Need some advice involving stove pipe malfunction please...

There are couple videos on YouTube...non of very good quality...that attempt to show the process. Mostly done in poor lighting and spend a lot of time showing views of the producers hands and fingers.
Better suggetion is to find one of the excellent YouTube presentations that show disassembly and reassembly of the 15-22.
It is not a difficult process to install and requires no special tools. Takes about 1 minute. Plus you'll get to learn about your 15-22.

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Whitearrow, I think there's nothing wrong with your rifle. As others have mention, some rifles may like/function welll with some specific ammo and not on others. Mine runs well on any ammo except the new federal automatch, misfeed and stovepipes, but shoots well with pre-2012 federal automatch that I have. To avoid the problems I just the federal automatch on 10-22 instead.
There is a thread here where other members have also problems with federal automatch.
 
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When I got my 15-22 it would only run on cci mini mags. I would still have 1 or 2 stove pipes in a 100 round steel match. It would stove pipe 2 or 3 times with automatch in a 25 rd mag. I tweaked the ejector out towards the ejection port and now it runs the automatch just fine. It even runs on the remington golden bullets. No malfunctions in the last 500 rounds.
 
Hello Folks,
I am sad to say that I too am having massive jams issues, sometimes five or six times in the 25 rnd mags. I have tried about 6 different ammos, the latest being the CCI AR .22LR. I have shot it dirty and clean. I figured the copper would be harder than the lead, but it jams like crazy.
Standard Configuration, tried 4 different mags as well.

I love it when it shoots, but it has a certain appeal as a small boat anchor when it malfunctions.
 
mstillman1966 said:
Hello Folks,
I am sad to say that I too am having massive jams issues, sometimes five or six times in the 25 rnd mags. I have tried about 6 different ammos, the latest being the CCI AR .22LR. I have shot it dirty and clean. I figured the copper would be harder than the lead, but it jams like crazy.
Standard Configuration, tried 4 different mags as well.

I love it when it shoots, but it has a certain appeal as a small boat anchor when it malfunctions.
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Have you read all the threads here, including this one regarding possible fixes? What have you tried? In a recent thread, the OP found the issue had to do with not staggering the rounds in the magazine & improper cleaning.

If none of the fixes work, send the gun back.
 
Ok, I am just going to tell you my experience. I had stove pipes when I originally purchased my 15-22 but solved the problem and can't remember ever having the issue again. What I noticed was that the 22 rim has a radius to the casing. The extractor catches the rim sometimes on the radius which acts like a ramp and slips off leaving the case in the chamber. If the extractor is dirty its even worse so to fix this I reshaped the claw of the extractor. I used a Dremel and very carefully ground down the inside of the claw. Not much at all but changed the shape from say an "L" to a "J". I wanted only the tip of the claw grabbing the rim. Now the extractor catches the rim like a vise and does not slip off anymore. Again I didn't take off much but it made a big difference.
 
Rundover said:
Ok, I am just going to tell you my experience. I had stove pipes when I originally purchased my 15-22 but solved the problem and can't remember ever having the issue again. What I noticed was that the 22 rim has a radius to the casing. The extractor catches the rim sometimes on the radius which acts like a ramp and slips off leaving the case in the chamber. If the extractor is dirty its even worse so to fix this I reshaped the claw of the extractor. I used a Dremel and very carefully ground down the inside of the claw. Not much at all but changed the shape from say an "L" to a "J". I wanted only the tip of the claw grabbing the rim. Now the extractor catches the rim like a vise and does not slip off anymore. Again I didn't take off much but it made a big difference.
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Except in a blowback firearm, the extractor doesn't pull the case out of the chamber, the case pushes the bolt back. The extractor may help hold the empty case against the bolt face until the extraction cycle completes and it hits the ejector, but it has nothing to do with the empty case leaving the chamber.
 
CrazyFingers said:
Except in a blowback firearm, the extractor doesn't pull the case out of the chamber, the case pushes the bolt back. The extractor may help hold the empty case against the bolt face until the extraction cycle completes and it hits the ejector, but it has nothing to do with the empty case leaving the chamber.
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How a blow back action works is frequently misunderstood.

The extractor (when the gun is fired) mostly makes consistent ejection possible. The extractor grabbing the case rim creates a "pivot point" so when the ejector contacts the rim the empty case can be consistently thrown out.

An extractor that gets a good grip on the rim contributes to better, more consistent ejection.

Our 15-22s seem to mostly need the ejector aligned correctly.
 
Stove pipes 1 or 2 times every magazine

Hi everybody, I have a M&P 15 22 pistol that I just bought 2 weeks ago. That said it only shoots CCI Stingers with any reliability!!! I bought an extractor from a off shoot company and hope it works. Stingers are an arm and a leg here in Ga if you can get them....
 
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