M&P22 Compact Range Report

[Tgrshrk99]

Just picked up one of these last night, cleaned it and took it to the range today. Great pistol. More accurate than I had expected. Easy to adjust the rear sight. Brought every flavor of .22 ammo I had, most worked fine but some did not:

CCI Mini Mag (36gr) - no problem
Amscor Precision (36gr) - no problem
Am Eagle Suppressor (45gr) - no problem
Blazer Ammo (40gr) - no problem
Federal (40 gr/1240 muz vel) - would not cycle gun
Winchester CB-Match (29 gr) - would not cycle gun
Aguila HV (40gr) - no problem

 

[Old cop]

Thanks, I've been thinking about one of these.

 

[papersniper]

Just picked up one of these last night, cleaned it and took it to the range today. Great pistol. More accurate than I had expected. Easy to adjust the rear sight. Brought every flavor of .22 ammo I had, most worked fine but some did not:

CCI Mini Mag (36gr) - no problem
Amscor Precision (36gr) - no problem
Am Eagle Suppressor (45gr) - no problem
Blazer Ammo (40gr) - no problem
Federal (40 gr/1240 muz vel) - would not cycle gun
Winchester CB-Match (29 gr) - would not cycle gun
Aguila HV (40gr) - no problem

The Federal's failure to cycle the pistol surprises me....it's not a "standard" or "subsonic" velocity round which is the sort I'd expect to maybe have problems with a new gun. You might try the Federal later, assuming you have some left over, and see if it won't cycle the pistol after it's had maybe a couple hundred rounds through it.

I am surprised the (Federal) Am Eagle Suppressor did well....I thought it was a low velocity round?

I've only put maybe 100 rounds through my M&P 22c, and all have been Blazer, Wolf Match Target and older Winchester Dynapoints I found in the gun closet. The latter two are accurate in a couple of my rifles and I don't plan to shoot those in the pistol. Instead I've recently gotten "bulk packs" of 22 LR to use in the pistol. I don't plan on getting match accuracy from the little pistol, nor do I need it.

BTW, my local Academy had bulk CCI Mini-Mags for a good price last week.

 

[evnash]

i found that if im using cheap bulk ammo. 525 federal or Winchester 333 or 222 boxes, sometimes the first round of a mag wont cycle completely. a freshly cleaned and lubed gun helps this somewhat. Zero issues with Minimags or even the federal auto match in the white box.

22C has at least 1K rounds thru it now. i have 4 mags and with my setup in the backyard, its easy to blow thru a few hundred rounds on a Saturday afternoon.
Backyard view:

 

[hoc9sw]

Several varieties of Federal (products marked 510, 510B, 745) have given me constant issues even now, at 2800 rounds.I suspect an issue with the extractor / rim "fit".

Federal Auto Match has done fine.

 

[cjt50]

Several varieties of Federal (products marked 510, 510B, 745) have given me constant issues even now, at 2800 rounds.I suspect an issue with the extractor / rim "fit".

Federal Auto Match has done fine.

Good call on the rim / extractor "fit". The listed ammo since the madness had been problematic in all my S&W rimfires. (3 different 15-22s, 622 and 22compact) Hopefully its just a phase....

 

[agksimon]

The M&P22 FS and the P-22, both made by Walther, use a heavy recoil spring for European ammo, which tends to be hotter and more consistent.
If you run the Federal and Winchester bulk ammo over a chronograph, you'll find that the standard deviation is around 100 fps or better. It's the weaker rounds that barely make it a foot away during ejection and won't kick the slide back far enough to strip another round off the magazine. Mini-Mags only have a standard deviation of 35fps and keep their power range at a level that functions the gun properly.
The M&P22 compact was supposed to eliminate this problem, but the results have been mixed.

 

[GrimeTime]

I'm only 375 rounds in, but 100% with Golden Bullets, Federal Bulk 550, and standard velocity CCI. I really enjoy this firearm!

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