Performance Center .22LR Victory Model a Jamamatic

[Canuck44]

Guys I have had my Performance Center 22LR to the range after slightly bending the ejector. This was to improve ejection. The gun previous to this visit was a jamamatic and continues to be so with every type of .22lr I have tried up and including Stingers. Stnadard .22 LR are hopeless as are the Stingers.

What I get is a spend cartridge not ejecting and jamming up the gun. I love my Smiths but if this is an example of what they put out as a Performance Center psitol I hate to see their rack grade ones.

I am at wits end. Any suggestions would be most helpful.

Take Care

Bob

 

[raljr1]

I am at wits end. Any suggestions would be most helpful.

Take Care

Bob

Might consider a chamber reamer. I had a Buckmark that would not feed anything except nickel cases. All brass colored cases would not feed or eject with any reliability.

 

[wproct]

The right answer is to call Smith & Wesson and obtain a return authorization to send it back to them for service. Do not mention any "tweaking" you have done to the ejector. Anything else you do on your own puts your warranty at risk.

Others will advise you to continue to carefully bend the ejector one way or the other until you get good consistent function.

Those are the main options and the choice is up to you.

 

[revolver club prez]

I had this problem with a mod 41, after I started to spray the cartridges with case lube before loading in to the magazine , the problem went away . The lube was for cases before resizing ie; Lyman case lube.
Regards .

 

[Canuck44]

Returning it to S&W is not an option when you live north of the 49th

Took it to a gunsmith. the ejector had slipped down a tad and was missing the case rim upon ejecting. There is very little leeway on this pistol. Initially the issue with these guns was the ejector was flared out to much on some guns from the factory making ejection problematic at best. The cure was to slightly bend the ejector inward. When I did that I inadvertently slipped the ejector lower.

While I appreciate the don't tinker with the gun comment, and I don't often. OOTB this gun had ejection problems. I would have thought the "PerformanceCenter" might have ensured the ejector was set up properly from the outset. Silly me. In any event all is good now and the gun is working as it should. Hopefully it will continue to do so.

If you have one of these pistols and intend to mount a red dot on it you might want to have your gunsmith check out how secure the rail mount is on the gun. I found the rail would work lose after a hundred rounds or so. My 'smith made a small adjustment at the rear of the slide to ensure the rail would not work lose. This model reminds me of the often quote attributed to Ruger revolvers. The fact that you have to treat them as kit guns and deal with function issues as they occur.

Smith used to be counted on to do much better. I am happy now with the gun but would not recommend it to someone who wants a dependable shooter out of the box. Browning (FN) and Ruger offer better options IMHO.

Take Care

Bob

 

[89bruin]

Smith used to be counted on to do much better. I am happy now with the gun but would not recommend it to someone who wants a dependable shooter out of the box. Browning (FN) and Ruger offer better options IMHO.

Take Care

Bob

Sorry for your troubles. My 22A has been an extremely dependable gun … no problems at all. I'd also caution you in assuming Ruger builds a better product - I love my OLD Rugers but my experience with their current autoloader production has landed them solidly on my 'do not buy' list. Their simply not reliable firearms in my experience. The only exception to that might be their .22 pistols. I haven't handled many examples of that current production.

 

[AzShooter]

Performance Center is a joke to say the least. I've bought a few guns from them and most needed work. You are better off finding a GOOD gunsmith near you.

Try some different ammo as well. Just switching to CCI Mini Mags solved a lot of my problems.

 

[wproct]

Sorry, I didn't catch your location. Glad that you have our Performance Center Victory running well now. The Victory truly can be a nice pistol.

 

[Canuck44]

Sorry, I didn't catch your location. Glad that you have our Performance Center Victory running well now. The Victory truly can be a nice pistol.

No worries I have as many cousins and long lost relatives in the US has I have in Canada. I am an offshoot of the Griffin clan who arrived on Palmer Island in 1635.

The border is finally open so I will heading down to Spokane to visit my sister.

Take Care

Bob

 

[Wee Hooker]

Not surprising to me. In my experience ( in ownership and working in a gun shop) it seems the standard SW22 victories are much more reliable than the PC models. I found that most of the issue was with the PC models shooting themselves lose. ( Likely due to improper torqueing at the factory) My advice would be to take the gun apart and reassemble with Blue lock tight on key screws like barrel, frame, sights, rail etc.

 

[89bruin]

I use VC3 on the disassembly and barrel screws. It's an adjustable threadlocker so I get roughly 7 cleanings before I reapply. No problems with either backing out due to recoil.

 

[hittman77]

For me ….. many, many 22LR semi-auto pistols are at best "hit and miss" with reliability. Regardless of brand.