Regarding a couple items in this discussion.
1. Splatter back. Steel targets will both pock mark and get lead build up on the face, and a bullet hitting the uneven surface will splatter in different unknown directions regardless if the cant of the plate. Steel plates need the surfaces smoothed out from time to time. If shoting plates with centerfire you can get cupping (inward bending of the center of the plate), and this can cause large chunks of bullet materiel to splatter back to the firing line. Steel plates should never be shot at less than 10 yards, preferably more.

2. Difficult ejection from S&W .22 revolvers. This has been a fact of life for over at least 85 years. S&W chambers are cut to a match grade dimension, and 22's being dirty the build up in the chamber can foul the chamber in as few as 20-30 rounds making ejection difficult. I have had K22 Outdoorsman from the 30's having chambers still so tight after less than a boxfull having to "beat" the empties out. Having to eject 10 rounds instead of 6 rounds makes things even harder. Reaming the chambers with a Manson "standard" finishing reamer will resolve this issue. Many will be able to get by with taking a brass brush to the range and brushing the chambers out every 20-30 rounds or so, and also polishing the chambers with a brush in a cordless drill and even using lapping compound with it. The only really permanent fix is the reaming.

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H Richard
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