HankB
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I have an S&W M41 target .22 pistol, about 25 years old, which has started malfunctioning. Every once in a while, the fired case doesn't quite make it out of the ejection port, and gets stuck between the top of the barrel extension and the next cartridge rising out of the magazine. The open end of the empty shell is usually pointing about 90 degrees to the right. It could be the 2nd round in the mag, or the 9th, or anywhere in between - no obvious pattern.
I've cleaned and re-lubed the pistol thoroughly - the chamber has not a speck of lead in it, nor is there any pitting. The chamber mouth has no peening from dry-firing. There is no obvious breakage of the extractor claw. I have several magazines, and get the same results with each.
Chambering is not a problem - the slide always goes to battery (assuming the fired case makes it out the ejection port) and the chambered round always fires when I squeeze the trigger.
The pistol used to "suck up" just about anything from Winchester, CCI, or Remington, and malfunctions were rare - maybe once every couple of thousand rounds. But now, Remington HighSpeed seems to work best . . . if a jam on every other mag can be considered "best."
I'm sort of running out of ideas - my next step is to start swapping out all the springs, but are there any suggestions on what else to try before I start ordering parts from Brownell's? (Suggestions short of sending it in to S&W would be welcome.)
I've cleaned and re-lubed the pistol thoroughly - the chamber has not a speck of lead in it, nor is there any pitting. The chamber mouth has no peening from dry-firing. There is no obvious breakage of the extractor claw. I have several magazines, and get the same results with each.
Chambering is not a problem - the slide always goes to battery (assuming the fired case makes it out the ejection port) and the chambered round always fires when I squeeze the trigger.
The pistol used to "suck up" just about anything from Winchester, CCI, or Remington, and malfunctions were rare - maybe once every couple of thousand rounds. But now, Remington HighSpeed seems to work best . . . if a jam on every other mag can be considered "best."
I'm sort of running out of ideas - my next step is to start swapping out all the springs, but are there any suggestions on what else to try before I start ordering parts from Brownell's? (Suggestions short of sending it in to S&W would be welcome.)