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Originally Posted by Pratticus
Hey all, I'm a newbie and I just picked up my MP 15-22 a week ago. I'm a bit worried that I've run into the same jamming problems that I've been reading about. I haven't been having jams with the spent casings though, my jams have been happening where the next round will feed pointed straight up and the casing will be stuck in the mag. The round gets bent and looks pretty dangerous. This has only happened a few times out of 250 shots so far. I cleared the jam, tossed the bad round and got through 20 or so more shots before it happened again. I'm using a box of 500 federal ammo.
I cleaned and examined everything and nothing is broken that I can tell. We will see how the next 250 shots go tomorrow at the range. I'll have to take a picture if another round gets caught in the mag, hopefully it won't happen again. If I do have more problems, I'm glad S&W has been taking care of their customers! I'm happy with my purchase so far, had great fun with the 245~ rounds that shot just fine.
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I have experienced the same issue in the past with my 15-22. As I have shot the gun more, I am more careful of how I load the rounds in the magazine. Load one at a time, and tap the butt end of the magazine on the heel of my other hand, my knee, or the shooting bench at the range. Anything to make sure the rounds are all stacked in the mag correctly. Following this procedure, the last time I was at the range I ran 300 rounds of Federal Bulk with not one problem.