Anyone tried the Magnum Research MLR 22 LR's

[Broz]

I might buy one of these for some competition shooting at my gun club. Looking for input.

Thanks

 

[RichinKansas]

What kind of competition would you use it for?

 

[Broz]

Off hand silhoutte (sp?)

 

[Broz]

Well, I bought one of these Magnum Research MLR 22 LR. I read the manual at the store and bought 500 rounds of the exact ammo they recommended, Standard Vel CCI's. I took it to the gun club last night for indoor practise. It jams every other shot or every 3rd shot. maybe twice it made it 5 consecutive rounds. It is not ejecting the empties correctly. It catches the empty in the bolt. And no, nothing like a scope mount is obstructing the area. I think the recoil spring on the bolt is too strong. I tried a variety of different ammo. From slow target to some High vel I had. All do the same thing. Accuracy on the rifle is pretty good. The trigger is aweful. So I am taking it back today with hopes of getting a refund. We will see how Bob Ward Sports treat this kind of thing.

If I get a refund I am going to buy a bolt rifle. Probably a Savage Mako..

Jeff

 

[CooperNV]

I have a pair of MR's one in 17 hmr and one in 22mag. Both required a little tuning to get rid of the stove pipes. On the 17hmr the top of the bolt was rough and was scoring the receiver. This was slowing the bolt down causing the stove piping. I floated the top of the bolt with a fine cross cut file and polished then I deburred the receiver where the bolt had scored it. I also polished the bolt rod and lubed the rod and the contact areas with dry lube. Rifle runs good. I did the same with the 22mag.. That along with some power custom parts in the trigger both are fine shooters. These being mag receivers, your problem could be different.
If the a action of this kind is stove piping it is usually a slow bolt, i.e. bolt rod rough, bolt return spring to stout, bolt dragging on receiver, bolt handle to heavy or lackalube. These are pretty simple fixes.
Hope this helps,
T

 

[Broz]

CooperNV, I think you are correct and the bolt return spring being to strong is my guess. Never the less, I took it back. Bob Wards gracefully refunded my money. I just purchased a Savage Mako. So we will see how that goes.

Thanks for the info.

Jeff

 

[holstil]

I made a post on this in another thread. I'm not saying this is the problem, but I've seen this a few times now. If your gun has excessive downward cant it will slow the extraction down to the point that it will not eject. I guess it doesn't like to be pulled out at an angle. The only 10/22's that I've seen that do not have some degree of canting are the those that are threaded, even when you use the anti canting devices. I loosened the clamp screws for a couple of shots on the last one I bought, to learn that it fed fine and it put my zero back in the middle of adj. in my scope.
I have been to the site mentioned and am now registered there as well, fun site. There is a lot of info there.
I have a Magnum Research 10/22, mine is 10/22 with a Boyd stock and a carbon fiber barrel. after some trigger work, it shoots similar to my VQ.
Jim