what .22 do you think jams the least

most jam free .22 auto?

  • marlin mod 60

    Votes: 53 47.7%

  • ruger 10/22

    Votes: 58 52.3%
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10/22 or marlin 60. i have both i dont think my 10/22 has ever had a jam. the marlin will jam ocationaly maybe 1 out of 120 rounds.
 
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Out of those two I can only say my 10/22 functions pretty well.... but it has jammed....

I can tell you that the AR-7 survival rifle 22 jams more often than it properly functions.....


BTW- the poll question is actually the opposite of the thread title....
 
thanks roostrider i didnt realize that. and my 10/22 is a 1971 with the original magazine that is very dirty yet it functions perfect.
 
The 10/22 if fun to shoot no doubt about that. I did notice though it didn't like the lead nose lower powered 22 LR rounds. It shot better with the Stinger rounds, and the Aguilar .22 LR that is suppose to be the highest velocity even over the Stinger CCi 22 LR. I notice also the recoil is more on the higher velocity lighter .22's ammo. The lower velocity .22 ammo lead nose had very weak recoil and I'm wondering if that had something to do with it or was it the lead nose that hung it up in the ejector. Also had alot of misfires but that is with the lower powered .22 LR lead nosed Federal 1,200 fps vs. the Aguilar which are 1,700+ a little more than the CCI Stinger .
 
I've had 2 or 3 jams in a thousand plus rounds with my 10/22, not attributed to an aftermarket magazine.
 
any revolver, allways wished i had a.22 like the remington .44 carbine. It's a new army on steroids.
 
the only jam i can think of out of over a thousand rounds was when i had an empty case get stuck in a stove pipe type jam on my 10/22. generally your .22 ammo will fail to fire much more often than your gun will jam. rimfire is not exactly reliable or something I would depend on.
 
I don't own a 10/22 but a few years back my buddy did. It jammed all the time. He didn't clean it very often, maybe ever and we shot the cheapest stuff we could find back then. I'm not trying to bash the 10/22 at all I'm sure it's a good rifle just my only personal experience with one.

I have a newer marlin 60 now and it does really good on high velocity stuff but will choke on one every once in a while if I'm shooting standard velocity ammo. I do keep it clean most of the time and don't shoot the really cheap stuff anymore.

I think if you shoot decent high velocity ammo and keep your rifle halfway clean either will be fine.
 
I own one of each and the way I can tell when they need to be cleaned is if they have any problems. So I would have to say they both will operate thousands of rounds without any problems. Unless I try to shoot Remington bulk pack ammo. :D
 
the ruger will jam, becuase of crap made factory parts that slip by.
the only reason the marlin will jam, is if you let the extractor, chamber face ring, or chamber slot, where extractor thingy fits into, get so crudded up with goo, it doesn't set in there right, so when you fire, the extractor can't get a hold of the rim right.
 
this is what i have learned from years of shooting 22s & tens of thousands of rounds threw auto loaders = Marlin 60 Rem 597 Ruger 10/22. & all the others i have shot that were not mine. now this is just my OP. As long as you buy ammo that is tight. The bullet is tight to the brass case. This will stop 90% of your cycling probs. bulk CRAP ammo that is lossy gossy will jam up an auto every time & is a waist of time & $.For under a $1.90 a box I love cheap dirty REM Thunder bolt & Fed.510- 40 grain solids & any CCI. A fail to fire now & then. But jams are almost NILL. PS i will not put a BUTLER CREEK MAG in a 10/22!!!! BANANA mag is a RAM-LINE or nothing. They get cleaned maybe twice a year. once again this is just in my opinion. But for most of my life its been Black powder & 22s Im just now making the big jump to center fire. & reloading. & like Ranger & CZ said A clean gun is always a happy gun.
PS i know nothing about Rem BULK. I quit buying Bulk 22 years ago. & check your guide rods on those new & older Rem 597. they can be to tight out of the factory
 
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I can't recall the last time my 552 Speedmaster jammed but it eats a diet of CCI Mini-mags.

My wife's 10/22 will occasionally jam on bulk ammo, but the brand usually changes from year to year. Her MkII doesn't jam but she's particular about that one - CCI Green Tag or nothing.
 
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I think it depends on the ammo more than anything.

My Model 60 will run perfectly with Federal 510s, but chokes occasionally on Rem. Golden bullets. I have a friend with a 10/22 that will jam on some ammo but works perfectly with others too.
 
I didn't vote because most .22 semi-auto jams are caused by the ammo(assuming firearms are clean and in good mechanical order). My semi .22s are flawless with CCI Mini-mags.
 
I have a marlin model 60 that I've probably put about 2000 rounds through. The only time i've ever had it jam was with some cheap Winchester hollow points that weren't jacketed. It's also more acurate than any all stock 10/22 I've ever seen.
 
I can't imagine anything that jams more than my 60. I'm not voting because I've never spent a lot of time around a 10/22, but it's got to be better than the 60.
 
Wishoot you apparently have some type of problem in your 60. That's not normal. What kind of ammo? What type of jams? Is it old or new? Either way check the things rangerruck mentioned a few posts earlier. I would atleast take it apart to clean and inspect the parts to make sure nothing is broken, bent or worn too much.. You may also need to change the feedthroat, lifter and spring. It's all marlin parts that cost about $25 bucks total.
 
i dido Hub. they are the best of the best low cost auto's ever made. their are no lemon Mar-60s Some wore out ones that need a little TLC.Their are a lot of things that i can live with out. A marlin 60
IS NOT ONE OF THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Cheap bulk ammo+excessive oiling+poor cleaning habits will alway result in jamming. No brand or model of firearm is immune to jams under these conditions.
 
Can't speak to the Marlin as I don't own one but,
The 10/22, I think, is a little more ammo sensitive that folks think. Mine doesn't jam often, but seems to do so with lead soft nose rounds.
On another side note--I own a Browning 550-1, of about 1966 vintage, that belonged to my grandfather. It has fired probably 10,000+ rounds in it's life, and has never jammed on me--and if it ever jammed on him he didn't mention it. They are utterly reliable tube fed gems. Just don't ever take them apart. Trust me....
 
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