I bought an ISSC .22 a few weeks ago and have had several somewhat disappointing range trips with it. Lots of failure to eject and failure to feed. But today's trip was a surprise - 100 mini-mags and zero malfunctions.
I started with two magazines loaded with 8 rounds. No malfunctions so I upped the next 6 magazines to 9 rounds. Still no malfunctions. Now I was getting hopeful. I loaded the next 3 magazines with 10 rounds. No malfunctions! The gun got through 100 rounds with zero malfunctions! Given it's history I was very surprised. I am very much hoping this gun is through it's break in period and reliability will continue to improve. The manual says to break it in with CCI mini-mags and I have 1900 more in the safe ready to go!
My plan was to use the ISSC .22 for a plinker and for general target practice but the reliability factor was starting to be a big disappointment. Hoping that has reversed itself. On the plus side - very low recoil even for a .22, and ergonomics are like a compact sized Glock.
Breakdown of ISSC .22 range trips so far:
trip 1 (04/08/2012) - 100 CCI mini-mag with 17 malfunctions - field strip and clean
trip 2 (04/28/2012) - 45 CCI mini-mags with 3 malfunctions - field strip and clean
trip 3 (05/06/2012) - 55 mini-mags - approx 5 malfunctions [sad2], 50 American Eagle 40gr lead round nose hv approx 10 malfunctions - field strip and clean
trip 4 (05/13/2012) - 100 mini-mags 0 malfunctions - field strip and clean
It really did not like the American Eagle rounds. One casing got stuck in the barrel and I had to pry it out. Seems like American Eagle brass is sized just a little wider than CCI mini-mags.
All in all today was a satisfying trip. I was starting to really worry about the reliability of the gun. Now I feel a little better, but time will tell.
I started with two magazines loaded with 8 rounds. No malfunctions so I upped the next 6 magazines to 9 rounds. Still no malfunctions. Now I was getting hopeful. I loaded the next 3 magazines with 10 rounds. No malfunctions! The gun got through 100 rounds with zero malfunctions! Given it's history I was very surprised. I am very much hoping this gun is through it's break in period and reliability will continue to improve. The manual says to break it in with CCI mini-mags and I have 1900 more in the safe ready to go!
My plan was to use the ISSC .22 for a plinker and for general target practice but the reliability factor was starting to be a big disappointment. Hoping that has reversed itself. On the plus side - very low recoil even for a .22, and ergonomics are like a compact sized Glock.
Breakdown of ISSC .22 range trips so far:
trip 1 (04/08/2012) - 100 CCI mini-mag with 17 malfunctions - field strip and clean
trip 2 (04/28/2012) - 45 CCI mini-mags with 3 malfunctions - field strip and clean
trip 3 (05/06/2012) - 55 mini-mags - approx 5 malfunctions [sad2], 50 American Eagle 40gr lead round nose hv approx 10 malfunctions - field strip and clean
trip 4 (05/13/2012) - 100 mini-mags 0 malfunctions - field strip and clean
It really did not like the American Eagle rounds. One casing got stuck in the barrel and I had to pry it out. Seems like American Eagle brass is sized just a little wider than CCI mini-mags.
All in all today was a satisfying trip. I was starting to really worry about the reliability of the gun. Now I feel a little better, but time will tell.