Keep the bolt face clean

[The1andOnlyKC]

Shooting the 15-22 today, and had a round fire out of battery. Blew the extractor out.

Had about 2k rounds without cleaning, the bolt face and end of the barrel have a lot of build up on them. I am sure that it had something to do with it. So if you haven't had this happen to you yet, make sure you keep it clean.

Now I get to call Smith tomorrow and see about getting a few extractors sent my way.

edited to add: Thats another reason to always wear safety glasses too.

[Not_A_Llama]

Had a similar thing happen with my Marlin 60 - no extractor damage, though.

A dental pick takes care of the buildup very very quickly.

[The1andOnlyKC]

I don't think there is any damage to the extractor on this one either. Because of the design the extractor went flying, no where to be seen.

My 10/22 did this same thing to me years ago, no damage to it either.

Tried to call smith this morning. Just my luck closed until the 3rd.

[StagLefty]

WOW You got 2k through it without cleaning it ? I have the same rifle but due to .22's being dirty I clean after every firing time. YMMV [Beer]

[The1andOnlyKC]

Yeah it had about 2k through it with out cleaning. This gun is one of the real early ones. It has ran like a champ since on I got it. It will eat anything I have tried to feed it. So I figured I would go and see how long till it started jamming. I had a DPMS 22 upper and it only took about 200 rounds before it started jamming. But this thing went ~2k and still wasnt jamming. But it did finally fail.

Finally got a hold of Smith yesterday. They are making me send the whole rifle back. They are sending a prepaid postage label, so we will see.

[StagLefty]

I have one of the early ones also-been keeping my fingers crossed since those are the ones S&W had problems with. Problem is I don't get out shooting much anymore so it's not being used much. Glad S&W is taking care of it though [Beer]

[The1andOnlyKC]

I have one of the early ones also-been keeping my fingers crossed since those are the ones S&W had problems with. Problem is I don't get out shooting much anymore so it's not being used much. Glad S&W is taking care of it though [Beer]


I asked them just to send me the part since it is such a simple fix. The guy told me they are not doing that with those rifles yet and wanted me to ship it in to make sure everything else is ok. I think its a liability thing, but if they want to spend $50 to ship it back and forth more power to them. I have a spare one in the safe anyways so its not like I am out a rifle.

[StagLefty]

I asked them just to send me the part since it is such a simple fix. The guy told me they are not doing that with those rifles yet and wanted me to ship it in to make sure everything else is ok. I think its a liability thing, but if they want to spend $50 to ship it back and forth more power to them. I have a spare one in the safe anyways so its not like I am out a rifle.

There was an article I read about the spring being changed to a blue spring but they also want to check out other things too. It's probably a liability thing like you said. There's a dedicated forum here :
http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-wesson-m-p-15-22/