Lots of fun. Thanks to Linoge for putting it together.
I shot two new-to-me pocket 9mms – Brick’s Kel-Tec FP9 and Linoge’s Walther SSP PPS. Both were shockingly good. Very nice triggers and excellent accuracy.
That’s the second Kel-Tec I’ve shot that had an unbelievably nice trigger. The other was Countertop’s P11. I wasn’t as impressed with the previous P11 I had tried, or with various P32s and P3ATs. Seems like Kel-Tec trigger quality is model-specific and sometimes sample-specific.
Q for Walther P22 owners
We were shooting a P22 and at first we thought it was misfiring. Then we realized the safety was on. With the safety off it fired.
Is it normal for a P22 with the safety on to allow the trigger to travel and to drop the hammer?
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“Is it normal for a P22 with the safety on to allow the trigger to travel and to drop the hammer?”
Yup.
My PF9 trigger improved a lot with the “fluff and buff“. That’s likely to be a factor: Some have been in the hands of an owner who bothered, some haven’t.
Uncle is right. Hammer drops when the safety is on.
Did you mean to have said you shot a Walther PPS, not the SSP? I believe the SSP is a largish .22, not a pocket 9mm.
Looks like you got the answer quickly, but since I looked it up and messed around with it, I’m stubbornly posting anyway…
When I got to the house, I watched the hammer fall with the safety on and off. When the safety is on, the hammer is stopped, leaving a gap and preventing contact.
From the Wiki page…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_P22
The P22′s slide mounted safety, when engaged, performs two functions. First, it serves as a “hammer block” by rotating a portion of the metal surface of the safety into a position that interferes with the hammer’s contact with the firing pin. Second, it acts as a “firing pin lock” by rotating a portion of the safety into a notch on the underside of the firing pin, thereby inhibiting forward movement. The P22 safety does not prevent sear or trigger movement, and (as noted), it does not provide a hammer-drop function. If the hammer is cocked when a P22 has been placed on “safe,” the hammer will continue to remain cocked and will fall only if the trigger is pressed. If the safety is on, the hammer will strike the safety instead of the firing pin and, therefore, fail to fire.
Mike. Right you are. It’s a PPS.
Not a problem! Thanks for coming out – it is always good to meet the folks you have been interacting with for years on the intertubes
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Speaking of triggers, where did you have the work done on that monstrosity of a wheelgun?
The trigger was done before I got it. I bought it off an attorney and NRA Silhouette competitor from Grapevine, Texas.