[IYAS9YAS]

Just bought a case of 440 rounds of 7.62x54r for my Mosin Nagant. Cost me 95 bucks from Cheaper than Dirt. No can opener, but a screwdriver and hammer, judiciously applied, worked fine.

I'm new to using rimfire ammo - just bought a .22LR (Remington 597). Is it common to get misfires? I have a box of 500 Remington Cyclone rounds and fired about 60 or so over the weekend with about a 10% misfire rate.

[MHGinTN]

Sounds like somewhing wrong with the firing pin not the ammo. I go through boxes of Remington without any misfires in my Ruger. Evenb the little Phoenix Arms pocket pistol doesn’t cause such a rate of misfires.

[Joe 6-pack]

"I'm new to using rimfire ammo - just bought a .22LR (Remington 597). Is it common to get misfires? I have a box of 500 Remington Cyclone rounds and fired about 60 or so over the weekend with about a 10% misfire rate."

I've read quite a bit about quality control problems with Remington rimfire ammo in the past year or so. To answer your question, no, a quality firearm with good ammo should have nothing like a 10% misfire rate. Have you tried different ammo? I've generally had excellent results with CCI rimfire ammo...

[calex59]

Lately some Remington ammo has seem to misfire frequently, according to some reports I've read. .22 rimfires should not misfire any more than center fire, in fact traditionally they are quite reliable and Remington used to be one of the best. I use what ever is cheapest and have no trouble, in fact I have a bunch of Remington .22 long rifles now that are working just fine in my pistols and my rifle. Check the strike of your firing pin, maybe it is to light for the Remington brass, or maybe a bad lot of Ammo. You might try calling Remington and complaining about it.

If enough people crab they will fix whatever is causing it. .22 long rifle ammo is one of the biggest sellers of ammo and I am sure all ammo manufacturers make a good profit off of them and would not want to lose any sales because of misfires.

[gundog]

...but a screwdriver and hammer, judiciously applied, worked fine.

The old "Okie oil filter wrench" is good for lots of things.

[Stat-boy]

“Is it common to get misfires?”

I am not an expert like many here, but a typical 4H kids 22 practice session, at which between 500 and 1000 rounds of 22 LR will be fired [50 per shooter], there will be zero misfires.

[TYVets]

I'm new to using rimfire ammo - just bought a .22LR (Remington 597).

Is it common to get misfires?

Very simple to find the problem.

Step 1. Trade in the Remington 597 for a Ruger 10/22.

Step 2. If you still have misfires, it is the ammo.

[Osage Orange]

No can opener, but a screwdriver and hammer, judiciously applied, worked fine.

Ha!!

I recently bought 1100 rds of 7.62 x 25mm and had to chisel the can open...too!!

[wku man]

Good ol' Federal .22LR works fine in my Marlin. It's available at any Wal-Mart, if they have it in stock. I don't like Remmington .22 ammo; it misfires in mine as well.

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