SR22 & 1974 Ammo Report

warningshot · October 12, 2012, 06:24 PM

No Problems! Can you believe it? No misifirs, no jams, no hangfires, no double strikes, no nothing, just blam blam blam. I came across some .22 ammo my Dad squirred away in 1974. Why wait any longer, right? 200 Remington & Winchester round nose, Federal Hollow points, I even shot-up 100 rounds of Monkey Wards lead round nose, all flawless.

At an earlier session, the SR22 proved 100% reliability with hundreds of Remington sub-sonics as well. If you're on the fence don't wait for the price to go down, but know this. While the gun was great, with my big thumb, I inadvertently engaged the safety more than once, and the slide stop and hammer drop lever are opposite of what is on a Sig 226R. And if you pound a couple hundred .22 rounds down range and then switch to a Sig 226 you might think someone converted your Sig to a .44 Magnum.

ritepath · October 12, 2012, 06:38 PM

My first 500 rounds were 15yo federal bulk HP's that I'd had sitting around forever in a range bag. Not one failure, not even a dud in the bunch.

I've fed it 6 different types of ammo so far...not one problem.

I also tried some 22 longs. They even cycle >70% of the time.

October 12, 2012, 06:24 PM	#1
warningshot Senior Member Join Date: October 7, 2009 Posts: 995	SR22 & 1974 Ammo Report No Problems! Can you believe it? No misifirs, no jams, no hangfires, no double strikes, no nothing, just blam blam blam. I came across some .22 ammo my Dad squirred away in 1974. Why wait any longer, right? 200 Remington & Winchester round nose, Federal Hollow points, I even shot-up 100 rounds of Monkey Wards lead round nose, all flawless. At an earlier session, the SR22 proved 100% reliability with hundreds of Remington sub-sonics as well. If you're on the fence don't wait for the price to go down, but know this. While the gun was great, with my big thumb, I inadvertently engaged the safety more than once, and the slide stop and hammer drop lever are opposite of what is on a Sig 226R. And if you pound a couple hundred .22 rounds down range and then switch to a Sig 226 you might think someone converted your Sig to a .44 Magnum.

October 12, 2012, 06:38 PM	#2
ritepath Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,419	My first 500 rounds were 15yo federal bulk HP's that I'd had sitting around forever in a range bag. Not one failure, not even a dud in the bunch. I've fed it 6 different types of ammo so far...not one problem. I also tried some 22 longs. They even cycle >70% of the time. __________________ There's only one...