I'll have to get some cci sv to try, but given the weather it may be awhile before I do any shooting! I've heard mixed reports about weighing 22 ammo, IIRC case thickness had more impact on accuracy; has anyone here gotten proven results?
You're lucky. I took my B22 Precision out to the range yesterday and had nothing but problems with the CCI standard,
all failure to extract.
The extractor just hops over the rim of the cases on mine but the case could be extracted 98 percent of the time with a fingernail.
With some research it seems quite a few people have extraction problems with the CCI standard in their savage 22's with this system of extraction.
I'm going to call Savage and see if they'll send me a new extractor and spring and try and fix it because I'm sitting on 4k rounds of the stuff and it shoots great in all my bolt guns this one included.
Hopefully Savage takes care of me because this rifle has a fantastic trigger and I quite like the stock on it.
Handy tip, thanksWhenever we start to have extraction issues with a .22 LR firearm at a Revere's Riders event, I pull out my homemade chamber brush and dry scrub the chamber. 9 times out of 10, this does the trick. The 1 time it doesn't fix the extraction issue is usually due to an absolutely filthy receiver. After a good field cleaning, the firearm is put back on the line to finish the event.
The chamber brush is nothing more than a bronze cleaning brush that's been bent and had a duct tape handle installed.
I have yet to see a broken or worn extractor be the cause of the problem. Not saying that doesn't happen, just haven't seen it in over 6 years of instructing a course of fire that will truly test your firearm.
If you haven't cleaned the chamber in your firearm before replacing the extractor or sending your firearm back to the manufacturer for repairs, you may be wasting your time and money.
Whenever we start to have extraction issues with a .22 LR firearm at a Revere's Riders event, I pull out my homemade chamber brush and dry scrub the chamber. 9 times out of 10, this does the trick. The 1 time it doesn't fix the extraction issue is usually due to an absolutely filthy receiver. After a good field cleaning, the firearm is put back on the line to finish the event.
The chamber brush is nothing more than a bronze cleaning brush that's been bent and had a duct tape handle installed.
I have yet to see a broken or worn extractor be the cause of the problem. Not saying that doesn't happen, just haven't seen it in over 6 years of instructing a course of fire that will truly test your firearm.
If you haven't cleaned the chamber in your firearm before replacing the extractor or sending your firearm back to the manufacturer for repairs, you may be wasting your time and money.
I had extraction issues on a SW 41 that I'd replaced all the internals (including extractor).
I was at the range talking with an 88 yr. old INGO member who knew everything about the Smith 41 b/c he used to shoot competition with it back when he had his sight.
He told me to use a Volquartsen extractor instead of a SW if I ever needed another.
He also pulled some tool out from his bag (don't remember what it was called) and did something to the chamber with it.
He wouldn't let me call it "reaming out" the chamber, but apparently the tool "shaped up" the edge of the chamber that was "crimped" a hair with age/use & putting just enough pressure on the shell so as for it to "drag" in the chamber, not allowing the extractor to do it's job.
Afterwards, instead of it being difficult to pull a round out, it would just slide right out w/o effort.
I thought I was going to have to buy a new barrel or get it lined like I've heard about, but I've not had any issue since he applied that tool to the chamber.
And yes, when we left the range it was lunch time & lunch was on me!
I was so happy & grateful that an INGO member happened to be there & was knowledgeable in all-things Smith 41.
The tool is known as a chamber ironing or chamber swage tool. These work also, especially if your firing pin it a touch too long and you dry fire your rimfire firearms. I have one of these in my range bag also. It's very, very, very rare that this tool is needed, but as you learned, it may be the solution to a super tight chamber or one that has a slight burr on the edge.
FWIW, I use the chamber iron on all rimfire firearms that I acquire in used condition as part of my initial cleaning before firing ... you just never know for sure who did what to a used firearm.
...Where can I buy that tool?...
I had a friend who let me borrow his inexpensive Rossi semi-automatic rifle.
He has an old, but decent scope on it.
I started in the middle (#10) dialing in the scope, with 3 groups of 5 rounds, labeled #1, #2, #3.
I numbered the rest of the groups #4 - #10.
This was quite fun at 25 yds, after trying to shoot 4" squares at 100 yds, then trying 2" circles at 50 yds in the wind, not so successfully.
I'm about ready to dial back on the outdoor range to the 25 yd distance since I get mad every time shooting so inconsistently at 50 yds.
Using a front rest but not a stock rest.
I had a friend who let me borrow his inexpensive Rossi semi-automatic rifle.
He has an old, but decent scope on it.
I started in the middle (#10) dialing in the scope, with 3 groups of 5 rounds, labeled #1, #2, #3.
I numbered the rest of the groups #4 - #10.
This was quite fun at 25 yds, after trying to shoot 4" squares at 100 yds, then trying 2" circles at 50 yds in the wind, not so successfully.
I'm about ready to dial back on the outdoor range to the 25 yd distance since I get mad every time shooting so inconsistently at 50 yds.
Using a front rest but not a stock rest.
I had a friend who let me borrow his inexpensive Rossi semi-automatic rifle.
He has an old, but decent scope on it.
I started in the middle (#10) dialing in the scope, with 3 groups of 5 rounds, labeled #1, #2, #3.
I numbered the rest of the groups #4 - #10.
This was quite fun at 25 yds, after trying to shoot 4" squares at 100 yds, then trying 2" circles at 50 yds in the wind, not so successfully.
I'm about ready to dial back on the outdoor range to the 25 yd distance since I get mad every time shooting so inconsistently at 50 yds.
Using a front rest but not a stock rest.