Walther PPQ .22 ammo question?

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posted November 16, 2017 08:55 PM

If you have a PPQ .22lr (not the P22), what ammo do you recommend or not recommend? Thanks!

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posted November 16, 2017 10:44 PM

CCI 36 and 40gr Mini mags is what I use 90%of the time. I honesty don’t know how finicky the gun is, I haven’t branched out to cheaper 22 ammo. Most of the time mine is shot suppressed. Lead nose stuff is nasty to clean.

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posted November 17, 2017 12:36 AM

Well CCI 40gr solid Mini mags are the gold standard for reliability in semi auto 22s.

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posted November 17, 2017 09:28 AM

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Originally posted by Jelly:
Well CCI 40gr solid Mini mags are the gold standard for reliability in semi auto 22s.

Valid point on the CCI MM. However, my local Cabelas has a killer deal on Federal bulk 36 grain ammo right now. I pick up my new PPQ M2 in .22 on Monday and I was thinking of getting a bucket of 1600 rounds if it would work.

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posted November 17, 2017 02:37 PM

I’d try a small box to test before buying 1600rds.

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posted November 17, 2017 03:50 PM

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I’d try a small box to test before buying 1600rds.

Good point. Nice setup you have there BTW>.

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posted November 17, 2017 04:17 PM

Everything! I've fired everything off the shelf. I put over 1,000 through mine before I had a malfunction and probably 800 of them were suppressed. That was all without cleaning or lubing at all.

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posted November 17, 2017 08:52 PM

My experience has been if you want your gun to choke feed it cheap bulk pack ammo. I agree mini mag is the standard for plinking grade ammo reliability. I will buy the mini mag 300 packs and ar tactical with my newest being an S&W 422 made in the late 90’s) the one type of ammo pretty much all my guns choke on is federal

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posted November 18, 2017 03:15 PM

Re: "the one type of ammo pretty much all my guns choke on is federal"

I've put quite a bit of Federal AutoMatch through my Beretta 87 Target with no issues. But I've settled on Aguila Pistol Match as my preferred ammo.

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posted November 18, 2017 10:07 PM

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Originally posted by captain127:
My experience has been if you want your gun to choke feed it cheap bulk pack ammo. I agree mini mag is the standard for plinking grade ammo reliability. I will buy the mini mag 300 packs and ar tactical with my newest being an S&W 422 made in the late 90’s) the one type of ammo pretty much all my guns choke on is federal

I did a multi-day Appleseed course with my S&W M&P 15-22 using exclusively Federal bulk ammo with IIRC only 2 FF/FE. I’ve got CCI MM, Winchester 40 grain and Federal bulk ready for my PPQ M2 .22lr. I’ll see how it reacts with all of them next week and report back.

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posted November 22, 2017 08:00 PM

quote:
Originally posted by myrottiety:
Everything! I've fired everything off the shelf. I put over 1,000 through mine before I had a malfunction and probably 800 of them were suppressed. That was all without cleaning or lubing at all.

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Mine has eaten everything I’ve fired through it as well.
I have the 5” model which doesn’t make a difference. Mine eventually started to malfunction but it was filthy...hahah

Nice little plinker btw, still need to suppress mine.

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Ignored post by goforbroke posted November 22, 2017 08:00 PM

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posted November 22, 2017 09:51 PM

I put about 150 rounds of CCI Mini Mag through mine today. No FF/FE of any sort. It did fail to lock back 2-3 times after the last round. I’m not sure if it was me riding the slide release or not. In any event, I am very pleased with it. I like having the same manual of arms, feel and trigger as my PPQ M2.

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