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Don't know if anyone else had the same issues I did with my brandy new S&W 22A, but thought I'd share on mine in case anyone else is.
Mine fed hollow points quite well, but first round with roundnose bullets like the Remington golden bullet would often catch and FTF on first round. During normal firing I think the extra momentum overcame the FTF.
I took a close look and noticed a huge step at the top of the feed ramp. The round nose bullets, especially those with longer noses caught there. Apparently the longer noses drop the angle of attack just enough to catch good. And when they did feed (any bullet actually) it would be skived on the side where this step was. WTF S&W? Don't see the need for this kind of obvious design flaw. So of course I had to fix it.
I took a stone in my dremel and was able to chamfer it nicely in about 10 minutes of careful work under a microscope. Use the finer stones that come in the green packaging. Leaves a finish you shouldn't need to touch up.
It was kind of like a 5-angle port job if you will. Now it feeds all ammo beautifully, first dry drop or last shot in the mag. And no more damage to the bullet either.
Now I'm quite happy with my sub $300 22 target pistol.
It's not that hard S&W. You can do better! I did.
C
Mine fed hollow points quite well, but first round with roundnose bullets like the Remington golden bullet would often catch and FTF on first round. During normal firing I think the extra momentum overcame the FTF.
I took a close look and noticed a huge step at the top of the feed ramp. The round nose bullets, especially those with longer noses caught there. Apparently the longer noses drop the angle of attack just enough to catch good. And when they did feed (any bullet actually) it would be skived on the side where this step was. WTF S&W? Don't see the need for this kind of obvious design flaw. So of course I had to fix it.
I took a stone in my dremel and was able to chamfer it nicely in about 10 minutes of careful work under a microscope. Use the finer stones that come in the green packaging. Leaves a finish you shouldn't need to touch up.
It was kind of like a 5-angle port job if you will. Now it feeds all ammo beautifully, first dry drop or last shot in the mag. And no more damage to the bullet either.
Now I'm quite happy with my sub $300 22 target pistol.
It's not that hard S&W. You can do better! I did.
C
