Any idea what’s going on

[Ovsept]

[G-forceJunkie]

Is the magazine empty? It probably is designed to hold the bolt open when empty.

[TKM]

[Ovsept]

Thanks for the reply

I guess it’s the way they made it , works normally once I loaded the mag with snap caps

[sealocan]

Some Rimfire firearms can get damaged when they are "dry fired" ( the firing pin hitting on an empty chamber) because the firing pin hits the rim of the chamber, if the gun is unloaded, when it would normally be hitting the the soft rim of the .22 rimfire cartridge.
When this happens it could cause damage to the firing pin or maybe even possibly create dent in the chamber rim.

One way that some manufacturers prevent people from accidentally dry firing is installing a last-round bolt hold open, so that when you're blasting away and lose track of how many rounds you've fired you don't accidentally pull the trigger again on an empty chamber and possibly cause damage.

I don't know if Umarex did that to your model knowing that dry firing that particular design and their parts, like the firing pin, could cause or be damaged but it is a possibility.

It's always a good idea to try not dry fire any rimfire firearms, even though some designs do allow for it.
In your case you don't have a choice, unless you're able to fire it once you pulled out the magazine completely, which I would not advise.

But that issue aside how do you like your rifle so far?

[sealocan]

I'll also mention that I know that when I owned a Ruger 10/22 rifle that they were many times when I pulled the trigger on an empty chamber, not knowing that I had run the gun dry (distracted by all the fun of shooting up cans in my youth) and yet I never noticed any damage to any parts of that gun.

So for lots of well-designed (or possibly them using superior parts) it doesn't seem to make much of a difference.

[Ovsept]

It’s a great looking rifle haven’t shot it yet
I will know more once I take it out to the range

[G-forceJunkie]

10/22's are designed to be dry fired without damage. The firing pin stops on the bolt before it hits the chamber mouth when dry fired. Many .22's are not designed this way.

I'll also mention that I know that when I owned a Ruger 10/22 rifle that they were many times when I pulled the trigger on an empty chamber, not knowing that I had run the gun dry (distracted by all the fun of shooting up cans in my youth) and yet I never noticed any damage to any parts of that gun.

So for lots of well-designed (or possibly them using superior parts) it doesn't seem to make much of a difference.

[Dan_Eastvale]

[sofbak]

Hmmmm. Reading all the posts here about dry-firing a .22 rimfire firearm.

I'm wondering if any posters know of, or aware that there is a cure/fix for a damaged chamber resultant from "excessive" dry fire.......

There is, and I'm aware of commercially available tools to repair that damage.

Anybody else?

[bubbala]

It's not typically the chamber that suffers damage,but the firing pin.
And installing a new one is the fix.

[sofbak]

As sealocan pointed out: "Some Rimfire firearms can get damaged when they are "dry fired" ( the firing pin hitting on an empty chamber) because the firing pin hits the rim of the chamber, if the gun is unloaded, when it would normally be hitting the the soft rim of the .22 rimfire cartridge.
When this happens it could cause damage to the firing pin or maybe even possibly create dent in the chamber rim."

Most modern rimfires are designed to prevent this, but it does happen with older guns and sometimes "extreme" dryfiring.

The repair is a tool called a chamber iron or chamber swage. Here's one from Brownell's:

https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/general-gunsmith-tools/screwdrivers-sets/magna-tip-bits/chambermade-chamber-ironing-swage-gunsmith-tool-prod144240.aspx

It takes a light touch for proper use, but it does remove that peened lip on the edge of the chamber where the firing pin contacts it........

[bergmen]

My Browning SA-22 (first put into production in 1914) has a firing pin stop that prevents contact with the chamber edge if dry fired.

Dan