Beretta 22 auto question...

I have a bunch of Model 70/71/101 examples that are very polite and run perfectly, no matter what I feed them.
I had a Taurus PT22, a Bobcat clone I think, and I had some similar issues to yours. If it isn't ammo or a broken ejector, look to a bad grip or limp-wristing.
And can you be a bit more specific on "fails to eject regularly"?

What kind of ammo are you using? I find CCI mini mags to be very good at cycling autos.

Is the extractor not catching the rim, or the slide not coming back far/fast enough to yank it out of the chamber?

pwillie said:

I have a 22LR beretta auto,that fails to eject regularly...whats up? I am using quality ammo..? its clean etc....just want chew them cartridges......anybody have one?...

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I have a beretta 22lr neos that had the same problem. It would fail to eject at least one in every clip no matter what kind of shells i used. It was still under warranty so i called Beretta. They sent ups to the house to pick it up and had it back to me in exactly one week. They replaced the slide and it worked perfect. Can't say enough for Berettas service dept.

IIRC the Bobcat has no extractor and no ejector. If you are getting failure to eject, take a close look in the chamber for powder buildup.

If you have been dry firing the model 21 it will peen the rim of the chamber, which will cause the case to stick, need to use some thing to "iron out" the chamber, Brownells sells a 22 caliber tool made for such use.

Jar and dagger dog have the right of it. I found I got better cycling reliability by loading the magazine a round or even two short.

-kBob

My Bobcat 22 would only function reliably on CCI MM when it was new. Several years and several thousand rounds later it is now reliable with most bulk high velocity ammo.

I just purchased a .22 Bobcat within the past month. Most comments I've heard from users say to use good high velocity ammo.

However, I read through the user manual, and I quote from page 9... "Standard velocity rounds will typically function more efficiently than higher velocity rounds and with less wear to the weapon."

I've been using CCI standard velocity ammo. I've had a couple failures to feed in the first 100 rounds or so, but I've seen several places where people said it smooths out after about 200 rounds.

pwillie

I think the smaller in size you go with a semi-auto .22 the more likely you are to have feeding and ejection problems, possibly because of the close tolerances needed to make things work properly in such a small confined space. Add to this you're using a rimmed cartridge with rimfire priming and there are bound to be problems getting a small gun like that to work right. I have had several Beretta Model 21As and tried lots of different ammo to find one that would work okay (at the time a number of owners recommended using CCI Hyper Velocity Stingers for more reliable performance), but never found that level of dependability that I have with my larger, medium frame size Beretta Model 70S.