The clip also holds ten rounds and I find it really easy to load and unload. The gun is really easy to operate, the slide moves back nicely, the clip goes in and out well, and it is simple to take apart and field strip. I like how this gun has an external safety which helped me convince my wife that I needed to have it. Now that I own mine I have not taken advantage of this yet, but the gun does come with two removable backs to the grip, where if somebody didn’t like the stock grip that it came with they can add on a thicker back to fit in their palm better. Like I said, for someone of my frame, it’s sort of on the small side which I was looking for. I guess you could probably say that for any gun really.īefore I officially ordered my Walther, I went to the local shop and got my hands on one and I really liked how it felt. The guys at the shop said the same thing that I had kind of come up with, that the gun shoots fine as long as you using high-quality ammunition and keep it clean and well lubricated. I asked them about their experience with the weapon and if it jammed it all. I spoke to a local gun shop who also teaches CPL classes and the Walther P22 is there rental gun for people who are taking the class, but do not own their own handgun. It also helps to make sure that the gun is properly lubricated. From what I have come up with through my experiences, the gun will shoot fine and reliably with high quality ammunition. I know it sounds silly, but I also think the gun looks really coolįrom everything I had read online and people that I had talked to, opinions varied on the reliability of the Walther. 22 will be easier to find than something obscure. I know in a long-term emergency a common ammunition like. The prepper in me wanted to continue to purchase more weapons that shoot. I’m six feet tall and 210 pounds and it slides easily into any one of my pants pockets without being really obvious. The Walther P22 is built like but smaller than the company’s famous Walther PPK. I’m sure the higher price of the Ruger is well worth it, but $400 was too much for me in this case. Every Ruger SR22 I looked at online or in shops was priced well over $400. I ordered my Walther P22 from for $279.99. It weighs in at just over a pound, and to me that is the perfect size for an inconspicuous carry gun. The Walther P22 is just over 6 inches long, 4 and 1/2 inches high, and a bit thicker than an inch wide. I ended up going with the Walther because it was a bit easier to come by, and a little bit cheaper as well. I personally like to carry with a gun in my pocket, or the pouch of my hoodie and both of these guns would have fit that bill. I had heard mixed reactions on the Walter and my decision got down between the Walther P22 and the Ruger SR22. Why? I wanted something cheap to shoot and small enough to be easy to carry. So, here’s what I think of my new Walther P22.įor a while now I’ve been eyeballing a. If you’ve read any of my gun reviews, you easily learned that they come from a “regular guy’s” point of view.