Uzi .22 LR

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11 years 7 months ago #28941 by OleCowboy
Uzi .22 LR was created by OleCowboy
"The Uzi .22 carbine made by Walther looks like a sound-suppressed Uzi 9mm submachine gun. I tried it at SHOT Show range day and was immediately interested. It’s a very close copy of the original in some ways and completely dissimilar in others. Is it worth having? Let’s look at the details.

The original Uzi submachine gun was adopted by Israel in the mid-1950s. The magazine fit through the pistol grip, giving the gun a distinctive appearance. Loosely based on Czechoslovak Sa.23 through Sa.26 designs, Uzi used an enveloping bolt layout to reduce the length of the receiver. This arrangement allows a drastic reduction in length of the whole gun relative to the WW2 designs like the MP40 shown below..."



- See more at: www.alloutdoor.com/2013/09/16/iwi-uzi-22...sthash.2svwhqzH.dpuf


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11 years 7 months ago #28988 by 13fcolt
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After my P22 and all it took to get it running I'm letting everyone else be Walther beta testers. Not going down that road again.

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11 years 7 months ago #29000 by OleCowboy
Replied by OleCowboy on topic Uzi .22 LR

13fcolt wrote: After my P22 and all it took to get it running I'm letting everyone else be Walther beta testers. Not going down that road again.

13Fox, did you have some issues? How did you resolve them, they have one heck of a line of uf replica 22 stuff...

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11 years 7 months ago #29005 by MrMarty51
Replied by MrMarty51 on topic Uzi .22 LR
Good article, good writeup, be nice if others that own or had owned one of these would reply with their experiences.

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11 years 7 months ago #29028 by 13fcolt
Replied by 13fcolt on topic Uzi .22 LR

OleCowboy wrote:

13fcolt wrote: After my P22 and all it took to get it running I'm letting everyone else be Walther beta testers. Not going down that road again.

13Fox, did you have some issues? How did you resolve them, they have one heck of a line of uf replica 22 stuff...


Yeah, the P22 was a project out of the box. The thumb safety cylinder had to be turned down on each end to properly engage the detents or it would flip itself on/off. The trigger bar was left with rough burs that ate the channels where it rode in the frame. The firing pin block safety is a steel square with too shallow a bevel that ate away the bump on the alloy frame used to disengage it. The J spring in the built in trigger lock would snap, allowing it to lock up the weapon during firing. The hammer radius was too small and would wear the underside of the slide, sometimes hanging up on the thumb safety cylinder. The extractor hook & spring were more like a suggestion than actual firearm parts. The sear & hammer surfaces looked to be finished with 50 grit. I'm sure I am forgetting something.

After fixing all of that, it ran great but then I started seeing reports that the added back pressure from suppressor use would crack the MIM slide. A "cute" little suppressor host for my daughter was the reason I bought it so that went out the window.

I'm not saying that these .22's being put out now are as bad. I don't have the first hand experience to make that claim. All I am saying is that I got burned once and wont be getting in line for a second round. From here on out it's buckmarks for me.

<--- not a walther guy.

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