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kx592 · February 1, 2011, 01:32 PM

Good timing bringing this up, I was going to create a new post but since were here...

Last Saturday I went to a show and got talking with a guy there about 22's and he brought up the 15-22. He was explaining how he and 3 other buddies went to cabelas and all 4 of them bough brand new 15-22's. Said they loaded them up with all different types of brand ammo and every one of their guns blew up. Now I questioned what he meant by blown up and it was described as such, "like a double feed, it would load one round without extracting the one in the chamber and ignited both rounds and blew the receiver up in all 4 of our faces, and apparently s&w knows about this issue".

Now im a big fan of this rifle, my friend has one and it shoots really good with irons, I was thinking of getting one but that guy was freaking me out. I dont know if anyone else heard of this but id like to know if its happened to anyone on here.

February 1, 2011, 01:32 PM	#3
kx592 Senior Member Join Date: August 9, 2009 Posts: 645	Good timing bringing this up, I was going to create a new post but since were here... Last Saturday I went to a show and got talking with a guy there about 22's and he brought up the 15-22. He was explaining how he and 3 other buddies went to cabelas and all 4 of them bough brand new 15-22's. Said they loaded them up with all different types of brand ammo and every one of their guns blew up. Now I questioned what he meant by blown up and it was described as such, "like a double feed, it would load one round without extracting the one in the chamber and ignited both rounds and blew the receiver up in all 4 of our faces, and apparently s&w knows about this issue". Now im a big fan of this rifle, my friend has one and it shoots really good with irons, I was thinking of getting one but that guy was freaking me out. I dont know if anyone else heard of this but id like to know if its happened to anyone on here.