Ruger 22/45 Feeding Problem

[DOGHOUSE26]

I have a couple of Bull Barrel 22/45 Ruger Pistols and frequently I get a feeding jam between the 1st and 4th bullets in the magazine/ the ramp is so steep sometimes the Remington .22 LR HP bullets get sliced horizontally across the tip when they hit the bottom of the ramp and get wedged. It's even worse with a more tapered bullet say a Blazer .22 LR. It's like the bullet's nose lays too low at the top of the mag. Has anybody else had this problem or even heard about it. I have 4 brand new factory magazine and it happens with all of them.

[CK_32]

Learn mags are not clips fast.

Before you get eatin alive saying "clips"

Try federal or CCI. Some of my 22lr conversions have issues with rem/blazer.

If that doesn't help maybe new mags.

[DOGHOUSE26]

Learn mags are not clips fast.

Before you get eatin alive saying "clips"

Try federal or CCI. Some of my 22lr conversions have issues with rem/blazer.

If that doesn't help maybe new mags.

Corrected Thanks!

[INFAMOUS762X39]

What CK said.

Sounds like Ammo issue to me.

I've only shot a variety of Federal Bulk and CCI, my MKIII 22/45 eats it up. I personally tend to steer away from remington .22 anything. The stock extractor is fine as is, but I've installed a VQ Exact Edge Extractor. Works fantastic, much more positive feed as well as ejection.

[XDJYo]

What CK said.

Sounds like Ammo issue to me.

I've only shot a variety of Federal Bulk and CCI, my MKIII 22/45 eats it up. I personally tend to steer away from remington .22 anything. The stock extractor is fine as is, but I've installed a VQ Exact Edge Extractor. Works fantastic, much more positive feed as well as ejection.

What this guy said.

Also, if you find that it keeps happening even with different ammo, check your magazines. New Ruger magazines are notorious for being quite rough until you get a lot of rounds thru them to help smooth things out. Here is a link to a fix that one of the gunsmiths on the Ruger forums does with a lot of the Ruger pistols.

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=443311

One other thing you might want to check: Since they're new magazines, do an extra check on the bottom of the mag to make sure they're seated all of the way in the pistol. I had problems with both of my mags at first. Also, you might want to do a little shake n' bake with some graphite lube. Toss the mags in a brown paper bag and a tiny amount of graphite (dry lube). Make sure you wipe it down on the outside or you'll get a bunch of gunk on your hands. Some say not to put anything on your magazines, but, I didn't have any issues when I did it. Just make sure you don't have a build up anywhere.

I haven't had any problems in the last 400-500 rounds. Had 3 in the first 300.

Hope you get it all sorted out!

Happy shooting and be safe!

[DOGHOUSE26]

Thank you All; I've got some work to do!

[G-forceJunkie]

Probably the mags. I have one mag that will do that, 6 that won't. One of these days I'll get around to tweaking the feed lips untill it works well.

[far from tactical]

You can never go wrong running Cci ammo best stuff out there

[CalNRA]

I'm actually surprised to hear Blazer giving you problems, normally they are my 22/4's favorite. A little dirty but always runs.

This is going to sound really basic, but the 22/45 mags have a tendency to not seat all the way unless you consciously slam it in and feel the mag catch engaging. Once in a while my mags would look like they are fully seated, but a jam would happen and I would discover the mag didn't quite seat fully.

[Iguanadon]

May be the magazines. Label them so you know which is the problem. I dressed up the lips and follower button track on mine. Not sure that fixed it, but now I only get one misfeed per hundred rounds or so. I had some feed ramp jams one day but they stopped too. I wondered if the mag was not properly seated. This was when the gun was new and tight. It is loosening up now.

[HighLander51]

I have over 30,000 rounds thru my 22/45 without a single burp using all different ammo and 8 mags. And the only cleaning it gets is a boresnake and WD40, it has never been taken apart. Unless the mags are not being seated correctly, something is way wrong with your gun.

[any4xx]

Wow... Glad to have stumbled upon this thread. I have had a 22/45 for about ten years now. I have come to expect it to misfeed or fail to properly extract on a regular basis. I use this gun mainly to help train new shooters, so I have always considered the "problem" to be more of a "feature" to train failure-drill. Now though, I'm wondering if I may just dress it up a bit and actually try to get it running properly.

[Legasat]

My Ruger Mk I does the same thing. Does not like HP's unless they are high velocity (bigger bang). It loves CCI.

[DOGHOUSE26]

Thanks for all your replies! Yes in the beginning I wasn't making sure the magazines were seated all the way up until it clicked and the mag release button was all the way out; I would have quite a few hangups then. It happens on all 4 new magazines I have; I'm going to strip one or 2 down and follow the polishing thread and see what that does. I'll give a report when I'm done.