Ejection problem with my Ruger SR-22

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I've had this problem since day one of owning this rifle, every so often and sometimes very often the rifle fails to fully eject the empty cartridge and it ends up getting caught between the bolt and the reciever. The spent cartridge doesn't get stuck the same way each time either, sometimes it's rim-in other times rim-out and other times on end. Has anyone had this problem with their rifles? I've tried different kinds of ammo mainly federal blue box bulk (copper washed and straight lead), federal high velocity, CCI mini mags, Remington thunderbolts, and CCI Blazer. The only ammo this problem doesn't occur with is the CCI mini mags. When using the other types of ammo I have about 3-5 rounds fail to eject in a 25 round mag. My question really is can this be fixed so I can fire all kinds of ammo without issue or am I stuck looking for deals on MiniMags for the forseeable future?

Thanks in advance
 
The extractor completely fell out of mine,with the plunger and spring.
Take it apart and check it out,maybe its not in properly like mine was.
Also on my Butler Creek steel lip mags,they never jam when I only load 20 instead of 25, and the original Ruger 10 shot ones work perfect every time
 
4wheel4life said:
I've had this problem since day one of owning this rifle, every so often and sometimes very often the rifle fails to fully eject the empty cartridge and it ends up getting caught between the bolt and the reciever. The spent cartridge doesn't get stuck the same way each time either, sometimes it's rim-in other times rim-out and other times on end. Has anyone had this problem with their rifles? I've tried different kinds of ammo mainly federal blue box bulk (copper washed and straight lead), federal high velocity, CCI mini mags, Remington thunderbolts, and CCI Blazer. The only ammo this problem doesn't occur with is the CCI mini mags. When using the other types of ammo I have about 3-5 rounds fail to eject in a 25 round mag. My question really is can this be fixed so I can fire all kinds of ammo without issue or am I stuck looking for deals on MiniMags for the forseeable future?

Thanks in advance
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So shoot more CCI Mini Mags! :)

Do a search for the zip-tie mod, here on the Forum. May be worth a look.It is basically all about keeping the mag in proper position in the action.

Cleaning and ensuring the bolt travels freely and does not drag, will ensure that the energy transferred to it by the recoil force, is not wasted.
Check the extractor, both for correct alignment with the extractor notch in the barrel, and for the end being in decent shape (sharp not bent or rounded). A new extractor is cheap enough to have a spare on hand.

Different mags have slightly different feed lips and ejection characteristics. Swap and shop until you find the reliable ones in your rifle. Some can be touched up with a bit of filing and Dremel tool work, others, not so much. The gold standard is the factory ten round mag. If it works, don't blame the gun...

Make sure that scope mount screws do not enter into the bolt's path. Drag is bad.

If you really want to, you can try a lighter recoil spring. Add a buffer, in place of the factory pin, if you try that, it'll reduce the beating the receiver takes.

I'd start with cleaning and checking for drag, and work up in order of costs.

Cheers
Trev
 
Mine has never done that using CCI Standard Velocity, Tactical AR 22LR, Mini Mags, Stingers or Velocitors. I mainly stick to CCI ammo just because it's clean and reliable. The one time I had obvious issues was using some type of Federal Bulk that a friend had brought to the range but it was OLD ammo. Very old ammo so I can't blame the brand.

Now that's using stock 10rd mags. Stock mags with CCI ammo I've never had a single FTE/FTF with just over 1k rounds. Using 3rd party Butler Creak steel lip mags I've had the odd hang up. Esp with one of my two during break in. Now they both work %99.

I don't know if you've got an issue or not.

One thing I will say as far as any 3rd party 25rd mags go is they are hit or miss. I've had 3 BC Steel lip mags one worked %99 out of the box, the other had a break in period and the third was useless out of the box! Don't expect them to be as good as the genuine mags.

Oh and as for ammo check out the CCI Tactical AR bulk pack. They're VERY similar to the Mini Mags (copper plated, same weight and velocity, slightly different nose profile when you compare them side by side) but a tad cheaper in a 375rd box. But that said I've never had an issue with the Standard Velocity either. Blazer I haven't used much but it is a lower standard of quality control than the Standard Velocity so you may have the odd issue with the cheaper Blazer stuff. the Standard Velocity can be found in a 500rd bulk pack and it's still a little cheaper than the 375rd pack of the Tactical AR stuff.
 
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I had the same issue with my 10/22 carbine out of the box, so following the advice I was given I polished the action, different ammo... no dice. The $12 I spent on the VQ extractor was the best thing I did to that rifle, it hasn't stovepiped once in about 1000 rounds of varying ammo since I installed the new extractor. I'd start there.
 
Get a Volquartsen ejector, they're like ten bucks, install it in your bolt and your problem is solved!
Brownells should have them, or order one and have it sent to the truck crossing and pick it up.
 
4wheel4life said:
The only ammo this problem doesn't occur with is the CCI mini mags. When using the other types of ammo I have about 3-5 rounds fail to eject in a 25 round mag. My question really is can this be fixed so I can fire all kinds of ammo without issue or am I stuck looking for deals on MiniMags for the forseeable future?

Thanks in advance
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MiniMags have two qualities that make them work better: Relatively high power, which cycles the bolt more vigorously, and very good quality control, which means they are less "sticky" under feeding, extraction and ejection.

You can improve your reliability with all ammunition by smoothing a large number of parts in your action, which will in effect reduce the amount of friction resisting the bolt cycling. Reducing resistance is exactly like somehow increasing the effective "cycling power" of all ammunition fired. I've been able to make several 10/22s reliably cycle subsonic ammo.

The drop-in extractor will probably help, too, but you can improve the function of the factory part with a bit of elbow grease.
 
I've got an extractor on order from HighCal should be here in a couple of days, and when it comes I plan to stirp down and smooth out the internals at the same time
 
4wheel4life said:
I've got an extractor on order from HighCal should be here in a couple of days, and when it comes I plan to stirp down and smooth out the internals at the same time
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You bet, get some 600 and 1000 grit paper and polish the bolt and the inside of the receiver. Then spray two coats of Remington Dri-Lube
into the receiver. It's teflon based and doesn't attract powder residue. Walmart. I hope you got the Volquartsen ejector, it and the Kidd ejector
seem to be the best on the market right now.
 
Well all parts are in, I decisded to go against my better judgment and change more than one thing at a time so here's what I ended up doing. I put in the new extractor (no in isn't a Volquartsen), polished up the internals with 3M cloth, installed a titanium extended chargin handle with the new spring and guide pin that came in the kit, and put in a polyurethane buffer pin.

The results ... only one stove pipe out of approx. 1000 rounds of Federal high velocity instead of 1-5 every mag, very happy with the results :)
 
Im having really bad ejection issues with mine, first I tried the BC 25 round mag and steady jamming, tried the factory 10 rounder and it worked good so I thought it must be the mag, went to the range and couldn't get more than 2 rounds without a jam, the spent cartridge wouldn't eject all the way and the new round would just run up under it, extremely annoying , tried a few different types of ammo too, might have to try a new extractor even though the factory one looks good. The only possible problem other than that could be the action, I don't have another to compare it to but it slides smoothly just that half way back it harder to pull like its coming into contact with a spring or something.
 
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