Smith and Wesson 22A-1, anyone else got one?

[Pulp]

I've had mine for a couple of years, hasn't been Mr Reliable. FTF (barely dents the rim) about 5% of the time with one magazine, 90% with other mag.
Any tune up tips would be appreciated. I like the gun, it's a good shooter, when it shoots.
I know it's ammo sensitive, it's less reliable with Winchester than with Federal or Remington.

 

[booger]

Yea I have one have had it for 2 years and mine likes federal so that is what I feed it. haven't tried any other ammo except cci and it will eat that to no problem. So mine has been ultra reliable with the ammo I stated. that has been my experience with rimfires is find a ammo that works and stock up.[Broken External Image]

 

[Lurkerinthewoods]

Bought one this weekend. Went from the gun shop to the range and shot a thousand rounds (525=CCI, 555= Winchester bulk pack) straight out of the plastic case with a few FTF (solid rim strikes but failed to fire) from the Winchester box. No problems at all with the function of the gun.

 

[ProBusiness]

I have one and very reliable.

 

[Old Fart]

I had one up until recently.
Very reliable and really liked Fed Bulk Pack ammo.

 

[oknavy]

I've had mine for a couple of years, hasn't been Mr Reliable. FTF (barely dents the rim) about 5% of the time with one magazine, 90% with other mag.
Any tune up tips would be appreciated. I like the gun, it's a good shooter, when it shoots.

Fail to fire might be caused by gunk around the firing pin, located inside the slide insert: here are two links for removal/reassembly http://www.reviewsofthings.com/guns/smith-wesson-22a-firing-pin-removal-cleaning-reassembly.html & http://www.ohioccwforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=36509&start=0

The 5% vs 90% difference in failure to fire between magazines seems odd. Give the slide insert, firing pin channel and firing pin a good cleaning and let us know what happens.

As mentioned above, keep trying different ammo (and keeping notes) and keep us posted.

 

[Pulp]

Thanks for the replies, and OkNavy, thanks for the links. Sorry it took so long to get this done, I've been unbelievably busy the last few days.

 

[Shriner]

I traded someone here a radial arm saw for one about two years ago, so far it shoots everything fine ,the mag does hang up on the second or third from the bottom hp ,because of the cut in the mags , soilds it eat all day long.