[eastman]

Can you please explain this to me? I've read this in multiple places, but I thought blowback guns had fixed barrels.

They usually do, but having a barrel that tilts down slightly will make feeding easier with a long, narrow cartridge like .22 LR.

 

[PriseDeFer]

It is a blow back, no? The blow back is an aid to extraction. There are probably other ways to make it fail outside of its intended operational envelope.

 

[Macm]

If you cannot manual cycle, then if you have a dud and try to rack the slide you get a jam. After looking at the problem, the tip of the bullet is still in the chamber as the extractor tries to turn and eject the case. This lock up the slide. With just a case that is shorter, the ejector turns the case and eject. The ejector is too long, or Ruger did not plan on manual cycling. Mac

 

[Hikerhunter]

If you cannot manual cycle, then if you have a dud and try to rack the slide you get a jam. After looking at the problem, the tip of the bullet is still in the chamber as the extractor tries to turn and eject the case. This lock up the slide. With just a case that is shorter, the ejector turns the case and eject. The ejector is too long, or Ruger did not plan on manual cycling. Mac

 

[Charlie In The Box]

A light strike or dud round is likely with .22, if you can’t extract that round this gun is no good for carry as some might be inclined to do.

 

[Hikerhunter]

A light strike or dud round is likely with .22, if you can’t extract that round this gun is no good for carry as some might be inclined to do.

I checked mine and it pulls snap caps out just fine. I will try with some loaded ammo at the range and post an update.

 

[Hikerhunter]

I checked mine and it pulls snap caps out just fine. I will try with some loaded ammo at the range and post an update.

Went to range. My LCP II 22lr pulls loaded cartridges out with no problem.

 

[Wildtoad]

Went to range. My LCP II 22lr pulls loaded cartridges out with no problem.

Just for clarification was this with a loaded magazine in the pistol?

 

[Wildtoad]

So... I took a look at my LCPII in 22 with a round in the mag inserted. The nose of the bullet was level with the chamber which for the most part makes the ramp a needless entity. It may also explain why extracting a round manually with more rounds in the mag is problematic in that the next round in the mag exerts too much upward pressure on the round being extracted resulting in a jam.

By comparison in my LCPII .380 the round in a mag is more inline with the ramp allowing more room for the round being manually extracted to slide over the next round in the mag.

 

[capecuddy]

I'm sure part of that difference between the .22lr and 380 caliber models is due to the fixed barrel in the .22lr version.

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[Wildtoad]

I'm sure part of that difference between the .22lr and 380 caliber models is due to the fixed barrel in the .22lr version.

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Actually the .22 and the .380 have the same barrel design. Differences being based on the size of round.

 

[capecuddy]

The 22 is a fixed barrel in blowback style, the 380 is not.

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[Wildtoad]

Which one of these is a fixed barrel ? The top is from MY .22, the bottom is from MY .380.

 

[capecuddy]

Sorry, I was thinking SR22.



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[capecuddy]

Got the spring kit minus trigger replacement. Holding the aluminum frame and all those teeny boingy parts together to get it back in the polymer frame is a patience challenge.

I'll see how it runs next time out to a range.

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[silverback13]

Yep it was a PIA. Lol..... let us know. Mine eats everything I toss at it and no issues.

 

[capecuddy]

I was having occasional light strike issues. Two out of three springs are for that. The extractor spring is a head scratcher....very different extractor than the 380.

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[cyphertext]

I was having occasional light strike issues. Two out of three springs are for that. The extractor spring is a head scratcher....very different extractor than the 380.

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Did the spring kit improve the gun? I took ours to the range over the weekend and I had Winchester Super X, Federal Automatch, and some old Remington Thunderbolts just for fun. Mine would not run the Winchester hardly at all. Numerous fail to fire in every magazine. I tried running the ones that did not fire back through the gun and they still did not fire, but they fired when I put them through my Taurus TX-22. Automatch ran better, but still had several that failed to fire and failed to eject when they did fire. Again, trouble rounds fired when loaded into my TX-22. Just for smiles and grins, I tried the Thunderbolts. Out of 50, I think I had one fail to fire and it still failed to fire in the Taurus.