The common practice with a 22 misfire is to load it back after turning it 180 degrees and hammer it again. I don't bother with that, I want to know why. So I take along 2 pairs of cheap pliers. I grip the case forward of the rim with one pair and the bullet with the other. Then I bend. The bullet smears out. Look down in the case and see what there is to see. Over the years they color the priming mix different colors, but its easy to see. If the firing pin made a decent dent, and the round didn't fire, you'll almost never see priming compoud all the way around the rim. Sometimes you see a lump of it on one side, opposite the firing pin mark. But usually you'll see none at all. Oh, the powder. Pour it on the grass, its good fertilizer.

I just can't believe anyone who fires much 22 has never had a misfire. They must be right with God.

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Dick Burg