M&P 15-22 Results, Post 'em here. I got Mine!!

My luck ran out...

Well, it finally happened. I was out this last weekend shooting my M&P15-22, and it just stopped working all of a sudden. I noticed that none of the rounds were making it into the breech, but rather, stopping just below it. I removed the mag and out fell a small metal part. It was the FEED RAMP! Yikes!!!

This appears to be a recurrent problem according to posts on this blog. It sheared off and fell right out. I called my dealer and he assured me that they would take care of it. I'll be taking it there today, and will keep this blog posted as to my success and timing to receive a working rifle.
 
Deerslayer said:
Well, it finally happened. I was out this last weekend shooting my M&P15-22, and it just stopped working all of a sudden. I noticed that none of the rounds were making it into the breech, but rather, stopping just below it. I removed the mag and out fell a small metal part. It was the FEED RAMP! Yikes!!!

This appears to be a recurrent problem according to posts on this blog. It sheared off and fell right out. I called my dealer and he assured me that they would take care of it. I'll be taking it there today, and will keep this blog posted as to my success and timing to receive a working rifle.
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The feed ramp actually cracked off? That's about as bizarre as it gets. With all the feeding issues being discussed, I would not have been surprised to read about magazine failures... but for the feed ramp to shear .... Whew!
 
Deerslayer said:
Well, it finally happened. I was out this last weekend shooting my M&P15-22, and it just stopped working all of a sudden. I noticed that none of the rounds were making it into the breech, but rather, stopping just below it. I removed the mag and out fell a small metal part. It was the FEED RAMP! Yikes!!!

This appears to be a recurrent problem according to posts on this blog. It sheared off and fell right out. I called my dealer and he assured me that they would take care of it. I'll be taking it there today, and will keep this blog posted as to my success and timing to receive a working rifle.
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Yeah, the extractor and then the feed ramp seem to be the weak points in these 15-22s. :eek: And some have had magazine problems.

As mentioned in another post, my 15-22 is at S&W for a broken extractor. Wonder if they will look at the feed ramp while it is there?
 
Howdy 27Beck -- I highly recommend that you ask them to do this. There is a feeling from S&W Service that they may have used a bad batch of metal when casting that part of the breech. They are still investigating root cause. I would rather it be that, than a design flaw, which would become an entire tooling exercise, and much longer to solve.
 
Broken feed ramp issue

marvan said:
Sent mine off a couple of weeks ago to S&W because of the broken feed ramp. Got it back today. They said it was fixed and udated to newest specs. I went to the range and shot a little over 300 rounds. Perfect, majority was federal bulk pack with a mag of CCI minimags and a mag of winchester wildcats. No jams, no hiccups just a lot fun. Plus they sent me 2 extra mags. I'll take it out this weekend and run a few hundred more rounds through it and hopefully it will keep up.
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Howdy Marvan -- I had the same thing happen to me this weekend. I had probably fired about 400-500 rounds without problems before this happened.

1) How long did it take for yours to break?
2) What were you shooting when it did?
3) Is your rifle still functioning fine after the repair?

I was shooting up some old Remington bulk at the time, because my rifle seemed to be able to fire it. Then, all of sudden, I couldn't load a single round, and I discovered the problem. I even found the broken feed ramp. Seems to be cast metal, which sheared completely off the breech face.

S&W Service dept is still investigating root cause to this and the ejector problems. They think the feed ramp issue may be due to a "bad batch of metal". Jury is still out on that one, though....
 
27 Beck said:
Yeah, the extractor and then the feed ramp seem to be the weak points in these 15-22s. :eek: And some have had magazine problems.

As mentioned in another post, my 15-22 is at S&W for a broken extractor. Wonder if they will look at the feed ramp while it is there?
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Deerslayer said:
Howdy 27Beck -- I highly recommend that you ask them to do this. There is a feeling from S&W Service that they may have used a bad batch of metal when casting that part of the breech. They are still investigating root cause. I would rather it be that, than a design flaw, which would become an entire tooling exercise, and much longer to solve.
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Well, I got a big surprise today. FedEx brought me my 15-22 from S&W. Shipped to S&W on Oct. 5, received back at my residence Oct. 19. Two weeks. Six days of transit time and two weekends in the turnaround. Not bad. AND, there were TWO magazines with the rifle. (I didn't include a mag when I returned it, per their instructions).

