Check out what happened to my 15-22 two weekends ago. I took my 14 year old daughter to an Appleseed event (digression: Appleseed is a great shooting & patriotic activity if you've never been before; this was our first time and it was outstanding). Suddenly the 15-22 stopped working.

We took the bolt carriage assembly out, and this fell out. Obviously the spring is toast and I'm thinking a pin or something is missing as well.

I've only had the 15-22 about 3-4 months and only have about 500 rounds through it.

So is this a warranty call to S&W, or is it a couple of minutes simple fix that a local gunsmith can easily pop back together? Advice?

Thanks.

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Looks to me, its time to send it back to smith. Had this happen to me 2 times. Sent it in both times. First time they repaird (aprox 1 week) second time they replaced my bolt assambly (aprox 2 weeks) second time was about 6 weeks ago. Call or e- mail them they will send pre-paid shipping lables and packing instrutions. They have great customer service and you should have it back repaired real soon.
Madd Matt