EDgun EdGun R5M .25 mag issue

[woogie_man]

Hey guys I have something for you today. I have been practicing with this rifle for NRL22 matches, and I didn't do half bad today with it. Though remembering to rest your scope from a 150 yard stage to a 50 yard stage would have saved me 10 hits

But while shooting I was noticing that every once in a while i would have shots that were skipped in the magazine. Not sure if I was short stroking the cocking levers, but I was still getting a report from a shot. So I am curious if I have a magazine issue, or if there is something else going on.

Has anyone here had this issue with the R5M rifles?

 

[Dairyboy]

Well I never did with my .22s nor see anyone have problems but I have heard of some cycling issues with .25s.

 

[MikeVV]

My Lelya (.22) has skipped "one" shot per magazine, a coupla times. But that's in almost three years of shooting. No idea how many rounds shot.
Skipping two or three rounds in MANY...magazines of shooting, doesn't bother me. But I can see it may be a problem on competition shooting.

Mike

 

[woogie_man]

I have done some reading and have found that it could be a weak detent spring, or the dimples in the magazine may be worn out. So a simple drill bit should be able to make them deeper and fix the issue

 

[woogie_man]

My Lelya (.22) has skipped "one" shot per magazine, a coupla times. But that's in almost three years of shooting. No idea how many rounds shot.
Skipping two or three rounds in MANY...magazines of shooting, doesn't bother me. But I can see it may be a problem on competition shooting.

Mike

Yeah when I am shooting slow I don't notice it. I was able to shoot 3 magazines through the rifle slowly and didn't miss a shot. I am guessing the detent is either weak or the magazines are worn and causing the magazines to over rotate.

I will play with it this week and see what happens.

Though it was fun watching people be shocked when I was hitting the 125 yard target and it was ringing loudly. It really turned heads today for sure.

 

[BlackICE]

That's possible especially with a mag full of heavy pellets. The cocking motion rotates the mag only far enough to hit the next detent, but mag has rotational inertia. If you pull back too fast it can fly pass the detent. But I doubt it would move all the way to the next position, so I would expect a jam.