22/45. Holy crap what a pain.

[Colohunter]

It's nice, I'm used to pulling the slide back to release it after lock back, so having to use the bolt release on the 22/45 threw off my normal handling. Now it will release just like most other pistols when you pull the slide back on a loaded magazine.

[Fentonite]

yeah, that "function" threw me off the first time I took it to the range, glad there's a fix.

On another topic, am I the only one bothered by dry-firing a .22? I know the 22/45 has to be dry-fired for disassembly, but it still bugs me. As a youth, I really boogered-up the chamber of a .22 by dry-firing (before I knew better) - put a nice divot into the rim that affected chambering and extraction. Knowing that the firing pin is slamming into the rim of the chamber with dry-firing feels like nails on a chalkboard to me. I guess since the manual instructs you to do it, it should be ok, but it still seems sacrilegious.

[Special Ed]

yeah, that "function" threw me off the first time I took it to the range, glad there's a fix.

On another topic, am I the only one bothered by dry-firing a .22? I know the 22/45 has to be dry-fired for disassembly, but it still bugs me. As a youth, I really boogered-up the chamber of a .22 by dry-firing (before I knew better) - put a nice divot into the rim that affected chambering and extraction. Knowing that the firing pin is slamming into the rim of the chamber with dry-firing feels like nails on a chalkboard to me. I guess since the manual instructs you to do it, it should be ok, but it still seems sacrilegious.

You're not alone. Countless people have said you shouldn't dry fire a .22 for the reasons you mention. Yet there are still those who say it isn't a problem as long as you don't overdo it. That said, the NSSF Rimfire Challenge rules specifically state you have to pull the trigger after showing clear. Ummm...this means you have to dry fire your .22 a minimum of 40 times during the course of the match (5 strings on 8 stages). I have to believe that even proponents of dry firing a .22 would agree this is what's meant by overdoing it.

[Wulf202]

Pulling the trigger to prove a gun is unloaded is just stupid

[Slapps74]

I have a "chamber iron that I use after a rim fire match to avoid the above issue.

[Hoser]

That said, the NSSF Rimfire Challenge rules specifically state you have to pull the trigger after showing clear. Ummm...this means you have to dry fire your .22 a minimum of 40 times during the course of the match (5 strings on 8 stages).

Wrong. You only dry fire at the end of a stage, not a string.

I can not tell you how many times as a kid I tried to shoot the 11th round in a 10 round 10-22 magazine.

Most modern rimfires are not hurt by dry firing.

[Hoser]

Pulling the trigger to prove a gun is unloaded is just stupid

Lots of "unloaded" guns go boom.

[brutal]

Lots of "unloaded" guns go boom.

Like at every other gunshow nationwide.

FWIW, I don't have any trouble field stripping or installing upgrades (90% 1911) on the crappy Sig (GSG) 1911-22. :-D

Surprisingly, the damn thing runs pretty reliably too after break in.

[Special Ed]

Wrong. You only dry fire at the end of a stage, not a string.

I can not tell you how many times as a kid I tried to shoot the 11th round in a 10 round 10-22 magazine.

Most modern rimfires are not hurt by dry firing.

Yup...you got me there. Don't know why I got it wrong after as many times as I've shot that match. Must be the Texas air.

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[TFOGGER]

Lots of "unloaded" guns go boom.

It seems to me that an open action with a visibly empty chamber would be better...

or even a chamber flag