The last time I shot my H&R 1906 22 was a little over a year ago, and the ammo was CCI Quiet 22 with an advertised velocity of 710 fps. No problems at all.
I took it to the range last week with another box of the same ammo and thought it was much quieter than I remembered. I shot a cylinder of seven rounds at the berm, which was wet, but couldn't see where the bullets were hitting since there was no dust for feedback. I loaded up again and walked up to the berm, and the cylinder locked up on round 10. There was no light where the bore/cylinder gap was supposed to be, and I noticed a LRN just shy of the muzzle. I got a good chuckle out of that.
Back home I used a .009" guitar string (thanks to the large b/c gap) with a flossing action to cut through the bullet which bridged the cylinder and barrel. Then the cylinder was removed and six bullets were hammered out from the barrel.
Went back a couple of days later and fired some 1150 fps 22s with no drama.
I can't figure out why it squibbed up like it did. I've seen guys on youtube shooting the Quiet 22s, and they cycled semi-auto rifles.
I took it to the range last week with another box of the same ammo and thought it was much quieter than I remembered. I shot a cylinder of seven rounds at the berm, which was wet, but couldn't see where the bullets were hitting since there was no dust for feedback. I loaded up again and walked up to the berm, and the cylinder locked up on round 10. There was no light where the bore/cylinder gap was supposed to be, and I noticed a LRN just shy of the muzzle. I got a good chuckle out of that.
Back home I used a .009" guitar string (thanks to the large b/c gap) with a flossing action to cut through the bullet which bridged the cylinder and barrel. Then the cylinder was removed and six bullets were hammered out from the barrel.
Went back a couple of days later and fired some 1150 fps 22s with no drama.
I can't figure out why it squibbed up like it did. I've seen guys on youtube shooting the Quiet 22s, and they cycled semi-auto rifles.