The Biggest Issue With Your 15-22 Magazines – How To Spot It
The Biggest Issue With Your 15-22 Magazines – How To Spot It
No rifle can be perfect and even the Smith and Wesson 15-22 has weaknesses. The biggest issue for malfunctions comes down to the magazine, even though the mags are one of the strongest selling points of the rifle. We look at how to spot the issue and hopefully prevent you from experiencing problems during competitions or down the range. Enjoy!
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00:00 Introduction
01:21 The Problem
02:20 How To Check
03:27 It Could Cost You A Match
05:30 New Magazine Comparison
07:04 Other Issues
08:12 Summary
Love the .22 lr keyrings being used as dummies
I’ve actually been able to fix that issue, what I did was? I heated the lips got a pair of pliers , squeezed the lips slightly and the ammo stays in.
This phenomenon is exactly what I’ve found. Moreover if the round does stand up because of a feeding issue it can wear out the lips sooner than expected or at least contribute to it. It would be amazing if someone made a product that rescued the couple I’ve worn out. I’d love to do some sanding and gluing to introduce stainless steel lips…
The Faster S&W has their patent expire on the mags, the sooner we can get good aftermarket ones that don’t have this issue.
4:26 you can actually see the round in the mag flicked upwards
Just scored me 5 mags from midway, I have 8 In total now, don’t want to be stuck with a non functioning mag! Great video!
I just tried using a heat gun and pinching the lips closed. I think there’s a chance to save the mags for some purposes. If you’re like me you have practice and competition magazines. I don’t mind the occasional malfunction in practice. It’s actually a good thing to have to deal with…competition is another thing. This may be a way to stretch the life of the practice mags and thus the life of all mags because of rotation new to competition to practice. That’s going to be huge until they’re readily available everywhere again and that’s not a predictable timetable
When my guns jam I try to find out what’s the problem and fix it before I even think about sellin it, this was a 25 dollar fix I’m keeping my rifle
Guys lets make a petition for S&W to ask them to make metal lips in these magazines
Thank you will check mine
I’ve never had problems with my mags. Clean them now and again. No mod them or f*CK around with them and they work fine. I shoot over a 1k rounds a month training with no problems. I’ve had my mags at least 5yrs.
I’v Had Trouble with one of my mags even though it’s less than 6 mths old.
Thanks for the advice . will check out my other mags , Cheers
22 round….. Lol 22 LR, you mean?
I guess it doesn’t suit the business model, but it would be great if they made the feed lip part replaceable… S&W are not short of a $ or two! – if the moulds are nearing the end of the cycle- now would be the perfect time to upgrade ye olde 15/22 mag design?
I had this happen to me yesterday at a match, noticed the top round pointing straight up in the mag before I loaded it into my rifle. Good thing I have four extra Mags so did not suffer any malfunctions during match. Thanks for this vid. Others suggested a heat gun and pinching the feed lips, might try that, or better yet, see if Smith will send me a new one? Worth a try.
Was just trying to figure out if mine were worn, thanks for the great video. Perfect timing!
Fired my m&p 15-22 today for the first time was firing great had no jams nothing but after like prolly 200 rounds it started jamming wasn’t releasing the bullets correctly and kinda upset me cause I wanted to just let loose cause it’s a low recoil and just fun
How to prevent S&W 22 problems. Buy a Ruger 1022
FYI- Every mag you have or buy needs to be deburred!!! Take some 500-800 grit sandpaper and remove EVERY bur on the inside and outside of the mag body. They have gotten EXTREMELY lazy on their QC for the magazines as of late, not sure why!
Excellent, this probably applies to all calibers of mags. Thank you for posting!
My 25 round magazine never worked properly from brand new so I bought a nice 10round one from the countryman in Derby and it works flawlessly.
Great channel. I am very new and possibly naive to this and I’m just about to apply for my FAC. However a quick question I have is: would this problem be alleviated with a lightweight metal magazine? I am looking to buy very shortly for use at my club particularly the WMR version so a different size magazine would be required (?) but the same question would apply. Thanks in advance.
Just bought the firearm 3 weeks ago I’ve used different ammo and never experience any malfunctions fire around 300 rounds and its all good been enjoying my shooting
This is easy to get over don’t copy mags and stick to a standard one ten rounds is more than enough for you