S&W M&P15-22 Kaboom?

July 30, 2010
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Steve at The Firearm Blog has the details.

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6 Responses to S&W M&P15-22 Kaboom?

  1. jbomultigun on July 30, 2010 at 10:56

    I’ve had the same thing happen with my Tactical Solutions AR-22 upper.

    Most likely it’s the result of the gun firing out of battery.

  2. Mad Saint Jack on July 30, 2010 at 14:24

    I saw a Ruger MK 3 fire OOB and it blew the loaded chamber indicator out of the gun.

    I’ve read a few boards that talked about Federal Auto Match being involved in several OOB kaBOOMs, that would be my first suspect.

  3. Mad Saint Jack on July 30, 2010 at 14:29

    OT: try not to let this go to your head:

    http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2010/07/17/what-do-you-think-of-“top-shot”/#comments

    I’m joking you should let it go to your head.

  4. jbomultigun on July 30, 2010 at 16:01

    The OOB failures I’ve had were with Federal bulk pack ammo. That consists of about 95% of the ammo I’ve put through it. I’ve not had similar failures with Federal in other guns.

  5. JD on July 31, 2010 at 21:58

    It ain’t the rifle.

  6. Klingon00 on August 2, 2010 at 15:11

    S&W will take care of it and make it right. I had an early model with out of spec ejector/extractor and they fixed it right the first time. They replaced the springs with ones with blue coating and made sure the rifle was up to the latest specs. Works every time now. I found it also helps to load the magazine without using the thumb tabs. Just push each round down with the next one ensures they are stacked properly in the magazine.