First outing. Not very impressed

[spleify]

Well i was finally able to tak ethe new 15-22 out today. I had a box of Remingtom bulk and a box of Federal 550 525 Golden bullet value pack.

I shot the Remington first, this ammo seemed ok besides to occasional FT fire(about 3%). I had a few FT feed with this stuff as well. No FT eject out of the Remington, very dirty ammo though. Shot about 500 rounds.

Next I shot the Federal 550, this stuff I was not impressed with at all. In fact it was VERY frustrating. I had a few FT fire, and any where from 2-6 rounds per mag (10 and 15 round mags) the were stove piping on me. They would get hung up in the bolt area. I shot about 200+ rounds of this before I got fed up and packed it all up.

My buddy was sitting next to me shooting my Ruger 10/22 using the same box of ammo and had zero issues with the Ruger, so I know it wasn't the ammo per say, but the gun.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

[Brett248Vista]

Mine chews through Fed Bulk like Tiger Woods chews through women!

[spleify]

So what do you suppose the issue is?

I did not clean it the entire session today. But I also did not start having issues until I swithed to the Federal ammo and like I said we were shooting the same stuff out of my Ruger 10/22 with absolutely ZERO issues at all what so ever.

[Redwood69]

Sounds like a mag issue. Every stove pipe problem I have had was bad mag loading.

[1HAWKEYE]

Mine chugs the federal bulk stuff and it shoots like match ammo. You might have gotten a bad box and remember Rugers will eat anything.

[spleify]

Originally Posted by Redwood69

Sounds like a mag issue. Every stove pipe problem I have had was bad mag loading.

Four different mags and not one issue with the Remingtom ammo, I would think this is not the problem.

[spleify]

I will also add this is a brand new one, DTZ2XXX serial, blue springs and threaded FH

[KaiDoi]

Sorry, to read about your issues during your first outing.

Perhaps, you might try different brands of ammo. My Ruger MKII and MKIII shoot everything that I feed them. My 2 Glock Advantage Arms 22lr. conversion kit are quite picky eaters. For example, most people do find with the Rem GBs, but my kits will not shoot them . . . Go figure. Now, I have just shot my new 15-22 three times in as many days. I am fortunate that it ate the 3 ammo offerings I feed it. The ammo I used was all 40 gr. high speed CCi Mini Mags, Fiocchi and Aguila SuperExtra.

Based on another S&W member's successful experience, I have 1,000 rounds of CCI Blazer arriving this Thursday. I am going to give these a try, as well.

Edit: I have DTZ0xxx.

[spleify]

Originally Posted by KaiDoi

Sorry, to read about your issues during your first outing.

Perhaps, you might try different brands of ammo. My Ruger MKII and MKIII shoot everything that I feed them. My 2 Glock Advantage Arms 22lr. conversion kit are quite picky eaters. For example, most people do find with the Rem GBs, but my kits will not shoot them . . . Go figure. Now, I have just shot my new 15-22 three times in as many days. I am fortunate that it ate the 3 ammo offerings I feed it. The ammo I used was all 40 gr. high speed CCi Mini Mags, Fiocchi and Aguila SuperExtra.

Based on another S&W member's successful experience, I have 1,000 rounds of CCI Blazer arriving this Thursday. I am going to give these a try, as well.

Edit: I have DTZ0xxx.

Where did you get the CCI blazer from?

Thanks

[KaiDoi]

Originally Posted by spleify

Where did you get the CCI blazer from?

Thanks

I ordered the CCI Blazer from Midsouth Shooters. I think it was $1.77 per box of 50. It should be here on Thursday. I'll be able to shoot some on Friday evening.

[spleify]

Well maybe I will go and pick up some different ammo at some local shops and see if something is better than others.

Right now I am not very happy with this gun at all though. Really dissapointing