Feeding in semi autos are my only concern. Bolt action rifles I’ve owned pretty much feed everything. As .22 rim fire Ammo is pretty dirty this adds to the problem. I’ve had feeding problems with MK 2 Ruger pistols, model 60 Marlin Glenfield rifles and Ruger 1022 rifles, all semi auto. I like rounds with copper plated bullets for these. Cleaning is also important but can cause further problems. You can use GunScrubber cleaner, to remove unburnt powder buildup. But doing that tends to wipe all the lubricants from the mechinism compounding feeding problems.
BTW. My Sears robuck 1936 bolt action “Ranger” rifle feeds and shoots just about anything and pretty accurately.
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Vaquero said “BTW. My Sears robuck 1936 bolt action “Ranger” rifle feeds and shoots just about anything and pretty accurately.”
My Dad ran a Jr. Rifle Club for about 25 years. During that time his “kids” won many individual and team state championships, set national Jr. records, one appointment to West Point and two full NCAA athletic scholarships.
When he (my dad) was about 9 years old and living in a very rural part of New Jersey he did some yardwork for a neighbor who paid him enough to buy a Sears Ranger. Same year 1936, the mailman delivered it to the house, handed it to a 9 year old boy.
When my oldest sister was 10 he made a glass block to take the place of the magazine (to make it single shot) and installed a Lyman peep rear and Lyman aperature front sight. My sister, who eventually became a state Jr. champion learned how to shoot with the “Marlin” ie: Sears Ranger.
Over the years literally 100s of kids squeezed the trigger for the fist time while shouldering that Ranger. Of course those who stuck with it moved onto bigger and better shootin irons. I still have that gun, it’s not functioning and the rifling is literally shot out of it. I would like to restore it to the condition it was in when on my 9th birthday I shot a rifle for the first time, an event I will never forget.
These days I shoot mainly handguns and to answer the OPs question, get a S&W 917.