Paperwork only stated that the rifle was brought up to current S&W specs. I don't know if any newer design parts were installed for the extractor, or if the feed ramp was replaced.

Having the barrel threaded and a flash suppressor installed did not effect the warranty repair at all.

I won't get to shoot it till Wednesday or Thursday. My right index finger is so itching. :p
 
oh i bet it is itching!!!, i know i couldnt wait to shot mine when i got it back. Thats awesome how they give people extra mags. I got 1 extra mag from them. Ive got over 300rds through the gun since i got it back, been so much fun.

Seems they've getting them back to folks quickly also. so thats good, took mine bout a month get back, thats including ground shipping to them and back.
 
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Finally went out and bought one last week and took it to the range today...It shot pretty much flawless, only problem was making sure all the rounds are seated in the mag, this is especially important on this model S&W as .22 's don't need much to snag on the feed ramp and stovepipe, so tap those mags and seat the rounds well before shooting as it makes all the difference.
 
patrickm1587 said:
How many rounds did you have through your gun when the feed ramp broke? I hope that doesn't happen to mine!!
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For me it was about 400-500 rounds. Hopefully yours is of a newer design by which S&W has made some adjustments. Mine was one of the first to hit the market, and the first one my dealer got (they are quite a large dealer here in central TX).
 
Scope riser

Got my 15-22 Sat. Shoots great. It doesn't like Winchester Wildcats. Blazer, Fed. Auto Match and Fed. Champion shoot great.

What height scope riser is required for scope or red dot use?
 
JonahStark said:
Got my 15-22 Sat. Shoots great. It doesn't like Winchester Wildcats. Blazer, Fed. Auto Match and Fed. Champion shoot great.

What height scope riser is required for scope or red dot use?
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Ive shot to mags of the wildcats, out of both, 1rd per mag didnt work, took it out, put it back in when mag was empty, did fine.

Heres the scope setup i have, came with the rings. Removed iron sights.

http://smith-wessonforum.com/attach...6d1255830999-got-my-m-p-15-22-back-scope3.jpg
 
Just hit the 1000 round mark today.... No issues. Really likes the Federal Game-Shok! Feels like a hotter round than the CCI mini mags.
 
Got 3 new mags in today. I loaded 100 rounds of Winchester Super-X 40 grain round nose in my 4 mags.

Shot the first 2 mags sighting in and plinking with no problems. Fired the 3rd mag and when the last round went off it didn't hold the bolt open. Fired the 4th mag with no problems. Played around with the one mag and it holdthe bolt open 80 % of the time.

Loaded some Winchester Super-X 36 grain hollow points out of one of the 333 bulk packs from Wally World. 1st mag went fine, then had a failure to feed after 12 rounds of the 2nd. Cleared and had another after 5 more rounds then one more. Loaded it again and had 1 failure to Fire after 20 rounds. Cleared and shot the other 5 OK. Put the one back in and it fired OK. It had a good primer strike the first time.

Loaded 2 more mags of the 36 grain and fired them with no problems.

I think I had gotten sloppy on my loading the one magazine. I was pulling the follower down farther than I had been.
 
You can salvage without unloading the mag by pulling down the follower with the buttons an inch, more or less, and letting the spring drive the follower and the rounds up into the feed lips. Keep at it, varying the distance you pull down until all the rounds are jostled into proper position, each round alternating with its neighbor. A full mag makes this more difficult though. I found this the easiest and often the only way to get them in place if they don't go in correctly the first time. The rounds go in correctly a lot easier if there is only an inch or so of free space between the follower/top round and the feed lips, pulling a bit farther down as you load. The more you shoot and load the mags the smoother things get.
 
This is exactly what I found to be the case. I learned to load in this manner from my GSG-5, Ruger MkII, and my Beretta Neos, all of which seemed to feed flawlessly if I just took the time to load them a bit slower and by using the spring pressure as described.

My M&P15-22 actually did quite well for me until the feed ramp finally sheared off. I gave it back to my dealer for them to ship off for repair on Monday. We'll see how long it takes to get it back now....
 
bout 3 weeks hopefully, 1 week to get there, week for repair, week for return. Hopefully.
 
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