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stormdragon275
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Ammo Question - Ruger SR22
stormdragon275
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Good afternoon... while I have been using guns all my life I have for the first time purchased one... a Ruger SR22. I had an issue with one of the magazines not feeding rounds properly. I called the folks at Ruger and they are replacing the magazine. In the course of the conversation the representative made a comment regarding the barrel having its rifling degraded, essentially by a build up of of lead (if using unjacketed rounds).
I was wondering if anyone had experience with the SR22 and this problem... and additionally what a good 40 grain jacket round would be.
As I am new to the forum here... thank you for providing this area and thank you in advance for your assistance.
~ Joe
I was wondering if anyone had experience with the SR22 and this problem... and additionally what a good 40 grain jacket round would be.
As I am new to the forum here... thank you for providing this area and thank you in advance for your assistance.
~ Joe
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eventho youve been shooting for a long time, you need to learn some things about RFs. they are different then CF guns.
Any RF will have a preference for a particular ammo brand/type. which one is your task to find out. its the nature of the beast. doenst mean anything if you buy another SR22 either.
also, just an fyi, Rem TB have been known to leadup a barrel. again, you should do your own testing of various brands/types of ammo to see what your gun likes or doesnt.
- Don Burt
I hate them wait despise might be better.
I've never had a .22 barrel rifle or handgun lead up until I used thunderbolts
What Ruger told you could be the case.
You probably need to shoot copper washed bullets.
The same issue exists with the P-22.
I shoot Federal value pack copper washed ammo in the P-22---36 gr.
You should be able to see barrel leading, if you have it, clean it out.
Dad 5-31-13
That is my exact experience to the letter. I had never had accuracy go south on a .22 rifle or handgun due to leading until I shot a high volume (around 300 rounds) of Remington Thunderbolt ammo through my Ruger SR-22 pistol. Somehow, someway, those bullets managed to lead that thing so badly that a gun that at first produced excellent groups at 7-10 yards was suddenly printing nearly 4-5" patterns at those same distances. Upon closer inspection, I had relatively massive chunks of lead embedded on the rifling. It took a lot of elbow grease, a bronze brush and chemical de-leading agents to correct the issue.
Love those Stingers. CCI in general as well.