4 Screw Model 48 6"

[Jocko-44]

Howdy all, whenever I am in the backyard disposing of woodchucks with my trusty 48 .22 Mag, the spent shells will not fall out on their own. I have to get a scratch awl and push out the spent rounds. I am shooting CCI Maxi Mag 40 grain jacketed hollow points. Any suggestions? Thanks

 

[22hipower]

Keep the chambers clean. The 22LR guns are famous for tight chambers and some ream them to reduce or eliminate the problem. I suppose you can have the same problem with the 22 Mags.

Jeff
SWCA #1457

 

[armadillo]

I had the same problem with my 51. No amount of cleaning or polishing would fix it.

I took it to my "old school" gunsmith and got him to hand ream the chambers. He got out shavings from the last 1/4" of each chamber and that fixed it.

 

[4-Screw]

As Jeff said, I would remove the cylinder, soak it in your favorite solvent (Hoppes, etc), and I would use a brass wire brush in each cylinder. It will be easier to work on with the cylinder out rather than mounted on the yoke.

If that doesn't get it, a visit to gunsmith.

 

[Jocko-44]

^^ I'll try that! Thanks

 

[D Brown]

As Jeff said, I would remove the cylinder, soak it in your favorite solvent (Hoppes, etc), and I would use a brass wire brush in each cylinder. It will be easier to work on with the cylinder out rather than mounted on the yoke.

If that doesn't get it, a visit to gunsmith.

Why would you use a brass brush? Brass leaves deposits on blued steel. Seems like that's the last thing you would want to do in already tight chambers.

A bronze brush will clean without leaving deposits on blued steel. That would be my recommendation.

 

[ultraedge]

Ream the chambers and they will be fixed .

 

[6GUNSONLY]

I had the same problem with my 4-screw M-48. Clean and scrub as much as you will, after about 12 rounds ejection gets sticky. I would agree that reaming is the only permanent solution.