New ones have rough edges and protrusions in the inner works from casting leftovers. These are by no means fine weapons out of the box, but you can make them reliable. Price from what I have seen is $50-$70 and down. Makes sense because this little guy is heavy for such a small pistol. The material is zinc alloy from what I have read. Lawsuits are not pleasant things and competent lawyers do not work cheap.Ĭlick to expand.Mine is chrome plated. Today, I still own several but will destroy rather than sell one. I quit selling Jennings designed products by 1989. I also hold the opinion that many of the products of his design were unnecessarily poorly made, and that a potentially dangerous product ( to wit: the early J-22's were not recalled). I hold the opinion that George Jennings got "shafted" in the now infamous Bryco. If the pistol is fired much, the headspace is likely to close enough to make the pistol dangerous to handle with a round in the chamber. If you have a J-22 with a thin web slide, the slide and striker (firing pin) need to be replaced as a matter of safety. This measurement and determination can easily be made with a $15 Harbor Freight electronic caliper, or similar tool. Pistols in the 90K # range have firing pin length of nominal 0.160" long to be able to reach through the thicker web of the newer design slide. The difference in firing pin protrusion from the striker face seems to be about 0.040" to 0.050", as best I can measure today.Īs I never worked for them, I am not privy to exactly when the slide design change (or subsequent possible changes) took place.īased on what I have observed, a J-22 with an "old design" slide will have a firing pin on the front face of the striker that is less than 0.120" long. I ended up modifying the original striker (on a lathe) to make its firing pin long enough to work with the new slide. I contacted Jennings via telephone, and they sent a replacement new design slide, but no new design striker (firing pin) for it. Close examination revealed that headspace had closed up from heavier than normal use (for a pistol of this type) to less than 0.041", and was causing intermittent slam fires. This pistol in the 70K # range had an estimated 550 total (300 to 800) total shots fired in it. I had one go "full auto" on a cold winter day (about 23 years ago) using promotional Federal ammo with sensitive priming. The early J-22's tended to "close up" headspace and become dangerous at between about 300 and 1K shots. I do not believe they ever recalled the pistols with the potentially dangerous (defective design) slides. Jennings discovered this by serial #90,000 and had changed the design of the slide and striker (firing pin). Early Jennings J-22 pistols through serial #72000 had slides that were of a design that did not have sufficient material between the breech face recess and the forward end of the striker channel (web).
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