Ever have rampant FTF/stovepipe issues with Ruger Mk2 .22?

Lavan said:
Woops, forgot.
Extractor ..is..replaced.
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I was going to suggest extractor issues until I saw that you said the extractor had been replaced. With some guns, crud under the extractor keeps it from closely tightly on the gripped round, and you get similar problems.

I don't think I've ever encountered true stovepipe problems (empty case open end up, interfering with the round being chambered) that weren't related to the extractor losing it's grip on the round.

The fact that the ammo in question seems OK in other guns also points to it NOT being an ammo issue, but you seem convinced.

Hope the ammo is your issue. Maybe you just got a bad LOT of ammo? Stuff happens.
 
The ammo I ...was... using is truncated point.

The new WORKING stuff is round.

Strangely, I had similar situation with Ruger 10/22 on same ammo.
On that one I put a Volquartsen extractor in to no improvement.
Going back to a stock extractor but NEW did the trick.

But the 10/22 feeds in a better lineup with the chamber than the pistols do.

Not a real issue as I am just....about.... out..... of the 12 bricks of Win I've had for several years.

Glad the new stuff works as I got 10 boxes or ...... 5250 ....rounds. :D
 
I bought a Mark ii Government Target model recently. Its performance was beastly. I used every brand of ammo I had on hand, including CCI Mini Mags. Replaced the extractor with a Volquartsen one, no luck.

Sent it to Ruger at my expense after talking with a couple of their CS reps. I got is back cleaned and repaired, no charge. They replaced ejector and its rivet, the extractor and its spring and the recoil spring and a couple of other items. Also added the service upgrades. Since then, last week, I've run a couple hundred rounds of everything thru it without a flaw. They sent my Volsquartsen extractor and firing pin back to me.

I've ordered the Volquartsen Accurizing kit for it, should be here tomorrow. I've had really good luck with those kits on my Mark iii's. Gives an outstanding pistol an outstanding trigger.
 
Lavan, My MK II functions flawlessly.....many of round through it.
California....that's the problem. Everyone knows that. Shout a little louder, we can't hear you but, would like to help you.
 
Lavan said:
The ammo I ...was... using is truncated point.
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That makes a bit of sense, but it doesn't explain the stove pipes (if you were describing FIRED rounds/empty cases pointing up.)

I was trying out a new conversion barrel (40>9) in my FNS-40, and using a .40 magazine with 9mm rounds. It worked flawlessly with hardball, but when I tried HP rounds, they'd hang up (and then only on the last round in the mag). The shorter, sharp nose would hit and hang on the feed ramp -- probably because the last round was coming at the ramp in a slightly lower position with no round under it. (Guessing...) Hardball, because it's rounded point lets it miss the bottom of the feedramp, worked better when using the .40 magazine.

I've since picked up a 9mm magazine and will be interested to see if that makes a difference with HP rounds.
 
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Generally speaking, a very high percentage of semiauto failures in any system, is ammo, magazine, or lube/clean related. I'd respectfully recommend exploring all variables down these paths anytime one is trouble shooting a semiauto.
 
My first handgun was a MK 3 22/45. Wouldn't feed anything but round nose bullets such as Thunderbolts. Ruger sent me a new bolt but as the HP would jam on the ramp, it didn't solve anything.

I finally gave up and got an older MK 2 22/45 that fed everything. Sold that and got a CZ Kadet, but that's another story.:p
 
My.....theory.... is that truncated points would slow chambering.
Which would have nothing to do with ejection/extraction. (except PERHAPS as incomplete seating and resulant lower rearward force ???)
But.... as I noted above, the Remingtons are noticeably more poopier (?) and that WOULD be a factor in getting the case out of the chamber.

All I ....KNOW.... (so far) is that it works with Golden Bullets and does NOT work with Win (aged) truncated HPs.

:confused:;):(:eek::)
 
Clarify a point for us: were the rounds you called "stovepipes" fired rounds, or were they unfired rounds that ended up VERTICALLY because they didn't feed properly?

As I've always understood the term, a "stovepipe," is a fired case that ends up with the open end up, the case looking like a stovepipe -- and generally jammed by the next round as the slide closes. Stove-piped fired cases are usually caused by a round not being properly retained by the extractor.

An unfired round that ends up in a vertical position like a stove pipe could be caused by a shorter or more-blunt round (with a flattened tip) as you describe.

Either of these would cause failures to feed.
 
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Underpowered rounds will fire but don't have the oomph to eject, this will sometime cause the stovepipe. The old Fed. Lightning would do it, I have some new fed Champion and automatch that does it a bit. Some recent SuperX does it. The only reliable ammo lately has been CCI.
 
Ever have rampant FTF/stovepipe issues with Ruger Mk2 .22?
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Yes - a multitude of problems with feeding anything except 40 grain .22lr solids.
34 grain hollowpoints (Winchester X-Perts- the older ones from a dozen years ago)would hang up with every shot.
40 grain hollowpoints hung up a lot, but, not 100% of the time.

The root problem seems to be the little skunch of metal Ruger calls a feed ramp.

I asked here years ago how to address the issue and a few people suggested putting a dab of hot glue on the front of the magazine. Just enough to hold it at a better angle to feed.

The problem seems to be very gun specific also. I have or have had a number of Mark II's and only a couple had these feed issues.

Never had stovepipes though.

Possibly two separate unrelated issues?
 
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