Fouled Chamber Causing Ejection Problems?
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:37 pm
I've been having ejection problems (stove pipes) with my Buck Mark Standard for a while. I'd take it to the range, have the problems, bring it home and give it a thorough cleaning and light lube. The barrel was cleaned, if I cleaned it, by several passes with a bore snake. The problem didn't go away and got progressively worse. I posted the problem on the Browning forum on Rimfirecentral and Chim suggested cleaning the chamber. I did another thorough cleaning and cleaned the chamber with a bore brush and some JB bore cleaner. The problem seems to have gone away.
I don't think I clean any of my rimfire pistols any differently and the Buck Mark was the only one that developed the problem. I shoot more Xpert22 in the BM than I do the others (Ruger MK's, P22, 22A) but it was the only one having that problem and with all types of ammo.
Although this worked and may be an answer to failures like this in other pistols I can't decide if this was something specific to the Buck Mark and ammo or I cleaned something else better than I thought I was doing.
I don't think I clean any of my rimfire pistols any differently and the Buck Mark was the only one that developed the problem. I shoot more Xpert22 in the BM than I do the others (Ruger MK's, P22, 22A) but it was the only one having that problem and with all types of ammo.
Although this worked and may be an answer to failures like this in other pistols I can't decide if this was something specific to the Buck Mark and ammo or I cleaned something else better than I thought I was doing.