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Hi all,

Stupid question: I'm fairly new to handguns though I have been shooting long guns for a while. I was at the range testing 5-10 different types of .22 in my semi. I know it's normal for hollowpoints to stovepipe, but why would that happen with 40gr solid bullets Winchester Super-X Standard Velocity? Is it because with the standard load there's not enough blowback to cycle properly? I was surprised to see the cheaper American Eagle laods outperform CCIs in accuracy, too, but I guess every gun is different.

Thanks in advance.
 
The standard .22lr round which all others are judged against for large volume and still affordable are the 'CCI Mini-Mags' (the bullet doesn't really have any factor in reliability or not - most "hollow points" are smeared closed when chambered, or full of crap anyway ;))

If the problem goes away then your gun doesn't like what you were shooting. If the problem stays, then you have a problem ;)

Try this first and Good Luck~
 
If I go more than about 300 rounds without cleaning my chamber, I start having problems because the emptys stick coming out of the chamber of my Browing Sem-Auto pistol.
 
stovepipe is failure to eject, which has nothing to do with a type of the bullet (HP, solid)


some ligher loads may not have enough oomph to cycle the action...
 
My SW model 41 is real finicky with Remington Yellow Jackets and I would get stove pipes at least 25% of the time. When I switched to numerous other Manufactures like Winchester T22's or even the cheaps stuff not one Stove pipe.

She just don't like them Yellow Jackets:D
 
Get a Ruger. Mine eats Remington "Thunderbolts" the cheapest crapiest ammo out there. No jams, stovepipes, only the occasional FTF but that is to be expected with rimfire ammo.
 
Rodent said:
My SW model 41 is real finicky with Remington Yellow Jackets and I would get stove pipes at least 25% of the time. When I switched to numerous other Manufactures like Winchester T22's or even the cheaps stuff not one Stove pipe.

She just don't like them Yellow Jackets:D
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My 41 is fussy too. Standard velocity just don'y cycle it. High velocity do, as long as it's a 40Gr. bullet. Not brand sensitive, just bullet weight and velocity fussy..but man, can it group at 25 Meters !
 
Griffoneur said:
Get a Ruger. Mine eats Remington "Thunderbolts" the cheapest crapiest ammo out there. No jams, stovepipes, only the occasional FTF but that is to be expected with rimfire ammo.
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I have not found a .22 that will not function in mine either. :rockOn:
 
"...every gun is different..." Exactly.
"...normal for hollowpoints to stovepipe..." Who told you that? Your pistol just doesn't like them. That isn't unusual.
"...which all others are judged against..." Um, no they aren't.
All semi-auto .22's, be they rifles or pistols, are finicky about what ammo they will both shoot well and cycle the action. You have to try as many brands as you can to find the one or two your pistol your's will shoot well and cycle the action. The cost of said ammo means nothing either.
S&W 41's are especially particular about ammo. Trust me. Mine will shoot Remington Target and IVI Standard Velocity and nothing else. I used mine for bullseye shooting so high velocity ammo wasn't required. Works, but the accuracy is poor. You will hear people say the 41 is a target pistol and shouldn't be used with high velocity ammo too. It's nonsense. Lots of U.S. shooters use 'em for small game hunting. High velocity ammo doesn't phase 'em a bit. Mind you, with hyper-velocity hunting ammo like Yellow Jackets, you have to try every brand of them too. They are expensive to shoot regularly though. Won't bother the pistol though.
When the hyper-velocity ammo first came out, years ago, there were CCI Stingers, Winchester Expeditors and Remington Yellow Jackets(there was no such thing as Mini-mags then). Most rifles, semi or not, would shoot one of 'em well, maybe two, but very rarely all three. You had (and still do) to try 'em all to find the one your firearm liked. Not an inexpensive thing to do either. Regular HV ammo ran less than $2 per 50. The hyper-velocity stuff was over $3.
One of the guys who frequented the shop I worked in then did some testing with the three on a steel pot helmet. The Stingers and Expeditors went through one side and stopped. The Yellow Jackets went right through both sides.
 
I had the same problem, As it turned out standard veleocity just didn't have the power to cycle the action properly. High velocity and hyper velocity seemed to do the trick. If that doesn't work maybe you need to check the tension on your recoil spring. my gun came with a couple different springs...one that was lighter adn one that was heavier. If you end up using the lighter spring and say, hyper vel. ammo and the slide starts slamming back you need to change the spring or your ammo again. (balancing act)

GL and have fun
 
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