10-22 TD Key Holing

[horseman2]

Anyone ever have a problem with a .22 Rimfire key holing.
This rifle was unable to hit paper at 50 yards so it was tested at 5 & 10 yards.
The tightening ring was tried in various degrees of tightness from all the way tight to loosened off one turn.
Different ammo was tried (Rem Thunderbolt and CCI Standard Velocity.
A number for a local gunsmith was supplied.
While stories of poor accuracy have surfaced, I have never seen a 22 keyhole before.

 

[nick237]

Sounds like they are just banging them outa the factory now maybe quality has been compromised ?

 

[lowe160]

Is it a smooth bore or did they actually put grooves in the barrell? lol
I know it isn't funny but that is just rediculous!

 

[mlehtovaara]

Did you look down the barrel?

I've seen a few different rifles and hanguns keyholing after even just 50 rounds of CCI Blazer gummed up the bore.

Stopped using that crap, and haven't had issues since.

 

[ciphery]

Did you look down the barrel?

I've seen a few different rifles and hanguns keyholing after even just 50 rounds of CCI Blazer gummed up the bore.

Stopped using that crap, and haven't had issues since.

I just started lubing the bullets with spillage from my luber sizer to be able to get rid of what I had left, then discovered that they worked pretty good.

The only 22LR I've ever seen keyhole was a dirty barrel on a microgrooved mossberg plinkster.

 

[mmattockx]

Did you look down the barrel?

+1. The only .22 I have ever had keyhole was my Norc M4 using a CMMG conversion kit after the bore was heavily leaded. Check the bore, give it a serious cleaning and see if that improves things.


Mark

 

[bobtodrick]

Did you look down the barrel?

I've seen a few different rifles and hanguns keyholing after even just 50 rounds of CCI Blazer gummed up the bore.

Stopped using that crap, and haven't had issues since.

Odd how Blazer is the round that is consistently mentioned as one of the best to use in various semi-autos by a great many people, including many on gunnutz.
I've got a Mossberg 715 with at least 5000 rounds and a GSG 1911 with half that...both work best with Blazers.

 

[horseman2]

Did you look down the barrel?

I've seen a few different rifles and hanguns keyholing after even just 50 rounds of CCI Blazer gummed up the bore.

Stopped using that crap, and haven't had issues since.

Looked down the bore and it does have rifling.
Thank goodness it is someone else's problem.
I offered to let him shoot the CZ or the Anschutz . . . to get his confidence back.

 

[hometownhero]

I seen a 10/22 get returned a while ago it had no rifling in one spot in the barrel.

Hope you get it figured out soon.