[JayBell]

the thing is here, ya have to read the warranty papers that came with the S&W, they dont have a lifetime on everything anymore, and definitely not on the guns they merely import, which the first Walther P22s were at least, this is pretty much a known issue with the warranty.

I had one of the first P22 models imported, and quickly saw that it was pretty much the "disposable pistol".

the slide is aluminum, with a steel barrel, a cast barrel liner, and the frame plastic with an aluminum insert.

its a neat gun, but NOT designed to last.

mine was ONLY used with a suppressor, as it would only cycle properly with it on.

within 2K rds, the sheetmetal slide stop carved my notch right off.
they replaced the slide.
then the mag problem came up, and they replaced the mags.
the the rollpin in the rear of the slide started coming out and locking the safety
they replaced the slide again
the tigger broke, and they replaced that.

finally, completely fed up with the POS, I sold it off to someone willing to tinker, I dont have time for substandard POS import gun.

now I stick to my Ruger MKII, my CZ Kadet, my Paclite MKII, my Beretta Mod 87, and even my Beretta 21a if I want a good 22lr pistol.

also, remember, the slide STOP is exactly that, its NOT indended as a slide RELEASE, its always best to "slingshot" the slide back into battery, its no worse than the recoil action of the gun actually cycling when firing, and frankly, folks should be used to this in training, if trained properly, there is no chance of disaster, train without mags and ammo for beginners, and train them right, no worries.

thanks for the warning for the newbies tho, but remember, every manufacturer has thier own warranty, some better than others, so caveat emptor!