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#1 ·
Just got my P322 and took it out on it’s maiden voyage. My TX22 came along for the ride.

I shot 40gr copper-coated Aguila high velocity. Of the first 140rds, I probably had 20-30 failures to fire due to primer strike. I had one stovepipe that was probably on me. Most of the rounds fired after a second attempt.

I shot almost 100rds with the TX22 out of the same carton and had zero issues.

I did, of course, curse myself for only bringing one brand of .22 ammo out with me. I’ll be back out next week with some other types after I put my Romeo on it.

In the meantime, I’m going to clean it up and do some dry fire to hopefully loosen it up.

Otherwise, I like the ergos and sights, but the TX22 came out on top today.
 
#3 ·
Mine has been pretty flawless. Shooting mostly CCI. There have been a few posts on “light primer strikes”. The trend seems to be with Aguila ammo.
But, beyond that, it sounds like there might be an issue with the firing pin thrust with some P322’s. Personally IDK. I have a very early issue P322.
It’s been great.
 
#4 ·
I went back out again today with a few rounds. I shot 40rds of CCI (not mini mags) with no failures. I also shot some Blazer and had about a 10% failure rate with 50rds.

The slide is also not locking back after the last round and comes unlocked when I load a new mag with the slide open.

I emailed CS regarding the issues and am waiting to hear back.
 
#8 ·
In my experience the TX22 does have harder primer hits and they managed to do it with a striker. I get fewer failures to fire with the TX22 but the standard TX22’s are still shipping with bad barrels. The competition slide setup I got seems to be great so it’s probably not worth the headache trying to get my faulty standard barrel fixed with Taurus’ abysmal customer service.

On the other hand Sig’s customer service is great, they had very fast turnaround the two times I sent my P322 back. I guess it’s six in one and half a dozen in the other comparing these two platforms.
 
#10 ·
Sounds like you have the issue with the slide that the one YouTube guy had. Mine won’t always digest the brick of Aquila high velocity rounds on the first try either, I reloaded 7 rounds back in and all fired the second time. I had one that sounded like a squib and had me taking off the slide to verify the barrel was clear before continuing. None of my 3 22s like that ammo and neither did the Buckmark I had previously.

I would definitely recommend trying different ammo when you get it back. Mine has been as reliable as my 10/22 with bulk ammo - about 2-3 rounds per 100 act up.
 
#11 ·
I just got back from range and shot 175 rounds of CCI mini-mag. Had 1 FTF; was a strike so reused the round and it fired. Did notice that most of the time the slide wouldn't lock open after the last round fired. Is that the reason you sent your slide back for replacement? Mine also closes when a new mag is inserted.
 
#14 ·
CCI MiniMag do very well in my 1911/22...other brands not so much...lots of no fires. It seems to be a loading issue rather than "light strikes". Sometimes, on non-CCI, the slide does not go all the way forward and sometimes the round is tight going in the chamber.
 
#16 ·
Be interesting as to what they do. I cleaned mine again really good in the area of the slide lock and reoiled lightly. I have been dry firing it is using snap caps. It locks back every time when doing by hand. There is not much metal area of the slide lock bar to catch the slide after firing it appears to me.
 
#17 ·
Just got my P322 and took it out on it’s maiden voyage. My TX22 came along for the ride.

I shot 40gr copper-coated Aguila high velocity. Of the first 140rds, I probably had 20-30 failures to fire due to primer strike. I had one stovepipe that was probably on me. Most of the rounds fired after a second attempt.

I shot almost 100rds with the TX22 out of the same carton and had zero issues.

I did, of course, curse myself for only bringing one brand of .22 ammo out with me. I’ll be back out next week with some other types after I put my Romeo on it.

In the meantime, I’m going to clean it up and do some dry fire to hopefully loosen it up.

Otherwise, I like the ergos and sights, but the TX22 came out on top today.
i had around 20% light strike rate in my 322 with the Aguilas also. they fired just fine in my other 22s. P322 has a very weak firing pin strike. hopefully, somebody will come out with a heavier hammer spring.
 
#19 ·
My range experience with the brand new P322 today.

Shot 100 rounds of CCI 40gr copper plated round nose standard velocity. No issues.

Shot 50 rounds of Federal 36gr copper plated HP, 1 ftfeed that might have been a mag loading issue. Nice accuracy out of this bulk stuff.

Shot 25rds Winchester Super X 40gr hp. 5 ftfeed due to mag nosediving issue. Very inconsistent sizing and smokey ammo. 1 ftfire that ignited after 5 attempts. Avoid Winchester.

Next trip I plan on trying federal american eagle lead round nose 40gr and federal automatch.

So far CCI is the king, it has the most consistent quality unsurprisingly.

I noticed the slide auto forwards with a vigorous mag seating. If you are gentle with it, it doesn't. Nothing that is a deal breaker for me.
 
#20 ·
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I just got my gun back. It only took them one day to service once it got to them- see the gunsmith notes.

I took it back out and test fired 50rds of the Aguila and 50 of the Blazer. Fortunately, I had zero malfunctions. These were out of the same boxes as my earlier sessions. Previously, I could have expected ~6 light strikes per mag in the Aguila and ~2-4 from the Blazer. I shot another 5rds of CCI just because they were loose. The strikes in the spent cases looked more pronounced than when I first got the gun. The trigger feels just slightly stiffer, but who knows. I didn’t bother to take measurements before and I don’t care now- I like it.

The slide stayed back after my last round after each mag. It did unlock when loading another mag, but I’m not going to worry about it. I have other guns that do the same.

Overall, I couldn’t be more pleased with how the gun is functioning now. For future buyers, I hope Sig makes the same adjustments prior to shipping the guns off of the line.