Are you letting the slide go at its furthest rearward point so the spring and slide have the most momentum to load the first round? Or just using the slide release?

It sounds like the mag spring is tight. It should loosen up with use.

Have you tried it with a different mag?

Before you insert the loaded mag, make sure the top round is fully seated to the rear of the mag.

Originally Posted by kev74

Are you letting the slide go at its furthest rearward point so the spring and slide have the most momentum to load the first round? Or just using the slide release?

It sounds like the mag spring is tight. It should loosen up with use.

I agree.

Try the slingshot method and see if you have the same results.

i'll give it a rip and see what goes down. thanks again.

Salut Fliperoo,

Have a look at this.

http://www.freespeech.com/1917-1911M_P22_bible.pdf

Try the mag fix. I had 1 mag that did the same, chopped a bit off......never another problem.

fusil

I agree with all the others but please do not oil your mags, they will just collect dirt/dust and will cause problems

Fliperoo, I have 3 walther P22's and they are great little range guns. But they need special care but it's not much. First off the slide needs to be oiled especially within the first 1,000 round breakin period. After every trip to the range take the gun apart and clean it and reoil the slide. These guns are very ammo specific as you will see, CCI Minimags, CCI Velocitors, CCI Stingers, Remington golden bullets, and Remington Thunderbolts will all shoot well through this gun. It is a great gun and lots of fun, just needs special care and maintenance and all will be good.

Originally Posted by quickstarr

Fliperoo, I have 3 walther P22's and they are great little range guns. But they need special care but it's not much. First off the slide needs to be oiled especially within the first 1,000 round breakin period. After every trip to the range take the gun apart and clean it and reoil the slide. These guns are very ammo specific as you will see, CCI Minimags, CCI Velocitors, CCI Stingers, Remington golden bullets, and Remington Thunderbolts will all shoot well through this gun. It is a great gun and lots of fun, just needs special care and maintenance and all will be good.

excellent info. thank you.

All .22 semiautos seem to be a bit picky. My P226-22 sometimes does what you are describing, but it only seems to happen with hollowpoint rounds.

MattB's response makes me think of my "sovereign remedy for mis-feeds": Polish the pistol's feed ramp, and where the bullet first hits under the barrel hood. (Do not use a motorized tool for this. Use only emery paper wrapped around a dowel, sanding in the direction the cartridge is to move.)
From what I've been reading, you also might very carefully polish the slide rails, both on the slide and on the frame, with some sort of extremely fine abrasive paste. Strip the slide, put a little abrasive on the rails, put the slide in place, and run the slide back and forth until things ease-up. (Clean it all off, very thoroughly, when you're done.)
I admit that this set of remedies are from M1911 practice, not that of .22s, but they'll help anyway. I had to do something similar (to the slide rails) on a Ciener .22 conversion for the M1911.
Let us know how it goes.

After reading the P22 Bible Fusil linked us to, I have further thoughts.
Besides the gun's feed ramp, and instead of its frame-and-slide rails, I now suggest polishing the area of the barrel that's showing wear, and the underside of the slide where it pushes on and slides along the hammer during recoil. You'll need nothing but emery paper or cloth for this—no abrasive paste.
I suggest three grades of emery, at least, plus crocus cloth for the final buff. On the barrel, wrap the emery around the outside of the barrel and polish in a front-and-back motion. On the underside of the slide, you need something dead flat (wood? a file?) to keep the emery flat against the metal.