioning, mine did that after a couple hundred rounds, took several hours to figure out how to disable it, if I remember right the trigger spring has to be re-bent if you take it out.