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New Gun - New Gun Owner - Jamming Mechanism
Sam How
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Hello. I just unboxed my first ever firearm. It's a Remington 572. I have shot a few times before, but not much.
I don't currently own a cleaning kit but I have ordered one that should be here in a week. All I did so far was spray a little Rem Oil into the receiver via the ejection port pointing down the barrel and some onto the ejection area as well. Took about 60 test shots.
It appears to shoot well so far, at least at the 25ft away target I used for testing. The pump action is a little stiff, but I have read to expect that in a new gun. The big issue is the reload action. It jams a lot! It ejects just fine, but when it goes to bring the new bullet into the chamber and I pull forward the bullets ends up either straight on to the chamber hole but gets stuck in the front in some part I can not see and I have the bring the action back and try again or it ends up pointed up at and angle and jammed forward nowhere near the opening it needs to go into.
Both of the 22 shorts I have (Remington & Aguila) jam when I pump the action MOST of the time. Now I recognize I am new to this, but I have tried to make sure I am pumping with full front to back fluid motions. More force seams help a little, but sometimes when I use too much force it really jams it and I have to pop them out with a screwdriver.
The Federal 22 LR I have is not much better. I had the best luck with the Lapua 22LR (which are expensive) and feel like they have some lubrication on them, so perhaps that points to some of my issues.
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It seems that Durham71 disagrees with me- yes, unlike forum members, I can read all of the disagrees. What's the beef Durham? are you a sales rep for Remington?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGTksAAgLvI
If it were mine I would wait till the cleaning kit comes, meanwhile look for a good video that shows how to properly partially disassemble for a proper full cleaning. Afterwards lube it liberally , reassemble and work the action several dozen, or more times without ammo.
Then use some gun scrubber to remove the excess lube and re-lube with the proper amount, retest the action without ammo and see if the action has improved any. If it has, go to the range with several different brands of 22's if one or two work well, stick with them for several hundred rounds, then experiment with others. If no joy... it needs to go back to Remington. call them and request service, and hope it goes easy, good luck.