Took the P22 back to the range today. I’m looking for feedback as what I experienced was sort of weird to me - understand that I haven’t shot pistols in some years, so my current experience is pretty limited to my Walther PPQ and a few miscellaneous pistols I’ve shot randomly.
I sat the P22 on the bench and put the butt of the pistol down on the bench to anchor it. I aimed at a target and was able to get a pretty consistent grouping in the center. I loaded another magazine after emptying the first one from the bench and stood up in a typical shooting position, arms extended and left hand cupping over the right. Shooting like this I was getting hits to the left of center. Hmm. I was able to repeat this behavior pretty consistently - shooting from the bench - on target - shooting from a standing position - left of center. I’m thinking it’s my trigger pull. I played around with moving my finger on the trigger and got some positive results from that. I had been pulling from a place with the trigger close to my first finger joint. I moved my finger out on the trigger so it was closer to the tip of my finger being on the trigger. Thoughts? Opinions? At this point I can’t blame the pistol - it definitely seems to be the shooter. As an aside, I shot 100 rounds of CCI - perfect. 80 rounds of Federal - consistent failure to load on 2-3 rounds nearly every magazine. -D > On Nov 12, 2017, at 6:57 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I finally got too curious about what you were talking about and looked up > the Walther P22. Interesting, but I'd take the PPK/22 instead. It would > match my WWII PPK. > I also noticed some references to Colt 1911's in some of the literature > links. Are Walther and Colt now owned by the same holding company or > something? > > On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 5:33 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Thunderbolt used to be garbage, the cheapest junk available short of the >> Russian steel case stuff. I quit using it and it'd take something special >> before I'd use it again. >> >> Curt >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >> >> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 7:37 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes< >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I’ve got a box of Remington Thunderbolt >> I’m going to run through it. I’ve heard it’s good, too. I have also heard >> good things about CCI minimag as well. >> >> I’ve got the day off tomorrow, so I’m planning on a lot of range time in >> the morning. Probably do a full course of clays then switch over to the >> pistol range and try out the P22 and work out the PPQ, all before lunch. >> >> -D >> >> >>> On Nov 9, 2017, at 6:43 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Make sure she learns NOT to hit the (cheap prastic) front sight when >> clearing a stovepipe. (So the sight does not gat wiped off into the dirt) >> There is a long article about how to make a few modifications so it will >> eat most anything you feed it. Otherwise, the consensus it to use CCI >> mini mag. >>> >>>> Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> November 7, 2017 at 4:48 PM >>>> The wife is getting a really nice nickel plated Walther P22 for >> Christmas. Should be here any day. It will make her happy to shoot, as >> there’s little recoil or lift, and it’s much smaller than anything else we >> have so it’s easy to handle. >>>> >>>> -D >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
