Tim Sundles offers some good thoughts about failures to fire. We shoot bulk 22s of various brands, so we get a few. We have had the firing pin rebound springs wear out on a few guns, Mk III Rugers, and 10/22s, and that will cause failures to fire, and slow burns resulting in stuck bullets. Those tiny springs are good to keep on hand if you can keep track of them!
13. Clear your work area and your escape path of brush, vines, and other hazards that can trip you or catch your saw.
14. Escape from the bullseye when the tree tips. 90% of accidents happen within 12 feet of the stump. Go more than 15 feet, and stay out of the bullseye until things stop falling.
15. Keep spectators away more than twice the height of the tree in the direction it will fall.
16. Don't cut alone.
17. Keep your body and the swamper's out of the line of the bar in case of a kickback.
18. Set the brake when taking over two steps or when moving through tripping hazards. Keep your trigger finger off of the throttle when you are moving.
19. DO NOT operate a chainsaw from a ladder! Operating with your feet off the ground requires special training.
20. Do not cut above your shoulders.
21. Springpoles must be shaved on the inside of the apex between the ascending and descending sides. If the apex is higher than you shoulders, stand under the springpole and cut it low on the descending side. It will release upward, away from you.Leaning and heavily loaded poles that are too small to bore cut for a hinge should be shaved on the compressed side until they fold.
22. Do not cut a tree that is holding up a lodged tree. Do not work under a lodged tree. Think about a mouse trying to steal the cheese out of a trap.
23. Instruct your swampers and helpers to NEVER approach you from behind or the sides to within the reach of your saw when you are cutting. If you pull out of a cut with the chain running, or have a severe kickback, the swamper can be killed if he is coming up behind you!
24!! Quit When You Are Tired!
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A 10/22 I've used in multiple Appleseeds would 'eat anything'. Thousands of rounds of near every manufacturer, even the awful Golden Bullet, never a problem.
So imagine my frustration when recently shooting the rifle. Never a failure to fire, but way too many failure to eject. Featuring some Rube Goldberg style messes in the chamber.
More recently I watched a video of a man shooting his recent pawn shop specials all in .22 Many misfires and failure to eject. But not each firearm with the same brand of ammo. A great many comments said it was the ammo. This pointing to a recent drop in quailty in production. That is hard to refute since some brands of ammo produced zero problems while other brands were jam-o-matics.
My brother picked up a brand new store bought 10/22 takedown rifle. Right from the start it had FTFeed and FTFire problems with every brand except CCI Stinger.
Conclusion: it comes down to machining and mfg tolerance. While firearms function as designed right out of the box, parts tolerance may be a skosh this or that. Same with ammo. The aim is to find which ammo works best with which firearm. This fellow may be right, but how often remains a question.
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