My main rifle is a Tikka T3X Super Varmint in 6.5 Creedmoor but as it gets expensive to shoot, I bought a Howa M1100 .22lr about 18 months ago.
Being a relatively new rifle at the time, there wasn’t a whole lot of information on it. However Howa’s have a long standing reputation of being solid, reliable platforms and I’d assumed I couldn’t go wrong buying the M1100. I was looking for something I could do some plinking with at the range at a reasonable price.
Anyway, this thing jams like mad. The 10th round in the magazine points directly upwards and doesn’t feet at all. I have to second guess every bolt cycle and occasionally it will double feed.
This is frustrating, because outside of these issues the rifle has a very nice stock and is decently accurate with most groups being sub MOA.
So, does anyone have one of these and know if there’s an easy fix to the feeding issued?
Also, I have many dented .22 rounds fuel to feeding failures. Is it safe to fire these or should I discard them?
Point being, that guy did a lot of work on the rifle to make it function as he wished. Some of it optional but other things necessary for proper operation. We’ve all tinkered with guns to get them where we want but some of the essential mods he made are beyond most people without specialised skills. Some things mentioned could ruin the gun if attempted by unskilled hands.
If you were to pay a gunsmith to address all the issues, there would come a point where you’re better off putting the money to a better rifle.
I say this as someone who has more sunk costs into at least 3 firearms than they will ever be worth on resale.
@sbd850 all products sold in Australia are covered by warranty, no matter what a shop tries to claim. You are entitled to refund or repair. Write down what’s been said and say this is going to be shared online and regulatory bodies… Take it back and don’t fuck with it or you’ll void your warranty. If you already destroyed the magazine buy another one and retest. If the problem persists, return the gun. Also consider that this will keep happening with new magazines as old get worn out, so a fix has to be in the gun, not the magazine. Personally, I’d just return it. I don’t fix things that should work.
Depends how badly dented they are. In practicality, usually yes, a small dint, should be fine. But that’s now a point of weakness and if chances of case rapturing go up. As a result, you might get a face (and eyes) full of gas and unburned powder. So you know, is it worth the risk for $9ish - your choice.
As @juststarting says, if it’s in warranty, claim a replacement & see how that goes… or… get a refund & buy a different rifle without the known issues.
I don’t know if this helps but my Ruger American jams, double feeds and tries the backdoor entry to the chamber like crazy… the fix this to rub the wax off the rounds with a bit of paper towel and gun oil before feeding the magazine.
wow, Ruger American 22 is like one of my favourites, especially the Compact model. Until CZ 515 American, I would have said it’s the best all-rounder 22 in my opinion. Now, I will say it’s second best. And with BX magazines I am super surprised you are getting weird feeds.
So you are going to cuck yourself with a faulty product and scarape every single round. I know a few of us here will easily go through a brick of 22 in a nice plinking session (yes with bolt actions). So you are going to sit there scraping wax of 500 22s which will then lead the fuck out of your bore? Because wax is actually not free and if its on the rounds its there for a reason. A reason engineers who do it for money granted as a necessary experience… But what would they know, right? What a typical guy thing, raww i am a man, i fix my own… But why? You’ve paid for it, you worked for it, why allow someone to abuse your worth with a dodgy product?
That’s not my mentality at all. My Super Varmint had feeding issues the first time I took it out so I send it straight back, had it rebedded and now it’s fine.
I just didn’t know that removing wax would be bad for the rifle and it seemed like a reasonable suggestion. I’ve only taken the .22 to the range twice and I have only tried the CCI rounds.
So, perhaps I should try a different round and see how it goes first, otherwise I’ll take it straight back. If it’s still jamming with a different round I’ll take it back.
CCI is like defacto 22 round, if that’s the case, take it back.
I wasn’t suggesting its your mentality, i was a lot broader than that lol. It’s a mentality of every guy lol
I have a shotgun that’s not running well, it took a bit of mental conditioning to convince myself that I shouldn’t pretend to be a competent gunsmith and take it back We are all the same.
Ok, didn’t ring a mental bell until I read this. Never had it personally, but have seen a a lot of this with handguns.
When you try different ammo, focus on bullet shape and type. So conical, conical HP (sometimes don’t run well in some handguns), yeah… Focus on ammo with varied bullet shapes.
We are all the same.