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M & P 15-22 Safety Issues
Posted on 3/24/17 at 8:46 am
Posted on 3/24/17 at 8:46 am
My brother sent me a copy of the newsletter from his range in Lafayette about the 15-22 having problems with "out of battery discharges causing shooter injury, but also runaways and firing on safety." According to the newsletter, many ranges, including that one in Lafayette, are prohibiting the use of the 15-22 at ranges until Smith and Wesson investigates these reported issues and issues an official corrective action if necessary. I have never had a problem with mine, but just wanted to give all of you a heads up. Has anyone else heard of this?
This post was edited on 3/24/17 at 8:48 am
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Posted on 3/24/17 at 8:49 am to byutgr
15-22's had the OOB issue early on, but Smith and Wesson has had that issue addressed for some time now. Don't know about a runaway issue.
Posted on 3/24/17 at 8:53 am to civiltiger07
Never had any problems with mine and Ive probably shot 10,000 rounds through it. What is out of battery on a gun?
Posted on 3/24/17 at 8:56 am to Big Worm
When the 15-22 was first released they no doubt had an issue with them. I had to send mine back twice to fix it, but its fixed now and has not skipped a beat since.
An Out of Battery issue is when the fired pin hits the primer before the bolt is all the way forward. The case ends up blowing out the side and its really loud. The first time it happened on my 15-22 it blew off the extractor. As well as scaring the shite out of me.
An Out of Battery issue is when the fired pin hits the primer before the bolt is all the way forward. The case ends up blowing out the side and its really loud. The first time it happened on my 15-22 it blew off the extractor. As well as scaring the shite out of me.
Posted on 3/24/17 at 9:03 am to byutgr
I posted here a while back about my 15-22 having an out of battery discharge. My uncle and I had brought it to the hunting lease with us while doing some scouting. We decided to shoot a few rds while we were there. We didn't have hearing protection because it's 22LR and we didn't plan to shoot too much. He was shooting, while I was standing a few feet away at his 5 o'clock, and had an OOBD during one of his first few shots. The explosion was probably the loudest thing I've ever heard in my life. My ears rang for a few days after that. I'll never not wear hearing protection again regardless of what I'm shooting. Not sure what caused the OOBD, but it could have a lot to do with the ammo I was shooting. We were shooting Rem. Golden Bullets at the time. I later found out from S&W that the 15-22 is really picky about what time of ammo you feed it. Since then I've ran nothing but premium ammo through it and haven't had any issues.
Posted on 3/24/17 at 9:10 am to byutgr
Going to an Appleseed shooting clinic this weekend and they have the 15-22 ban in place as well.
Posted on 3/24/17 at 9:15 am to DeoreDX
Yeah, I was just reading about that. I thought S&W had fixed most of the issues with the 15-22 but that doesn't appear to be the case 
Posted on 3/24/17 at 9:33 am to ForeverLSU02
My 15-22 will run through any type of ammo I feed it, and it will spit it out as fast as I can pull the trigger.
Posted on 3/24/17 at 9:35 am to civiltiger07
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My 15-22 will run through any type of ammo I feed it, and it will spit it out as fast as I can pull the trigger.
same here
Posted on 3/24/17 at 9:38 am to Big Worm
Mine did too until I had the OOBD. 
It probably wasn't the root of the problem, but it probably didn't help. The user manual even has a list of what ammo to avoid
It probably wasn't the root of the problem, but it probably didn't help. The user manual even has a list of what ammo to avoid
Posted on 3/24/17 at 10:06 am to ForeverLSU02
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The user manual even has a list of what ammo to avoid
Is this an indictment of an inferior weapon or is this an indictment of inferior ammo?
Posted on 3/24/17 at 10:12 am to civiltiger07
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My 15-22 will run through any type of ammo I feed it, and it will spit it out as fast as I can pull the trigger.
Well mine has a serious Failure to Feed/Failure to eject issue. At least one out of every 50 rounds will jam. I've cleaned it... tried different ammo. Am pretty frustrated.
Posted on 3/24/17 at 11:00 am to byutgr
I got that news letter from my range in laffy as well. Sucks I just picked up a new mlok version. I had read on he S&W forum about the runaway thing and it seems the range officer did some work on the gun and then it did its runaway. I forget the reason he did work on the gun for someone at the range. They also said it might be the trigger group got loose from the pins walking or the holes loosening up. I have a Elftmann trigger in it now and is pretty locked in place. I'll be aware of it tho.
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