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Walther P22

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  • 17-05-2008 8:28pm
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    jcatony
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    Anyone here own one? €329 for the target model seems like great value.


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    jwshooter
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    jcatony wrote: »
    Anyone here own one? €329 for the target model seems like great value.

    lovely little gun i had one when they came out buy will do your head in with jamming .go for the,, x easy ,,sig 22 will jam up even when clean


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    Sparks
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    jcatony wrote: »
    €329 for the target model seems like great value.
    No, it really doesn't. Ask RRPC - he benchrested one and at 25m, it wouldn't even hit the backing plate for the rathdrum targets, let alone the paper target...


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    rrpc
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    It's too light, the grip is too small (and I don't have big hands), it jumps all over the place when you fire and in our last benchrest pistol competition it came dead last with a 155 out of 300. A hammerli X-Esse came first with a 289.

    There are plenty of good pistols that don't cost the earth and do far better for the money.


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    rrpc
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    And just when I say that, along comes the very thing :D

    Frankonia have a Hammerli X-Esse s/h for €249 in very good condition.

    here

    btw, I think this should be in the target shooting thread.


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    fishdog
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    Anyone here own one?
    No, but I have shot one and I know plenty who did. All of them got rid of them asap! For a while thaye seemed to be one of the only .22 pistols available. I thought they were sh!t!:eek::eek: Very inaccurate and they jam alot. I would not take a present of one.
    hammerli X-Esse
    This is a great .22 pistol as is Browning Buckmark, Target 87 Berttta and best of all CZ Cadet.


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    bunny shooter
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    I recently got a ruger single six, lovely pistol. Got a 22lr cylinder and a 22 mag cylinder. Said goodbye to the 40 S&W


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    jcatony
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    Many thanks for the response.
    I know that this question has been asked time and again, but how difficult did you find applying for a pistol license? Right now i am thinking about trading in my brno 452 for a 22lr pistol.


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    de_shadow
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    jcatony wrote: »
    Many thanks for the response.
    I know that this question has been asked time and again, but how difficult did you find applying for a pistol license? Right now i am thinking about trading in my brno 452 for a 22lr pistol.

    dont trade in your rifle just yet if your already a member of a club and have your security up to scratch apply for the pistol, its a completely different discipline so you have a valid reason for having one also .22 ammo isn't going to break the bank for both, so possibly twice the shooting fun;)


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