next gen mags

I just bought my 15-22 last sunday, should be in my hands on tuesday. I will let you know what it says.
 
My 15-22 was purchased at the end of August 09. And I ordered 2 more from Smith & Wesson the first week of September and all three have the .22LR only and work well.
 
First different colored stars on the owners manual, now different text on the mags. I think someone at S&W is messing with us. :p
 
BBoosman said:
My 15-22 was purchased at the end of August 09. And I ordered 2 more from Smith & Wesson the first week of September and all three have the .22LR only and work well.
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What ammo were you using and please define "well" Did you have any mag snags? Or anything else?
 
Just order 3 mags directly from Smith today, and CS agent told me they are only sending out second gen mag when you order them. They should have 22lr-25 round to signify 2nd gen.
 
soria0840 said:
Just order 3 mags directly from Smith today, and CS agent told me they are only sending out second gen mag when you order them. They should have 22lr-25 round to signify 2nd gen.
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Ahh, Now were getting somewhere. Now all we need is some range tests with new mags. So far we just have one rip3000 test. Thanks soria:)
 
I'm going to the indoor range today and I'll advise how the "new" magazines work out. It is also the first real test of the 15-22 since it came back from S&W.

I've discovered that if you keep the bullet vertical (w/ the base down) when you load the magazine , it does load correctly way more often. Of course, the magazine has to be on the back (convex) surface in order to keep the bullet vertical and pointing up. This is probably the most uncomfortable way to hold the magazine but it seems to work.

Holding the magazine flat seemed to double the problem of the bullets not being staggered in the magazine.
 
I had the opportunity to take a young Marine to the range with me yesterday. He was able to do something I had never witnessed (leave it to a Marine). He got a mag snag releasing the bolt for chambering the first round. The bolt was already in the open position when the mag was inserted. What I figured he did was load the mag without making sure the top round was fully lifted into position. I purposefully tried it myself at the range and it's repeatable 2 out of 5 times.

Hopefully the next gen mags will not bind the rounds to where the they won't lift into proper position for feeding.
 
lonejacklarry said:
I'm going to the indoor range today and I'll advise how the "new" magazines work out. It is also the first real test of the 15-22 since it came back from S&W.

I've discovered that if you keep the bullet vertical (w/ the base down) when you load the magazine , it does load correctly way more often. Of course, the magazine has to be on the back (convex) surface in order to keep the bullet vertical and pointing up. This is probably the most uncomfortable way to hold the magazine but it seems to work.

Holding the magazine flat seemed to double the problem of the bullets not being staggered in the magazine.
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These "new" mags your talking about. Do they have 25rd stamped under 22lr? Please let us know in your range report:)
 
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