New 10/22 fails to fire

Jon G.

Hi all - I just bought a 10/22 based on the advice of all on line ($160.00 at a local sporting goods store). I went to the range, bought a brick of Winchester Super X, and nothing. I mean nothing. Approx. 8 of every 10 cartridges wouldn't fire. I hear the "click" when I fire, but no ignition. Sometimes I re-loaded them, and they woudl fire. I checked the casings on the cartridges that didn't fire, and there were little "nicks" on the rims from the firing pin, but nothing that I would imagine would ignite the primer.There were other problems with the gun, so I returned it, got antoher, but haven't had a chance to go back to the range.Any Ideas on what happened? I can't believe that so much of the ammo was bad, but again, I havn't had the chance to test it as well.

ADfree

I would think it was the gun, I have had positive results with Winchester superX in my 10/22.

SirRonny

Did you clean the gun completely before you took it to the range? It has been my experience that most guns have a lot of crud in them from the factory. Mostly from the machining and stuff that is done. You may have been able to take it apart and clean it good and it would have been fine. Then again, there may have truly been something wrong with it.

pkr

Completely clean it and try again. If its the same thing..take it back.

robjonrik

Jon,I doubt you will have a problem with the 2nd rifle. The 10/22 is a very simplistic firing mechanism. The previous comments about "factory crud" are a great start. My guess is that is the case. If you heard a click when you pulled the trigger the only moving parts left are the firing pin, a long pin in a metal block, and a spring. If all was clean and lubricated, my guess would be a bent firing pin. Good luck with the new one. They are great little guns.