Movement of the 10/22 may cause FTE

[CarrollMS]

Interesting article from a Appleseed Instrctor on a cause for the 10/22 FTE occasionally. I recently bought the third edition of the collectors edition and have suffered occasional FTE. I tried a new Kidd ejector, overspray removal, mini-mags, magazine lip smoothing, 1000 rounds, no luck yet. I don't believe my problem is movement but I will look for this possibility
https://1022companion.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/an-overlooked-cause-of-stovepipe-jams/

[Nashville Stage]

Try this link for the article (the other link has a typo):
https://1022companion.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/an-overlooked-cause-of-stovepipe-jams/

[CarrollMS]

Thanks. I modified my original URL   It got  a little "y" on the tail end of the URL somehow. Likely fat fingers from typing on this midget  keyboard

[Lomshek]

Good article and absolutely correct.

I've seen AR's in 5.56 "short stroke" when fired by an inexperienced shooter but work perfectly when fired by an experienced shooter.  Soft shouldering a rifle is just as bad as limp wristing a pistol.

[Sheepdog87]

Good article. That makes absolute sense to me. I found it particularly interesting that the rifle functioned just fine without the extractor for 50 rounds.

[CarrollMS]

Good article and absolutely correct.

I've seen AR's in 5.56 "short stroke" when fired by an inexperienced shooter but work perfectly when fired by an experienced shooter.  Soft shouldering a rifle is just as bad as limp wristing a pistol.

Good point. It brings to mind in teaching steady hold factors to instruct shooters to pull the stock back into the shoulder with the trigger hand   FM 23-10
"(7) The sniper pulls the weapon into the pocket of his shoulder with the firing hand"

[Gus]

Good article and absolutely correct.

I've seen AR's in 5.56 "short stroke" when fired by an inexperienced shooter but work perfectly when fired by an experienced shooter.  Soft shouldering a rifle is just as bad as limp wristing a pistol.

I like going back through these older posts. Now that I have quite a bit more practical experience I too have seen the effects of a shooter'soft shouldering' a rifle. I loaned a 10/22 to a shooter right after I used it to requalify with. Rifle was functioning perfectly. The new shooter had been having trouble with two other 10/22's previously to using mine. All FTEs.

First couple shots into using mine and it was one FTE after another!  What the....?

I didn't know soft shouldering was a thing until now. The young shooter didn't want to use my rifle either so she switched over to a Tippman. She had better luck with that.

At the time I was completely confounded as to why three 10/22s in a row were having so many FTEs. In the back of my mind I began to suspect it was likely the shooter, I couldn't diagnose it. Soft shouldering. Makes perfect sense now that I have read it. Thanks Lomshek!

Gus

[Lomshek]

Good article and absolutely correct.

I've seen AR's in 5.56 "short stroke" when fired by an inexperienced shooter but work perfectly when fired by an experienced shooter.  Soft shouldering a rifle is just as bad as limp wristing a pistol.

I like going back through these older posts. Now that I have quite a bit more practical experience I too have seen the effects of a shooter'soft shouldering' a rifle. I loaned a 10/22 to a shooter right after I used it to requalify with. Rifle was functioning perfectly. The new shooter had been having trouble with two other 10/22's previously to using mine. All FTEs.

First couple shots into using mine and it was one FTE after another!  What the....?

I didn't know soft shouldering was a thing until now. The young shooter didn't want to use my rifle either so she switched over to a Tippman. She had better luck with that.

At the time I was completely confounded as to why three 10/22s in a row were having so many FTEs. In the back of my mind I began to suspect it was likely the shooter, I couldn't diagnose it. Soft shouldering. Makes perfect sense now that I have read it. Thanks Lomshek!

Gus

Happy to help! I've definitely spent my share time scrolling through old post and trying to absorb the knowledge from previous generations.

[MI-copperhead]

Excellent info. I am definitely going to address this at my next event with my instructors.