SW22 Victory not ejecting

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I would call S&W and let them know. They probably will send you a shipping label to send it back for adjustment.
 
Johnny Bam said:
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My Brand new Victory is not ejecting rounds reliably. It happened with CCI mini mag, Thunderbolt, and Blazer ammo. any help would be appreciated.
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First, before sending it in, inspect your SW22's ejector which has 3 spot welds that fasten it to the bolt shroud (the housing that surrounds the bolt and also holds the rear sight). It might just be slightly bent so that it doesn't eject the fired case reliably.

If not, THEN send it to S&W.

Ron
 
Sorry to hear of your current issues, those look to be a nice gun.
Did you clean the gun before shooting it? Some new guns are pretty gunked up and need the slide area cleaned and properly lubed.
Did this issue start right away or after 50 or so rounds?
Karl
 
Looks like an ejector, possibly an extractor issue. When a case flips and stays in the ejection port like that after firing, that is usually the issue. I would try a little SLIGHT manipulation of the ejector with a pair of needle nose pliers before sending it in for repair.

Larry
 
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Had that problem the first time out. Switched to .22 ammo with at least 1200 ft/sec velocity at the muzzle. So far so good. TAC-22 was the worst. CCI mini-mag HP seems just fine.
 
Targets Guy said:
Had that problem the first time out. Switched to .22 ammo with at least 1200 ft/sec velocity at the muzzle. So far so good. TAC-22 was the worst. CCI mini-mag HP seems just fine.
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I agree with this and intend to use high velocity ammo in my Victory(once I get it back). I run Rem. golden bullets in my Ruger Mk III 22/45 Lites to get strong bolt action.
 
Took mine to range yesterday to shoot for the first time and also had ejection issues, only one fired and ejected. Used (or tried to) Remington Golden Bullet.
 
Mine eats and spits out anything. 420 rounds so far with 6 different brands and not a single failure except loose screws. You got to clean it first before shooting as mine was a gunkie mess inside. Mine shoots TAC-22 the best so far and I have fed it some good match grade ammo. Also some petty low power stuff. Don
 
Seems like over the past week or so, i'm seeing more minor issues being reported on The Victory. Mine is back at Smith now for repair. No firing pin strike at all fight out of the box. Hmmm. Perhaps I should have waited a bit longer to buy, after it had established are solid track record. Nah, I couldn't resist. I trust Smith will make it right.
 
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I've put 425 rounds thru my SW22, all standard velocity stuff that I normally shoot with my Kidd 10/22. I have yet to have a single failure to feed, fire or eject. I've shot Wolf Match Target (1050 fps), SK Standard Plus (1050 fps), CCI Standard Velocity (1070 fps), Eley Club (1085 fps) and Norma TAC-22 (1100 fps). I've got some Federal AutoMatch on order to see how the gun runs with bulk ammo. I'm sure it will run just fine. I suspect the problems people are having are due to manufacturing variability and/or inadequate QC. The slide stop would not engage on the first SW22 I almost bought. Anyway, I absolutely love my SW22, especially the ease of takedown and cleaning. And, I've never had an issue with the takedown screw loosening.
 
I had similar issues for my first 300+ rounds. Perhaps coincidentally, I switched from the Hoppes to CLP when cleaning it and I've just finished shooting 100 rounds without a single feed/eject issue.
Avoid Remington Thunderbolt at all cost! They have major lead fouling issues that clogged my barrel and caused tumbling.
Aside from that, CCI, Federal Auto-Match and Remington Golden Bullet all feed without any problems here. Good luck!

BTW - I definitely have the hex bolt coming loose. I checked it after 40 rounds, it was fine. When I finished after 100 rounds, it was loose.
I'm thinking about adding a #61 o-ring to tighten things up.
 
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Try a no. 61 O-ring or teflon tape on the threads either one works well I hear with around 40 inch lbs of torque as well/
 
Loctite the barrel screw. Should help with stove piping ... It loosens over time and can cause this
 
Got mine the other day and cleaned it up and headed to the range. Mine loved the Golden Bullets, very accurate. It liked 38gr American eagle too and mini-mags. It didn't like AutoMatch at all (failure to extract) and Federal Champions were tolerated, but still had some FTE's.

Accuracy was great and the trigger was more than tolerable. - Put about 200 rounds through it. Hopefully the extraction issues will clear up over time or someone will make a better after market extractor.
 
My Victory returned today from S&W. Initial issue out of the box. No firing pin strike at all. They replaced the hammer and sear.
Headed to the range and managed 40 rounds before the exact same issue returned the gun is once again heading back to S&W. Hoping for a better outcome the second time around.
I'm begining to think fruit, if you know what I mean
 
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