CoopScoop
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I had been interested in the M&P15-22 since I heard of it. My wife surprised me and bought me one for my birthday. I took it to the range for the first time today and it wouldn't feed a round from the magazine into the chamber (right from the very first round). It took multiple times to get one to load. When I did get one loaded it wasn't long (few rounds) before another one failed to load. The bullets that failed to load would be bent and scraped.
I read about the sensitivity of loading the magazine, so I was careful to do it correctly. At first I was trying Remington Thunderbolt, but I heard of all the problems with Remington, so I bought some CCI and tried it --same problems.
Needless to say, I was dissappointed. I came home and found this forum today. I saw this thread: http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-wesson-long-guns/102542-m-p-15-22-broke-after-6-rounds.html
Sure enough, when I looked at my gun more closely I noticed that there was no feed ramp on the barrel! It was rough at the bottom, like the feed ramp broke off. I hope this is not a major problem.
I called Smith and I will be sending it back for repair.
I read about the sensitivity of loading the magazine, so I was careful to do it correctly. At first I was trying Remington Thunderbolt, but I heard of all the problems with Remington, so I bought some CCI and tried it --same problems.
Needless to say, I was dissappointed. I came home and found this forum today. I saw this thread: http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-wesson-long-guns/102542-m-p-15-22-broke-after-6-rounds.html
Sure enough, when I looked at my gun more closely I noticed that there was no feed ramp on the barrel! It was rough at the bottom, like the feed ramp broke off. I hope this is not a major problem.
I called Smith and I will be sending it back for repair.
