todd51
Member
One of my friends had his S&W 22A at the range yesterday and there were a couple issues resulting in questions none of us had a factual answer for. I don't have any experience with the 22A but told them I would make a post and see if some of folks here could contribute. Thanks for taking the time.
First issue is that he had dropped the pistol off at a local gun smith to see if the smith could correct a problem with loading. The pistol refuses to load the second round of a fulling loaded ten round magazine. The first cartridge loads fine and the second will not. All the rest of the cartridges in the mag will load with out problem. If the mag (and this happens with both of his mags) is loaded with only nine rounds no problems at all. When I looked at what was happening it appeared that second round was not rising up all the way into the lips of the mag. The smith had no solutions to the problem either but admitted he had never worked on one before. Have any of you experienced this problem or have any suggestions that might lead to a solution. Ammo used was CCI Mini Mag 40gr. RN and Federal bulk 36gr. HP. A change of ammo made no difference.
The second question arises from the gun smith telling him the pistol had been dry fired and he had to hone the chamber and breach face and warned the owner never to dry fire the pistol. Again I am not familiar with these pistols. I have been under the impression that most of the modern .22 rimfire guns could be safely dry fired but I am not taking about dry fire practice which I don't recommend but all the semi auto guns I have you have to periodically dry fire to un-cock for disassembly or simply to release the spring for storage. Is it really unsafe to dry fire the 22 A for any reason? Don't you have to dry fire it to take it down for cleaning and maintenance? While I don't do dry fire practice with my .22s I do dry fire my Marlin 60, Ruger 10/22, and Ruger MK III occasionally in the normal use of them and when cleaning and storing.
Thanks again for your consideration.
First issue is that he had dropped the pistol off at a local gun smith to see if the smith could correct a problem with loading. The pistol refuses to load the second round of a fulling loaded ten round magazine. The first cartridge loads fine and the second will not. All the rest of the cartridges in the mag will load with out problem. If the mag (and this happens with both of his mags) is loaded with only nine rounds no problems at all. When I looked at what was happening it appeared that second round was not rising up all the way into the lips of the mag. The smith had no solutions to the problem either but admitted he had never worked on one before. Have any of you experienced this problem or have any suggestions that might lead to a solution. Ammo used was CCI Mini Mag 40gr. RN and Federal bulk 36gr. HP. A change of ammo made no difference.
The second question arises from the gun smith telling him the pistol had been dry fired and he had to hone the chamber and breach face and warned the owner never to dry fire the pistol. Again I am not familiar with these pistols. I have been under the impression that most of the modern .22 rimfire guns could be safely dry fired but I am not taking about dry fire practice which I don't recommend but all the semi auto guns I have you have to periodically dry fire to un-cock for disassembly or simply to release the spring for storage. Is it really unsafe to dry fire the 22 A for any reason? Don't you have to dry fire it to take it down for cleaning and maintenance? While I don't do dry fire practice with my .22s I do dry fire my Marlin 60, Ruger 10/22, and Ruger MK III occasionally in the normal use of them and when cleaning and storing.
Thanks again for your consideration.
