Fail to extract, acceptable or not

[grock]

Ok so i went to the range today and put about 280 rounds of fed automatch through my 15-22, i had 2 fails to eject, the spent shell got crushed in the bolt, partially hanging out and the gun chambered the next round, the firing pin left a mark but the round did not fire, this happened 2x? This is a new 15-22.

 

[grock]

Sending my 15-22 back to S&W, i guess they ship ground now, that is what the shipping label says

 

[cyphertext]

Since it is a new gun, I probably would have tried some different ammo first. Two times out of 280 is less than a 1% failure rate. Did you clean the gun prior to shooting?

 

[Jordan1186]

Mine had a few failure to extract, mainly when I rapid fired it. I cleaned it the absolute best I could, stayed away from Remington ammo and I haven't had a failure since then. Mine might have been new gun syndrome too.

 

[glockeyed]

my first outing was worse than that. she runs like a top now. clean it real good and run another 500 threw her.

 

[chuck s]

These rifles are blow back and will never fail to extract. The case is blown out of the chamber every time, you can't stop it. You don't need the extractor to extract a fired case, the case gets blown out.

Failure to eject is different and relies on the extractor holding the case against the bolt face until the case strikes the ejector. The problem is (1) the extractor is not holding the case properly and the case falls off, or (2) the rifle is short stroking and starts forward to feed the next cartridge with the case still held by the extractor, or (3) the ejector is bent or broken.

Yep, the extractor is key to ejection. But this remains a failure to eject.

-- Chuck

 

[grock]

Ejector is loose and moves in and out, not suppose to, i had a feeling this rifle was going to be problems when i got it and the bolt was dirty, the barrel marred under the foregrip, so i sent it back, lets see what happens now, i will update.

 

[chuck s]

Good decision.

-- Chuck