Question about 22LR

retired2006 said:

Rule 3 said
"It usally is due to the slide weight and the recoil spring. My SW 41 will only shoot CCI AMMO. CCI SV 40 Gr Target ammo It chokes on Federal Gold medal. It will shoot HV ammo but that hammers the gun and not good for it in the long term"

I disagree with the statement that model 41's are made to run on CCI SV.
My 1980 vintage model 41 will not run on SV, unless you put in a reduced power recoil spring. I have shot Super X HV and now CCI blazer HV since the early 1980's, never replaced a single part except recoil springs, (std S&W springs, no buffer). I shoot around 5000 rds a year thru it, it is still as accurate and dependable has it ever was.

When can I expect for the disaster to start ?

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mikld said:

Perhaps intelligent rather than lucky? Why would anyone choose a firearm the has a reputation for fussiness?

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Lucky? Nope. Maybe I keep my toys clean and in good working order?

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Rule3 said:

See? This is what makes 22 lr such a ******* shoot
No saying mikid did not have issues, it just happens.

I have shoot thousands of cheap Remington ammo, Golden Bullets, Thunderbolts whatever and never has an issue.

So guns just shoot some ammo and others don't. It shouldn't be but it is.

All my centerfire guns will shoot any ammo, some may not be as accurate but not total failure. I reload and any primer I use works. I am still on cases of Wolff primers and some folks hate them. I do not shoot metal case ammo except in a AR 15, heck it is as cheap as it gets and works every time.

One of life's great mysterys.

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Wise_A said:

Because you do a thing called competition, and some of those fussy, picky, choosy firearms are truly excellent. Even if you don't, some are just a joy to own.

Take the High Standard Supermatic. I'll admit, I don't get this one, but some guys just can't let 'em go. Never mind the fact that the bloody thing doesn't have a feed ramp, so if your magazines (they start at $50 a piece) get a lip bent even just a teensy bit, they just don't feed. I'm told by those with the taste for them that they're excellent.

Or how about the Feinwerkbau AW-93? If you let me have one of those, and told me all I had to do was buy the expensive and hard-to-get Wolf SK Match ammo it needed...whooh! I'd snatch it up in a heartbeat.

Or the Pardini SP-22. The Walther GSP. The Benelli MP95E (or the 90S!). The Hammerli 208 and 280 and SP20. The S&W Model 41.

Or Nelson Custom uppers, with parts manufactured by Macmillan of all places, riding on custom, hand-built 1911 lowers.

Why? They're worth the fiddling, and the ammo, and every other damn thing. Shooting them is a joy.

But hey--there's no accounting for taste.

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spirit4earth said:

Can CCI AR-Tactical be used in a pistol, like the S&W Compact 22?

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retired2006 said:

Rule 3 said
"It usally is due to the slide weight and the recoil spring. My SW 41 will only shoot CCI AMMO. CCI SV 40 Gr Target ammo It chokes on Federal Gold medal. It will shoot HV ammo but that hammers the gun and not good for it in the long term"

I disagree with the statement that model 41's are made to run on CCI SV.
My 1980 vintage model 41 will not run on SV, unless you put in a reduced power recoil spring. I have shot Super X HV and now CCI blazer HV since the early 1980's, never replaced a single part except recoil springs, (std S&W springs, no buffer). I shoot around 5000 rds a year thru it, it is still as accurate and dependable has it ever was.

When can I expect for the disaster to start ?

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susieqz said:

you know. rimfires have to be broken in.
when i first got my 22/45, it wouldn't cycle SV.
on the rimfire forum, they told me to run a brick of HV thru it to break it in.
i did, n then everything was fine.

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