Removing wax from 22lr.

[1911man]

I took a Ruger to the range and the CCI ammo was having a hard time ejecting. The spent case would be caught by the bolt going forward. The case would be half way ejected out of the port. Full ejected out of the camber. So I tried high velocity and the same thing happened. After cleaning the gun last night I took the gun back to the range, this time with gem tech standard velocity ammo and the CCI ammo. Same thing happened, but the Gemtech ammo cycled perfectly. The only thing that I can think that my have caused this is there is to much wax on the bullet. The barrel is a tac-sol , I am pretty sure they all come with match cambers. Would WD-40 take some wax off the bullets.? Has anyone tried this?

[Pofoo]

Generally, the copper plated 22's have less wax, which is generally more reliable in high volume semi auto.s Generally, high velocity rounds are more reliable for semi auto's.
Some brands have more lubricant than others, so periodic cleaning is recommended.

[russ69]

Keep your gun clean. I take a toothbrush with me and scrub the bolt face/ejector/extractor every 50 rounds.

[Fishslayer]

What sort of CCI ammo? HV? SV? Blazer?

If you are using Gemtech SV I would assume you are using CCI SV?

Might not have enough pop to cycle. Is the rifle brand new?

[TKM]

I'm not sure which is funnier, the all Rugers have match chambers bit or the clean rimfire ammo with WD40 part.

[stevec223]

I opened a new box of CCI mini mags last week,,, slid open 4 rows and turned over.... About half slid out... The other half I had to PULL out... Gobs of wax on the bullet... I just put them away and kept shooting my golden bullets... I will wipe them off someday....
Cheers....

[Citadelgrad87]

I'm not sure which is funnier, the all Rugers have match chambers bit or the clean rimfire ammo with WD40 part.

[1911man]

The Ruger has a tac-sol barrel, as I recall they have match chambering in the barrels. Just asking to verify my believes. The CCI ammo was both standard and HV. jammed after cleaning. The Gemtech SV did not jam. Does anyone ever have this problem? Do you think removing the wax would help?

[hermosabeach]

In a Colt woodsman, we always ran copper clad 22s. Lead just did not run right.

10/22 runs everything
Ruger 22/45 runs everything


Got to keep the 22 clean of carbon build up and they run like champions

[Jimi Jah]

Heat them up with a blow dryer and then wipe the melted wax off. If they stick spray the batch with a light coat of Rem Oil in the spray can.

[Fishslayer]

The CCI ammo was both standard and HV. jammed after cleaning. The Gemtech SV did not jam. Does anyone ever have this problem? Do you think removing the wax would help?

Well... I've never had a Ruger malfunction with CCI HV so... IMO it's most likely the barrel. Try cleaning 100 rds of the CCI & see what happens.

...or just run the Gemtech only in that rifle.

...or have the chamber loosened up a tad.

[1911man]

Well, let me give you the lowdown on the problems, on the Buckmark I inverted the back spring in the frame to reduce the trigger pull. There is a guy on YouTube that shows you. Then I bought a Tandem Kross trigger installed then the problems started. Turns out the TK trigger does not work with the internal mods. that I did. Today I tried to convert back the internal mods. on the Buckmark so that I can use the TK trigger, why to involved for me, so put back the original trigger. On the Ruger 10/22 takedown, all ammo I tried the rounds where not ejecting. The spent round stayed on the bolt face causing the misfeeds that I have been experiencing. When I first bought the rifle I changed the trigger group I that I took from another 10/22 I had, which worked perfectly on the other gun so I thought it would work on the new Ruger, well I will have to wait and see to test fire it.

[langss]

Just for the information OP.....you do not want to get oil or solvent of any kind on your .22's. The bullet to case mouth is notoriously loose and any oil or solvent can get past and contaminate the powder.

[1911man]

I just swapped out the trigger group with one I know that works. Swap out a bolt that I know works, still nothing works. Even lossened the barrel a tad, still nothing works. I load the mag. Slide the bolt forward, pull the bolt all the way back the round is still hanging on the face of the bolt. Ruger has some quality issues!

[jimmythebrain]

change your extractor on your factory bolt with a Volquartsen if your fatory bolt has an extractor tension issue
and swap in a different barrel
also you can just remove the Tac-Sol barrel, then try the "plunk test" with the Tac-Sol barrel to see how easily the different rounds go in and whether they fall out of the barel's chamber when tipped up. That would give you and estimate of the the chamber tightness.
Some high end guns come with wrongly cut/reamed chambers, they can be too short, too tight, have burrs from not being polished.