Another 2 thumbs down to S&W

[RedNeck Jim]

I plan on SBR'ing my 15-22 in a month or so. I have one of the nice camo editions.

What if I want to no longer have an SBR (yeah, I know, said no one ever), use it in a non-SBR state, or the gun smith messes up the cut.

It would be nice to be able to have a stock barrel available.

I felt the same way prior to making mine a SBR. However, it just is not possible. I too contacted S&W & they will not sell you a spare barrel.

So next best option was for me to purchase another 15-22, back when they were very cheap a few months ago. Now I have a spare barrel. Actually a spare everything.

 

[RedNeck Jim]

I'm with Ken on this.

Probably a good idea if you don't want an AR trainer. The 10-22 is a fine gun but it is not designed to emulate an AR. For someone like me that wants my 22 trainer to act just like my real ARs, a dressed up 10-22 with cool add on stuff would be like putting lipstick on a pig.

 

[vytoland]

if i dont get my way in this world....i dont jump up & down, shake my fist at the moon and wet my pants..............i just move on

 

[Fire75]

Well the gun is on its way to S&W. Not very happy about the wait time.

For those that ask what happen, the cleaning rod/brush is stuck in barrell! It went it, got a little tight then stuck! Before you ask, I tried everything i could think of. It wont move. Im at the point even if i got it out, i would question the barrell. So time for new one.

Got the tacticool22 vise clamp and nut tools. Learned how to take the thing apart.

 

[Inusuit]

So you blame S&W for a stuck cleaning rod? I don't think it's their fault or that it should be covered under warranty. If you had given us this information in your first post, we might have been able to suggest a solution. Stuck rods, or stuck bore snakes, are not an uncommon problem and there are ways to address the problem that don't require a new barrel. "Everything you could think of" may not have covered all the possibilities for removing the obstruction and retrieving your brush and rod. I understand your not wanting to own up to this originally, but I consider this operator error, not a problem with S&W or your 15-22 rifle.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

The barrel is likely ok. But if you just want a new barrel I'd keep the barrel and send in the rest. Tell them your dog ate it or your wife got made at you for cleaning guns in the kitchen, grabbed the barrel and tossed it outside down the sewer grate. Hey, it could happen!. In the meantime, drip some Kroil down the barrel, set it upright and let it be for a day. Then get rod and push or whack it out.

More damage is done to .22 barrels from cleaning than shooting. Remember that next time you reach for a cleaning rod and brush. Maybe next time just push a patch through the bore with your favorite bore cleaner and then drag a bore snake thought it.

Good luck.

 

[micocyco]

When I first got my 15-22 I saw on u tube how to make a home made bore snake it did not work & got stuck. I had to buy a cleaning rod kit & a real bore snake ( my version of saving money ) Now I don't clean it a lot but when I do I mop the barrel then pull the snake through a couple or three times

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

When I first got my 15-22 I saw on u tube how to make a home made bore snake it did not work & got stuck. I had to buy a cleaning rod kit & a real bore snake ( my version of saving money ) Now I don't clean it a lot but when I do I mop the barrel then pull the snake through a couple or three times

Funny.

We've all tripped over a dollar to pick up a dime at one time or another. Stuff happens.

 

[Fire75]

So you blame S&W for a stuck cleaning rod? I don't think it's their fault or that it should be covered under warranty. If you had given us this information in your first post, we might have been able to suggest a solution. Stuck rods, or stuck bore snakes, are not an uncommon problem and there are ways to address the problem that don't require a new barrel. "Everything you could think of" may not have covered all the possibilities for removing the obstruction and retrieving your brush and rod. I understand your not wanting to own up to this originally, but I consider this operator error, not a problem with S&W or your 15-22 rifle.

I never once said it was S&W fault. I find it unacceptable that it can take 5 months to buy a barrell.

 

[Pef]

Well the gun is on its way to S&W. Not very happy about the wait time.

For those that ask what happen, the cleaning rod/brush is stuck in barrell! It went it, got a little tight then stuck! Before you ask, I tried everything i could think of. It wont move. Im at the point even if i got it out, i would question the barrell. So time for new one.

Got the tacticool22 vise clamp and nut tools. Learned how to take the thing apart.

Maybe they will get it out for you and it won't take five months. Did the barrel get leaded?

Barrels are pretty tough, and if it is an aluminum cleaning rod and a brush it will probably be fine.

Heavy leading is very common when one shoots unplated .22's at high frequency (and even plated .22's). A hot barrel shooting soft .22 lead bullets will gunk up quick.

I've cleaned a 10/22 that leaded up and pushed out many long, finger like extensions of lead.

What ammo were you shooting?

 

[Fire75]

Win. , fed. Probably 1500 rounds. I want to see how well fireclean works. The bolt wipes clean! Fireclean is great. I didnt do the barrell with fireclean. Used up all the **** winchester.

Guess i will be using the daughters pink one this week (after 2 trips to S&W to fix).

 

[mn_doggie]

Well the gun is on its way to S&W. Not very happy about the wait time.

For those that ask what happen, the cleaning rod/brush is stuck in barrell! It went it, got a little tight then stuck! Before you ask, I tried everything i could think of. It wont move. Im at the point even if i got it out, i would question the barrell. So time for new one.

Got the tacticool22 vise clamp and nut tools. Learned how to take the thing apart.

You messed up the barrel and you give S&W two thumbs down?

How many thumbs down did you give yourself?

 

[Fire75]

Yeah i give them 2 thumbs down. The 2 trips for warrenty repair for my daughters 15-22 didnt help my opinion of them.

I see lots of others are not happy about not being able to order parts.

 

[mn_doggie]

Yeah i give them 2 thumbs down. The 2 trips for warrenty repair for my daughters 15-22 didnt help my opinion of them.

I see lots of others are not happy about not being able to order parts.

But no thumbs down for yourself?

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Five months doesn't sound right unless they simply don't have any barrels and waiting for new production. Eh... I woun't be surprised if you got your rifle back closer to two or three week than five months but who knows...

On the bright side... $50/brick. A couple bricks a month. Five months. S&W service will have saved you $500.

 

[hoc9sw]

I find myself knocking out strands of lead from my .22 Compact pistol after 150-200 rounds of Thunderbolt. Maybe 300 of anything else. Can't imagine how gummed up / blocked it would be at 1500 rounds.

Plugging one end of the barrel and filling it with a bore cleaner to soak overnight was the way out for the first "too many Thunderbolts" experience.