Magazines causing flyers?

[ferretwithacheeseknife]

I was shooting my 10/22 a couple of weeks ago and I noticed that in my 5 shot groups the first shot was almost always a flyer. The last four would group nicely.

Wednesday I was at the range using a different magazine and the first shot was not a flyer.

I pulled out the magazine I had been using before and sure enough the first shot was a flyer. Then I tried loading 10 rounds in the magazine rather than 5 and no flyer.

Am I crazy or has this happened to you?

[DFence]

Maybe something on the mag is damaging the round as it loads into the chamber.

[dc.fireman]

Just checking back here on CG for the first time in a long time. Here's my $0.02 (and that's about all it's worth).

Magazine fed semi-auto .22's are the least accurate, mainly due to bullet deformation/lead shaving when the bolt slams home. That being said, most folks don't buy a semi-auto .22 for accuracy - they buy them for the 'fun' factor.

Magazine fed, bolt action rifles (Winchester 52C's, 75's, Remington 513T's, 541T's, Savage Mk. II's) are the next least accurate rifles - they are much more accurate than the semi-autos, because the user can generally 'feel' when they have a round hang-up, and will stop and gently cycle the bolt.

If you're pursuing pure accuracy, then look at other options - Anschutz 54 actions, Winchester 52D/E models, Remington 37's, and the Holy Grail of .22's - the Morgan. They are single round, heavy barreled rifles, and when you load them in competition, it's done by pushing the round in the chamber with your finger - not the bolt. There are reasons why you don't find semi-auto small bore rifles in the Olympics very often.

If you're just looking at an all around, tin-can slaying, 100% fun machine - stick to the 10/22 styled rifles. Many a tin can has met a violent end at the hands of maniac wielding a semi auto .22.

Good Luck!

[Carsgunsandchics]

I've noticed the same with mine. When I'm shooting for as much accuracy as possible I'll shoot 9 of the 10 rounds leaving the 10th one in the chamber and change mags and then shoot 10 leaving the last one in the chamber and so on and so forth. It loads the chamber differently when it's done by recoil vs hand. Try that next time and see how it works out.

[bubbala]

COLD BORE FLYER too much info to even begin to explain, you could get a phd in it.