plinker27

Well i finally got to take my new SR22 pistol to the range this morning and i must say i am in love with this pistol. i was able to shoot some pretty tight groups once i got used to the trigger, about a inch at 10 yards consistently, (im still new to shooting so i thought it was pretty impressive compared to what i was shooting before)
Plus, what i thought was really cool, was watching people in the lanes next to me keep going out to the store at the range to buy more ammo( 9mm and .40SW run about $19.00 a pack of 50 at the range i go to) while i was still running my federal bulk pack of 525 rounds that i picked up for 20 bucks!!!! all in all my wife and i shot about 450 rounds with not one misfire.
Now for the problem... im not sure yet if it was me, or the magazines, or just the gun breaking in but we ran into about 6 faliure to feed. What was happening, if i can explain it well enough, was the next round getting ready to load was not being pushed up from the magazine due to the round below it getting caught inside the magazine, if that makes sense. It was causing the next round to load standing almost straight up and getting pinched by the slide. All the rounds that failed to feed looked like a banana the way it was pinched. Like i said, im not sure, but it could have been the way i was loading the magazines, but it didnt happen with every 10 round clip, just once and a while with only 1 or 2 bullets in the mag. At first i thought it was just one of the two magazines but it happened with both of them. anyone have any ideas if this is maybe a magazine issue or just me?!?! any help will be appreciated. oh and it seemed to happen around 150 rounds till about 300 rounds then it seemed to run alright.
Anyways i would recommend this pistol to anyone looking for a fun cheap to shoot gun. good job Ruger!!!

RockDoctor

Nice review. In two previous comments to a similar F2F, I had a similar challenge. I found that if I fed 1 round at a time, pulling the follower down just enough to load one round at a time, the 22 rounds lined up properly and eliminated the failure to feed. Have fired 600-700 rounds now with no problems.

mndoggie

Plinker27

Just keep an eye on things. Sometime when things are tight and when using some of the bulk ammo you may have a round that is slightly underpowered which can cause feeding problems.

The fact that you ran a hundred or so afterwards is a good sign.

Be sure to check your pins and the barrel screw when you have things apart for cleaning. Also check to be sure that the slide lock lever isn't causing problems with the slide. A few seconds with a file will fix that issue if it happens to you.

When loading the magazine, only move the loading button down far enough to get another round in. Pulling the lever down far enough to get several rounds in at once doesn't help keep the rims staggered correctly.

Have fun.

plinker27

I just finished cleaning it about an hour or so ago, no barrel issue and no slide damaged at all. I was loading one round at a time but i think maybe i was pulling down a little to much on the lever during loading and the rounds were prob. not lining up properly. i was noticing that the round that wasnt pushing the next round up was pointing more nose down then anything.

jdhjelley

just bought a sr22 put about 600 rounds threw it shot perfect love the gun. problem is ruger ships these things out with about a gallon of oil in them has anyone done a full detail strip on these yet video would be perfect thanks

mndoggie

Yup, they come with a lot of oil. I though I got most of the oil outta mine and then a day later it the oil had migrated to the side touching the bottom of the box. So I wiped it down again.

Check this thread out for some disassembly help:

SR22 disassembly - RimfireCentral.com Forums

davevabch

Be sure and check the barrel screw. I noticed that my gun was off and the cause was a loose barre. VERY EASY fix. After taking off the barrel, There was a ton on oil, which got warm and loosened up the barrel. I just loctighted it. I now have over 3000 rds with no malfunctions other than a few misfires, all ammo related.

This is one fine 22.cal Pistol. I love it.

Dave@vabch

sharpshooterassassin

I just got my sr22 and I've only put about 300 rounds through it so far. I started to have a problem though. When I would rack the slide to get the first round chambered, the bullet wouldn't get all the way inserted into the barrel. The nose of the bullet would get stuck on the barrel ramp and the slide would stay part way open. I would have to manually push on the slide so it would fully chamber the round and for the slide to close all the way. I took it apart and fully cleaned it and after about 2 full magazines shot through it, it would do it again. It would also do this while I was shooting probably 3 rounds out of 10. The only time that it didn't do it was when I started rapid firing through a full magazine. It would do this even when the gun is fully cleaned and oiled. I have used hollow point, CCI mini mags, federal, Winchester, Remington and it would do this on all the ammo. Any suggestions?

gmsoapy

Welcome to the forum.
Did you check to see that the recoil spring is fully seated on the guide rod. It should go on small end first and be turned cw looking from the breech end.It should go over the first ridge and up to the back ridge not over it. When it's on right it stays on the guide rod when you remove the run from the gun. I have 2 of them and they'll both eat anything I feed them. I run mostly federal bulk Walmart with no problems at all. My wife had some problems in the begining I think she was limp wristing it.

gmsoapy

Hi as the others have said load one round at a time pulling the spring down for each round. I have 2 SR22's and I find that if I slap the back of the loaded mags aganist my plam it helps as the rounds are kind of staggered in the mags. Yes they are great little guns that's why I have 2 one for me and one for the wife. Want to have some fun run a box of CCI stingers thru it.

sharpshooterassassin

Yeah, I've got the small end of the spring on the guide rod first. I made sure of that after I saw some other posts of some other people having their slide fly off the gun.

gmsoapy

ok just a thought. The slides fly off when the take down lever fails.How about slaping the back of the full mag aganist the plam of your hand. It helps line up the shells in the mag.

sharpshooterassassin

I'll try that the next time. There's a video on You Tube "Sr22 problem" that has the same problem that I am having. If anyone wants to watch the video, they can see what my Sr22 is doing.

dats82

I had some FTF on my one I bought for my wife, but after cleaning it good and about 400 rds through it, it smoothed itself out. I used about 100 of CCI to try some ammo that might be more consistant than bulk pack stuff, and it did help. I just think they need a good break-in period with cleaning in between. If everything is tight and assembled right, I'd say keep shooting with the hopes that it smooths out.

James6591

Welcome from Australia mate.
Glad to have you on board, nice folk here and lots of good info.