New Rem 572 with light firing pin strikes???

[Bull Nutria]

I recently purchased a brand new 572 it would only shoot about 25% of the time with a variety of ammo. i called Remington and they sent a UPS label and repaired?? it in about 13 days!!! well I shot the rifle about 15 times this am and had another misfire. very light dent in rim of REM GB RN ammo. upon re firing the round it shot.

Remington repair center at Sports World in Tulsa OK said they "deburred the hammer assembly" and "test fired with CCI, Win, Rem and Federal ammo".

Anyone run into this problem before? I have only shot the rifle about 100 rds or so. I want to shoot it few more hundred times to see if this is a continuing problem before I call remington again???

Bull

 

[Kp321]

I shoot in a weekly rimfire match, 120 rounds per match. There are an average of 10 shooters per week, total of 1200 rounds per week fired. 90% of the ammo failures at these matches is with Remington ammo. Just saying.
Best performing ammo? CCI and Aguila. Who built the Aguila factory? Remington, go figure.

 

[Bull Nutria]

well i shot 15 rds of blazer and 15 rds of CCI std vel this am no misfires. i inspected the spent case and the firing pin dent is very very light??? i think it is too short or spring too weak?? for $550 i think it should dent the rim deep enough to see without a magnifying glass!!

my other 22 rifles and handguns leave serious dents in the rim of spent cases!!

what say you?

Bull

 

[BBBBill]

I say check headspace and firing pin protrusion. If the headspace is on the high side and firing pin protrusion is on the low side poor ignition may result. 22 rimfire ammo is notoriously susceptible to issues with that, especially with a weak hammer fall. I don't know anything about the Remington, but on a Ruger 10/22 I often face off a bit of the front of the bolt to reduce headspace to just over minimum and sometimes adjust the slot in the firing pin to ensure adequate strikes on the rim. Firing pin tip shape can also contribute to problems. That last is not needed very often, but it can sometimes be an issue. Poor ammo QC is a big issue these days, too.

Rimfire Central has lots of good info. http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/

 

[rcmodel]

Mmmmmm?

I would not recommend facing off the front of the bolt on a 572 Remington Pump.

That won't do anything except make it worse.

rc

 

[entropy]

Have you diassembled, degreased, lubed, and reassembled it? New guns should always have this done before shooting them.

 

[Bull Nutria]

UPDATE: I called Remington TODAY and they are sending it to another warranty center to try to repair it. I told them i wanted my money back or a new rifle . They said they needed the rifle so it could be evaluated. i don't need a rifle that misfires and leaves no dent in the rim of the ammo!!

Stay tuned

Entropy, no i have not disassembled it has less than 200 rds thru it and been to Rem warranty repair once already

Bull

 

[BBBBill]

...I would not recommend facing off the front of the bolt on a 572 Remington Pump....

Only an example and for a specific gun - the 10/22. Not suggesting that he do that to his 572.

 

[Coyote3855]

Is this the same one that also shoots to the left?

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=781102

 

[HB]

I got a great deal on one for $150. When I went to test it out it misfired more than it didn't. I assume this is why the original owner dumped it.

I bought a new firing pin and installed it properly. Now the gun functions perfectly and is both accurate and quiet.

Strip it down, my firing pin fell into two pieces upon removal of the bolt.

HB

 

[Bull Nutria]

no the 572 with the light firing pin strikes is a brand new 2015 model. it has the gigantic deer rifle sights so it shoots straight!! the bead is so big anything smaller than a buffalo is completely covered up by the bead!! i don't now how you could head shoot a squirrel or rabbit with those REM deer rifle sights??? the new gun has a habit of barely denting the ammo brass rim. ii is on its second trip to REM warranty station!!

the 2- 572s that shoot left are used guns a bought when i found out what a POS the 2015 model is!!!

stay tuned

Bull

 

[OYE]

I usually change out the striker spring as soon as I get any rifle used or new.
And I do not store them cocked. You never know how long it's been on the shelf with the bolt cocked.

Let Remington fix it is the best idea since it is new. OYE

 

[rcmodel]

Let me get this straight in my head.

You buy a brand new Remington .22 pump rifle from Buds.
And you cut the tape on the Remington box yourself.

And you replace the hammer spring with a new one before you even try to shoot it??

I have several Winchesters that are 100 years old that still have the original hammer springs in them.

And I would never dream of replacing them with new springs as long as they aren't broken.

This guy bought a brand new Remington rifle, in factory packaging.
And it doesn't work.

And you are suggesting he needs to replace the new hammer spring with a new hammer spring before it will work reliably??

He said it's already been back for warranty repair, and it still misfires.
Now it's back for another warranty try at fixing it.

Most of us would expect a new $500 .22 rifle to work right out of the box!!!
And we should expect that!!

rc

 

[OYE]

Let me get this straight in my head.

You buy a brand new Remington .22 pump rifle from Buds.
And you cut the tape on the Remington box yourself.

And you replace the hammer spring with a new one before you even try to shoot it??

You got it straight ! Except I don't buy anything from Buds. Order the striker spring as soon as I get the rifle and change it when it comes in. Had a weak one on a new Winchester 70 that cropped up about a year after purchase back in the early eighties and you obviously haven't.

And you are suggesting he needs to replace the new hammer spring with a new hammer spring before it will work reliably??

Read the post again. I said no such thing. OYE