Gouranga
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So last month my grandfather passed away. He had a J22 and since I am the only gun guy in the family they gave it to me. I remember when he got it, I tried to talk him to go to the range with it to see if it worked right or not. He never did.
Today I finally got it to the range. Man, this thing is a pile of junk. The magazine would hold 6 rounds, but forget about it. If you put 6 in the thing would try to chamber it sideways. I finally found if I only loaded 4 in the magazine I could get about an 80% success rate in chambering the first round.
After the first fired, my record was 4 rounds without a jam. On average it failed about every 2 shots, frequently failing to fully eject the last round while attempting to load a new round resulting in a jam from hell with both sandwiched part way in the chamber.
So I am glad he never needed it. For those whose relatives want to use this weapon as a HD weapon I have a strategy that would be most effective. First, keep a round in the chamber at all times, you never know how long it will take to chamber that first one. Second You need to do a "J22 advanced double tap" which consists of firing 2 rounds then throwing the weapon as hard as you can at the threat, followed by a bag of 22LR ammo.
That should buy you the time you need to run like heck and when the BG tries to clear the jam and load a new round from the magazine, well you'll be 15 minutes away from the house by then and the police may even be there.
Seriously, the gun does look pretty nice but I think I will stick with my M&P, though hey what do you want for a $60 gun?
Today I finally got it to the range. Man, this thing is a pile of junk. The magazine would hold 6 rounds, but forget about it. If you put 6 in the thing would try to chamber it sideways. I finally found if I only loaded 4 in the magazine I could get about an 80% success rate in chambering the first round.
After the first fired, my record was 4 rounds without a jam. On average it failed about every 2 shots, frequently failing to fully eject the last round while attempting to load a new round resulting in a jam from hell with both sandwiched part way in the chamber.
So I am glad he never needed it. For those whose relatives want to use this weapon as a HD weapon I have a strategy that would be most effective. First, keep a round in the chamber at all times, you never know how long it will take to chamber that first one. Second You need to do a "J22 advanced double tap" which consists of firing 2 rounds then throwing the weapon as hard as you can at the threat, followed by a bag of 22LR ammo.
That should buy you the time you need to run like heck and when the BG tries to clear the jam and load a new round from the magazine, well you'll be 15 minutes away from the house by then and the police may even be there.
Seriously, the gun does look pretty nice but I think I will stick with my M&P, though hey what do you want for a $60 gun?