Jw-20

[AikiNut]

Got the JW-20 on sale a few weeks ago at Cabela's.
I won't post a BOLGR because I'm not that youtuber but it was interesting to take apart with very sketchy English instructions.
Hope she works - I know it's a rough-cut knock off of the Browning but what the heck. If it shoots anything even close to straight, I'll be happy.
And... rough cut is an understatement. Next time I dismantle it there will be some stoning and blueing - but that'll be after a few rounds to make sure it actually shoots...
Anyone else have one of these things?

 

[TungstenJohn]

I have two - they shoot anything it seems - standard, high velocity and sub- I have had no failure to fire
When you take it apart be VERY careful with retaining ring that snugs things up
There is a spring and a couple of loose parts - which btw are TINY
There are two possible ways to reassemble- only one is correct
The other kind of buggers the gun up - trust me on that one

 

[Regulate]

I love the one i grabbed from cabelas. People all over this forum will say just save more and grab a real sa22, but when i did that the thing just won't run at all and will need a trip to the gunsmith (very used i suppose). So for now my norinco is safe, and certainly my favourite 22 at the moment. Cheers on your purchase

 

[AikiNut]

I have two - they shoot anything it seems - standard, high velocity and sub- I have had no failure to fire
When you take it apart be VERY careful with retaining ring that snugs things up
There is a spring and a couple of loose parts - which btw are TINY
There are two possible ways to reassemble- only one is correct
The other kind of buggers the gun up - trust me on that one

Yeah, I found that reassembly to be somewhat tricky. Think I got it right..

 

[Mulby]

I have had one for a year or so. Initial de-gooing is important. After that regular maintenance is easy. I’m somewhere around 2500 rounds and it digests any lr ammo I’ve put in the tube without any failures. CCI quiet is ridiculous fun. All you hear is the action cycling and the steel pinging. Decent trigger and sights. Probably the best $170 I’ve spent on a firearm.
Then a friend gave me a second one that was still in the greasy bag and box. So I cleaned that one up too. Same result was a perfectly functional rifle with any type of lr ammo. Sold it to a friend who loves it.

 

[marshall]

I had one at a gun show I never had a chance to try it, the fellow loved the thing and was looking for one more for the other boy.
I had a lever action, like the win. that was a PITA when I got it, but someone had been playing blacksmith on it, Winchester parts fit it.

 

[Hitzy]

I find it's better to adjust the barrel nut with it off the receiver, takes a bit of on/off but once you set it up right you won't have to adjust it again.
Grease the barrel threads and the receiver face where the nut mates up....Get it to where it is fairly tight to turn on, then with it assembled let the bolt slam home a few times to imitate firing, this takes up any little bit of slack in the threads, take the barrel off once more a give the nut another 1-2 clicks and reassemble, should be good to go then.
I learned that from using mine, you can't tighten it up enough with the ring with the barrel on the receiver, just not possible. Also the first time I adjusted it to where I thought it was nice and tight, a few rounds down range and it had its wiggle back. That was from the bolt slamming into the breech face. So now I imitate that by dry cycling.
2 other tips to avoid broken bits...always hold the receiver when putting the barrel on or taking it off, make sure the butt is not touching any thing when you do this.
The bolt needs to be moved back an inch when installing the barrel or you can snap the extractor off.
Once cleaned up and barrel tightened properly, they are accurate and reliable little guns with great ergonomics. The weaver 60A base fits these just fine as well if you want to throw a little scope or red dot on it.

 

[AnotherCanuck]

I love mine! Shoots shockingly well for what it is, I'm legitimately impressed.

Tip though - you gotta deep clean the thing. By that, I mean *every* *single* *part* disassembly. Don't shortcut, there's no substitutions. Prepare yourself with a can of brake cleaner, toothbrush, old t-shirt, and an hour or two. I must have gotten a half pound of cosmo out of mine, it was absolutely disgusting. I swear there was legit yak hair in it.

Also, yeah, it'll cut you to the bone at every opportunity, so break down all the edges you can find.

Last bit - check the sights. Mine came installed - which is about the kindest thing I can say about them. Align them by mk1 eyeball before you even take it to the range.

All that done and you should have an awesome shooter! Mine runs subs and supers all day long, 11 at a time - and they even go where I point them! Kidding aside the accuracy on mine is outright fantastic. Only issue I've had is it'll occasionally fail to pickup the first round. I think that's actually down to a parts tolerance stack but I've not cared enough yet to bother.

 

[AikiNut]

Thanks for the comments gang. Received the email that my membership is being processed. Card coming in the mail some time soon and then back to a range for the first time since 2018.

Ok... The card came and I've been out there a couple of times. The JW-20 functioned well on some federal "semi-auto-target" bulk ammo, and as suggested it was snug and tight when I started, and worked loose through firing. I may need to try that a couple more times to get the adjustment correct. Have my shooting skills deteriorated... Used to get upset if I shot outside of the 8 ring with the .22 at 25 m. Now I'm happy if I get them in the 8 ring. Age, eye problems, lack of practice... Darn calendar keeps on going.