GSG 1911 -22 Jamming.

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Bought a new gsg22 today and it was jamming and failing to feed every 3 or 4 rounds.I was using winchester hollow points and then tried CCI mini mags.The mini mags were a bit better but still sucked.Will this problem get better as the gun breaks in?I took apart the gun and cleaned/lubed it,but I think the problem is the rounds maybe jamming in the mags.Thanx for any feedback.:confused:
 
For the first 500 rounds I'd stick to minimags. After that it should eat most everything out there. I've only had one type of ammo that my gsg didn't like and they were Winchester T22 Target.

What did you lube it with? I would recommend the thinnest oil/CLP you have, I use frog lube and it works great.
 
I was advised to use CCI Stingers for the first 500 rounds to break mine in. I had maybe 2 or 3 jams in 500 rounds. I have started to use Federal Auto Match successfully. I have noticed a significant reduction in friction after breaking it in.
 
Mine has a few thousand rds through it and it still won't function reliably with winchester ammo.Federal is tolerable,blazers seem to be about the best of the bulk packaged stuff.In the winter I just leave it home since it won't work with anything but stingers when it's cold out.
 
i have 8000+ through mine almost exclusively Federal 525 bulk pack with not one issue at all from the first round
one thing i have noticed with the GSG is it is very sensitive to the user soaking up the recoil in their arms because it is a small round and needs almost all the energy from the round to cycle the weapon
i first discovered this with a nice lady who wanted to try it out at the range so i gave her 3 mags and the GSG after the first mag i thought there was a problem with the ammo or it was getting dirty
so i took the gun and mag #2 and emptied it without a problem she took mag #3 and it happened again i then suggested changing her grip a and locking her elbows to keep what little energy there is from the round in the weapon and when she did this the gun functioned perfectly for her from then on
 
Mine jammed non stop on Winchester but after about 1200 rounds of stingers, mini mags, Velociters and some federal it eats Winchester no problem. If you want to speed up the process go on YouTube and look up gsg videos about how to speed up the break in by sanding it.
 
Mine still kept jamming after 800 rounds. Goy really frustrated and got sand paper to the rails. Just enough to take off the paint and nothing else. Now everything is a ok with any ammo.
 
I have a mosquito that was ultra picky on all the bulk ammo but minimags functioned perfectly and I tried CCI bulk pack the 500 rounds loose in a box and they work great too with no malfunctions.
I would be careful taking sandpaper to any gun, maybe a metal polish or lapping compound to mate both pieces together? A friend just bought a GSG 1911-22 and racking the slide feels gritty.
 
i found that I had a defective magazine that would not drop with ease when locked on open and believed that to cause a lot of my initial jams when I removed that mag from circulation the reliability went way up.
I sent the defective mag back to Blue line and they replaced it and even sent me back the defective one as well, while comparing the 2 I found on the defective magazine that there was a hole on the back of the follower where on the replacement there looked to be a pin sticking out of the hole.

After turfing the bad mag all golden

For ammo I had ran 100 stingers to wear it in, then stuck with the HV stuff. minimags, winchester super X HV, Remington thunderbolts are my top three but mine runs blazers from the bricks with relative good results.

Oh and I lube her wet with mpro7 LPX synthetic oil.
 
I use .22 Cyclone and never have issues. I also run it nearly dry. I find the dirty .22 nature tends to cling to lube on the slide mucking up the action pretty quickly per outing.
 
King Canada said:
Awsome thanx for the replys,Nothin but minimags and some sand paper for a while.
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Good ammo, lots of lube (it is a 1911 after all), yes, but if you can you should use stones instead of paper to smooth the frame-slide contact points. I used fine and extra fine stones from a Lansky set when I started out. Failing that, try to use something flat to back the paper with. Otherwise you're just rounding off the tops of the high spots (good) instead of actually flattening them (better).
 
alpining said:
Good ammo, lots of lube (it is a 1911 after all), yes, but if you can you should use stones instead of paper to smooth the frame-slide contact points. I used fine and extra fine stones from a Lansky set when I started out. Failing that, try to use something flat to back the paper with. Otherwise you're just rounding off the tops of the high spots (good) instead of actually flattening them (better).
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Yes, it's just the crappy finish you need to wear off, not any metal. The finish usually wears off with a box or two of minimags and lots of lube but stones would be a quicker fix. If you have the stones, go for it...LOL
 
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