Ruger SR22 Mag Issue

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Suspect187

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My friend and I both just took out our new SR22's for a spin today. We had 4 butler creek steel lip mags and they all fit very loosely in the firearm. We had many failure to feed. Most of them occuring within the first 7 rounds. Beyond that, they fed and fired just fine. Does anyone else have this problem?

If it matters, we were using American Eagle and Winchester copper plated hollow points.
 
Suspect187 said:
My friend and I both just took out our new SR22's for a spin today. We had 4 butler creek steel lip mags and they all fit very loosely in the firearm. We had many failure to feed. Most of them occuring within the first 7 rounds. Beyond that, they fed and fired just fine. Does anyone else have this problem?

If it matters, we were using American Eagle and Winchester copper plated hollow points.
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I just received 6 B.C. magazines. Had a problem with stove pipes in one mag but the others worked fine. The stove piping might have been caused by the action getting a little dirty. This was the first time out for these mags. Have 6 more that I have never had issues with.
I have no idea why you would have trouble with the first 7 rounds.
 
First off, it's true... all Butler Creek magazines fit like crap (do all aftermarket 10/22 mags like crap?)
You can test a crappy fitting mag if you are able to insert the mag and rock it out without using the mag release.

Anyway, they work, but they cannot be gripped (the mags) or touched while shooting as this will absolutely induce a failure.
For best results, insert them, push them forward, then don't touch.

In terms of fit, what you are experiencing is normal.

The Ruger mags to my knowledge are the only mags that fit well (i.e. tight).
I'd love to get some of those larger capacity mags made by Ruger; will they come to Canada?

New Butler Creek mags also sometimes require several full mag dumps to "wear-in."

Mark the mags, use them as I've suggested above putting a 100+ rounds through each, then you can then confidently single out any bad mags.

~Cheers
 
G37 said:
The Ruger mags to my knowledge are the only mags that fit well (i.e. tight).
I'd love to get some of those larger capacity mags made by Ruger; will they come to Canada?
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Prohibited.

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=638091
 
I don't get it, whats the diff with the Ruger mags compared to the BC or TI, Promag etc....perhaps its because it is an OEM mag direct from Ruger?
Does anyone have any, even pinned in Canada yet?

Interesting to follow.......
 
G37 said:
First off, it's true... all Butler Creek magazines fit like crap (do all aftermarket 10/22 mags like crap?)
You can test a crappy fitting mag if you are able to insert the mag and rock it out without using the mag release.

Anyway, they work, but they cannot be gripped (the mags) or touched while shooting as this will absolutely induce a failure.
For best results, insert them, push them forward, then don't touch.

In terms of fit, what you are experiencing is normal.

The Ruger mags to my knowledge are the only mags that fit well (i.e. tight).
I'd love to get some of those larger capacity mags made by Ruger; will they come to Canada?

New Butler Creek mags also sometimes require several full mag dumps to "wear-in."

Mark the mags, use them as I've suggested above putting a 100+ rounds through each, then you can then confidently single out any bad mags.

~Cheers
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Yes I can rock the mag out without using the release. I put 300 rounds through each. This issue is annoying. Sucks that I can't do anything about it.
 
zamboniman said:
I just received 6 B.C. magazines. Had a problem with stove pipes in one mag but the others worked fine. The stove piping might have been caused by the action getting a little dirty. This was the first time out for these mags. Have 6 more that I have never had issues with.
I have no idea why you would have trouble with the first 7 rounds.
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Is there any play when the mag is inserted in the firearm?
 
I find alot of play in my BC steek lip mags as well. I just make sure the mag is seated and I only load 20 rounds in the mag. More then once the full 25 rnds have resulted in problems.
 
Chevguy93 said:
I don't get it, whats the diff with the Ruger mags compared to the BC or TI, Promag etc....perhaps its because it is an OEM mag direct from Ruger?
Does anyone have any, even pinned in Canada yet?

Interesting to follow.......
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I am still having trouble with my TI 25 round mags. A b***h to adjust!

And this morning, I find the pin at the rear of each TI is slightly longer than the Ruger 10s?
 
As stated above, the 20rnds/mag is also generally more reliable.

I noticed that with 25rnds, sometimes a round in the mag near the bottom of the "steel-lips" can get wedged under it's edge and cause the mag to temporarily "stall" until the cartridge is dislodged.

It is disheartening because the BC Steel Lips aren't cheap mags.

So to recap: 20rnds, insert, seat mag fully-forward then no touching while in use.
 
Originally Posted by JayCarver
Might be worth trying some different ammo
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It took me 5 differant brand/makes of ammo before I found one that would feed fairly cleanly (1 jam out of about 100 rounds) My SR22 hates hollow points out of the BC 25 round mags. Its a shame, but you'll have to experament with differant brands to find one that feeds smooth. Winchester wildcat are working well for me. Just my .22cents Good luck.
 
G37 said:
Anyway, they work, but they cannot be gripped (the mags) or touched while shooting as this will absolutely induce a failure.
For best results, insert them, push them forward, then don't touch.
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^^^This, i had this problem, figured it out, now i can rip throught he mag everytime...
 
So I took the SR22 out to the range today to give it another go. One of my mags started working just fine. I also borrowed a BC mag and a drum mag (can't remember if it was black dog or promag) from the guys at the range. They worked fine.

I loaded one of my problem BC mags to near capacity and pushed the top round down with my finger. When I released, it was slow to pop back up. Seems like its a weak spring that is causing the feeding problems. I'm going to try to exchange the mags. My questions is, why is the spring fine at 20 rounds or less but not 21-25?

happykal said:
I find alot of play in my BC steek lip mags as well. I just make sure the mag is seated and I only load 20 rounds in the mag. More then once the full 25 rnds have resulted in problems.
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G37 said:
As stated above, the 20rnds/mag is also generally more reliable.

I noticed that with 25rnds, sometimes a round in the mag near the bottom of the "steel-lips" can get wedged under it's edge and cause the mag to temporarily "stall" until the cartridge is dislodged.

It is disheartening because the BC Steel Lips aren't cheap mags.

So to recap: 20rnds, insert, seat mag fully-forward then no touching while in use.
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What's the point in having a 25 round mag if you can only fire 20 rounds out of it flawlessly. Yes, I'm still a little pissy...

Danimal247 said:
I have lots of BC steel lipped mags and they work great in my SR22, never an issue
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F**k you :D
 
The one thing I have noticed about all of my mags is that the ack corner is bevelled off, not on purpose with a file or anything, just from inserting it/using it in the gun. I have shots a few thousand through mine and can't recall any stoppages. They are the smoked black ones, and I usually run federal 525 through then
 
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