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I purchased a SW 22 Victory on 11/1/21 from Midway USA. I cleaned the barrel and trigger assembly thoroughly and took it to the range on 11/12 two days after retrieving the gun from my FFL.
When loading the both magazines that came with the gun, I noticed that two different brands of bullets did not slide into and down the mag easily and/or did not advance to the loading position at the top of the magazine easily (sometimes with bullet no 2 or 3, sometimes with 8-10). I insured that a bullet was in the loading position, inserted the magazine into the gun and fired the first round. Several subsequent rounds either failed to feed-failed to fire and/or failed to extract-eject. I believe some of these issues are the result of the new tight magazines.
At one point I could not rerack the slide (pull it more than 3/8 inch back) and field stripped the gun thinking that there might be an empty casing blocking the mechanism. There was none and I must have inadvertently cocked the hammer because the next round did fire. The following round did not and I was again unable to rack the slide. I unloaded the firearm and took it home.
After talking with customer service, it was suggested that the extractor might be malfunctioning and the representative is sending out a new one. After again removing the barrel/slide from the grip/trigger assembly to examine the extractor, I noticed that the hammer was in the vertical “fired” position. I manually cocked it back, reassembled the gun and was able to rack, fire and eject a snap cap. I tried to rerack the gun and ran into the same problem—only being able to pull it back 3/8 inch. Again, disassembling it, the hammer was in the vertical position. I manually recocked it and fired it multiple times without the barrel/slide installed and it fired correctly.
Bottom line, it appears that the hammer spring is so strong that it is preventing the normal blowback operation or hand racking (short of a vice grips!) from reracking the gun. I’m guessing that this is not normal and would appreciate any suggestions prior to my sending the gun back to SW for warranty work.
When loading the both magazines that came with the gun, I noticed that two different brands of bullets did not slide into and down the mag easily and/or did not advance to the loading position at the top of the magazine easily (sometimes with bullet no 2 or 3, sometimes with 8-10). I insured that a bullet was in the loading position, inserted the magazine into the gun and fired the first round. Several subsequent rounds either failed to feed-failed to fire and/or failed to extract-eject. I believe some of these issues are the result of the new tight magazines.
At one point I could not rerack the slide (pull it more than 3/8 inch back) and field stripped the gun thinking that there might be an empty casing blocking the mechanism. There was none and I must have inadvertently cocked the hammer because the next round did fire. The following round did not and I was again unable to rack the slide. I unloaded the firearm and took it home.
After talking with customer service, it was suggested that the extractor might be malfunctioning and the representative is sending out a new one. After again removing the barrel/slide from the grip/trigger assembly to examine the extractor, I noticed that the hammer was in the vertical “fired” position. I manually cocked it back, reassembled the gun and was able to rack, fire and eject a snap cap. I tried to rerack the gun and ran into the same problem—only being able to pull it back 3/8 inch. Again, disassembling it, the hammer was in the vertical position. I manually recocked it and fired it multiple times without the barrel/slide installed and it fired correctly.
Bottom line, it appears that the hammer spring is so strong that it is preventing the normal blowback operation or hand racking (short of a vice grips!) from reracking the gun. I’m guessing that this is not normal and would appreciate any suggestions prior to my sending the gun back to SW for warranty work.
