M&P 22 Bent Ejector

[Walknby]

I am new to pistol shooting and will appreciate input from some of you more experienced shooters.

I have a one year old M&P 22 that has worked flawlessly. A few days ago I picked up some Sellier & Bellot .22 LR SB Standard ammo on sale. Out of 40 rounds I had 3 fail-to-fires. The third round appeared to be bent slightly when removed and the slide required some effort to pull back. The next round fired, the slide came back but hung up. I discovered the ejector was bent causing it to block the slide from returning forward. What happened?

 

[thechineseguy]

happens to mine on occasion as well. i dont know what causes it but i just bend it back so the slide comes free and continue shooting.

 

[Walknby]

happens to mine on occasion as well. i dont know what causes it but i just bend it back so the slide comes free and continue shooting.

Judging from the amount of force it took to bend it back it must have been a fairly violent "event" that bent it in the first place. Hopefully it will be fine now but I don't like it when things happen and I don't know why.