Colt/Umarex .22 Wont Fire

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JIMSPD9

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My Colt/Umarex M-4 22lr fails to fire. Very light mark on casing, with weak dry fire sound, but no pop. Tried to clean around bolt, but no go.

Any ideas?

Anyone know Colt warranty number? Supposed to be lifetime warranty, but I'll believe that when it happens.

JIMSPD9
 
My experience with Colt warranty work has been excellent. I suggest you contact them without having a chip on your shoulder that you exhibit in your post.

Contact info:

Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC
Attn: Customer Service
P.O. Box 1868
Hartford, CT 06144 USA

Tel: 800-962-COLT (2658)
Fax: (860) 244-1379
 
Colt doesn't include their address and phone number in the owner's manual???

If not, it should be an easy internet search.
 
Don't use Winchester Wildcats. Don't use Remington. Do use CCI minimags or better yet, the newer CCI AR Tactical. Don't use standard velocity, do use high velocity. Loosen the flash hider, punch the rear take down pin, turn the bolt speed screw in about 9 to 12 complete turns. As set from the factory, the screw is flush with the rear. Turn it in about a ballpark 3/4 of full travel. A ballpark twenty full turns is about it's range. If you email the customer service people, they should be very polite, and they may expand on my list of ammo to use and not use. I might have experienced the sane case as yours. Customer service email response was helpful and I resolved my instances where I had failure to fire or cycle properly. Yes I know it may be advertised to fire standards, in my case I shoot the high velocity and have much better results. That's a bummer for me, because I bought the rifle expecting I would use standards in for best accuracy shooting steel chickens. I use it as a really fun gun to shoot plinking as well as paper target matches with friends and family. The guys love it when I load up a couple 30-round magazines and hand it over to them for a try.
 
^^ THIS ^^

I have the M4 OPS.
Awesome carbine, IMO.
I've never had any failures and haven't had to mess with the bolt screw.
Then again, I've only used CCI MiniMags in mine since day one.

I'd try switching ammo and/or adjusting the bolt screw before sending it back.
 
Have you tried Gun Scrubber (spray)? A light strike can be caused by carbon fouling, and on some guns it does not take much to cause this condition.

Also, have you tried different ammo types? Sounds like the primer is lighting, but not the charge. I had a GSG5 that was a light strike queen.
 
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