M&P 15-22 Safety alert from S&W

[aeorsyn]

Ordered mine 3-16. Still nothing. Hmm
Ordered another one under a different serial number on 3-30-19. That arrived today. My rifle checked out good to go.
Has anyone had a bolt that FAILED the gauge test?

i'm suspecting mine might be failing once the gauge arrives. because the breach face looks kinda shallow to me, compared to my pistol and by the looks of that gauge as well, although i can't tell how thick it is in that picture they put on document.. plus it's in the danger manufacturing date area.

that said.. i have dropped the bolt a whole lot ontop of rounds, no discharges yet. i'll still replace if it fails though, obviously

 

[Garricus]

Still don't have mine. I checked with the gun shop I bought it from and they said I was good. I have about 500 rounds fired and no mishaps. I also took the bolt out and placed a 22 shell on the bolt where the gauge goes. It looked good to me so I shot at the range using caution. I will post when my gauge arrives (waiting since 3/26/19). When I first called, no one told me they were on back order. I waited 3 to 4 weeks, called and then I was told they were on back order. Still not happy about the wait. I would think they would have made plenty of gauges to go around.

 

[safer than safe]

Thank you

Big thank you to Destructo6 for sending his gauge to me all the was to UK. It is much appreciated. Very noble and kind gesture.
I will pass it forward when I finish with it with all the guys in the club.

Many thanks.

 

[Rob1]

Great to hear at least 1 gauge made it to UK.
I never got mine, nor did anyone else I know.
I'm at around 10k through mine with no mishaps but there are another 8 guys at my club who are waiting to check their bolt.

 

[lynsey444]

Great to hear at least 1 gauge made it to UK.
I never got mine, nor did anyone else I know.
I'm at around 10k through mine with no mishaps but there are another 8 guys at my club who are waiting to check their bolt.

A few of us got the gauges here in the UK if you read the posts myself and another few have offered to post to UK owners but to date no one has requested from me or the others!!

 

[aeorsyn]

i'm suspecting mine might be failing once the gauge arrives. because the breach face looks kinda shallow to me, compared to my pistol and by the looks of that gauge as well, although i can't tell how thick it is in that picture they put on document.. plus it's in the danger manufacturing date area.

that said.. i have dropped the bolt a whole lot ontop of rounds, no discharges yet. i'll still replace if it fails though, obviously

got my gauge today, fit perfectly.

 

[st15rexxx]

bolt gauge

couldn't get order to go thru online a few weeks ago, so called s&w with my serial #; they shipped the gauge promptly, and I was able to determine that my bolt was ok...gave it to a buddy who owns a gun shop here in Dothan, AL so he can use it for his and any customers that need it...paying it forward

 

[Blackstuff]

Ordered mine months ago, still not received it

Not bothered though, the 10's of thousands of rounds i've put through it and a caliper measurement of the bolt face tell me there's nothing to worry about. I only ordered one after clubs/shooting groups put a temporary 'ban' on using 15-22's until they were proven ok. As the ban has now been lifted i'm not going to chase S&W for it

 

[jnichols2]

Got my tool a few weeks ago, but have been busy.

Checked it last night, it fit flush. Passed.

 

[Buckshot Barry]

Ordered my gauge on June 5 and it arrived June 15

My 15-22 s/n HBT74xx passed

Thank you to this forum for posting about the recall

 

[Rob1]

A few of us got the gauges here in the UK if you read the posts myself and another few have offered to post to UK owners but to date no one has requested from me or the others!!

I would love to take you up on your kind offer, there are at least 6 15-22s in my club, the other 5 were purchased after people tried mine.
So far none of us have had a gauge arrive.

If your still happy to forward on, feel free to drop me a pm, I'll cover the postage and get all the ones here at my club checked.

I'm confident mine is good to go but some of the guys are a little wary still.

Cheers in advance.

Rob

 

[Hamster65]

Received and email from S&W a few days ago stating that the gauges are finally on the way but, still nothing so far.

I'm guessing they'll be sending them out in the order they were requested which means I've probably still got a long wait.

 

[scotthickoryky]

a few months ago i contacted smith about it,,, within a month i had the gauge and mine was fine,,, smith has great customer service

 

[Blackstuff]

Lol, good one!

 

[BWNinja]

Got my gauge in about 2 weeks, mine is right on the money

 

[Egg on Leggs]

Still not received mine.

 

[BWNinja]

If anyone wants mine, shoot me a PM, I'll mail it to ya

 

[Arman4461]

Safety Alert

Howdy folks,
I bought one of these m&p 15-22's today just because it looked well done and fun. I get home, see there is a recall based upon manufacturing date, but s&w doesn't bother to tell me how to determine when mine was made. Any help in figuring this out is appreciated. It ain't in my Standard Catalog
Thanks....Arman

 

[Destructo6]

I believe this link has been posted somewhere above, but here it is again:

M&P15-22 Consumer Safety Alert | Smith & Wesson

FAQs, Gauge ordering info, etc

Affects MP15-22s manufactured before February 2019. I don't recall anyone saying their MP15-22's bolt has failed the gauge test.

 

[Arman4461]

15-22 safety alert

I ended up calling s&w. They had a hard enough time finding my manufacturing date, it isn't any wonder nobody knows how to figure out when their rifle was made. Mine was Feb.12, 2019, so I skated by. Barely