I took my new .22 out for a bit of shooting today. I fired around 200 rounds of federal white box and selliers and belliot before the weather got too gruesome.
The Good:
- The rifle shoots better than I do
- It handles like a "real" hunting rifle in terms of the bolt
- with it's weigh the practically non existent recoil of 22 lr is literally impossible to feel through winter clothes.
- the synthetic stock, as far as synthetic stocks go, is pretty good looking.
- a fun gun to shoot, would be good for teaching someone how to use a bolt, I'd take it over a cheap semi any day of the week.
The Bad:
- 10 rounds is the biggest magazine available, and the curve looks a little funny too me. They don't seem especially stable either
- this thing tosses brass like it was designed to.
- At one point I had a malfunction where a spent cartridge was stuck in the chamber, this was an S and B round. It knocked out easy enough with a cleaning rod.
- after this malfunction something went awry. I don't know if I had set off the safety on the accu-trigger because of my gloves or what. I ran a whole mag through, click after click, I think I was supposed to pull the bolt up without ejecting the round and push it back down. After this magazine of failure, with no markings on any of the ejected rounds, I removed the bolt and did a quick bore clean. After reattaching and reloading I had no more problems. I'm thinking it was the accu-trigger because I would hear a click but nothing would happen and there were no primer strikes.
Any other ideas from fellow owners who may have had this problem?
Over all, good rifle. I am going to take it out for some rabbits in the near future. Hopefully this magazine malfunction doesn't become a reoccurring problem.
The Good:
- The rifle shoots better than I do
- It handles like a "real" hunting rifle in terms of the bolt
- with it's weigh the practically non existent recoil of 22 lr is literally impossible to feel through winter clothes.
- the synthetic stock, as far as synthetic stocks go, is pretty good looking.
- a fun gun to shoot, would be good for teaching someone how to use a bolt, I'd take it over a cheap semi any day of the week.
The Bad:
- 10 rounds is the biggest magazine available, and the curve looks a little funny too me. They don't seem especially stable either
- this thing tosses brass like it was designed to.
- At one point I had a malfunction where a spent cartridge was stuck in the chamber, this was an S and B round. It knocked out easy enough with a cleaning rod.
- after this malfunction something went awry. I don't know if I had set off the safety on the accu-trigger because of my gloves or what. I ran a whole mag through, click after click, I think I was supposed to pull the bolt up without ejecting the round and push it back down. After this magazine of failure, with no markings on any of the ejected rounds, I removed the bolt and did a quick bore clean. After reattaching and reloading I had no more problems. I'm thinking it was the accu-trigger because I would hear a click but nothing would happen and there were no primer strikes.
Any other ideas from fellow owners who may have had this problem?
Over all, good rifle. I am going to take it out for some rabbits in the near future. Hopefully this magazine malfunction doesn't become a reoccurring problem.
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