Hey everyone, I picked one of these tec 22's up from a very nice fellow member on here the other day, and I'd like to get it running better. the number one problem seems to be stove piping the round and beyond that there are many other problems but not as consistent as stove piping. I am going to try different ammo too, if most of my problems can be cleared by switching to another cheap bulk brand, then by all means I will do that. I do not want to have a .22lr that I can only run mini-mags and stingers through. This is such a cool little pistol and it takes my ruger mags so I really hope I can get it cycling reliably. Does anyone have any resources, tips, or experience with these? I've read tons of different stuff on the net but nothing that jumped out as great (besides one or two tips). The only good tips i read were having to do with one guy changing the ejector pin out for a volquartseen or whatever and the other had something to do with placing a few screws or something to position the mag better in the pistol. I do not know how to take the bolt apart to get the ejector pin out. Any tips would be great!
Well the problem is when intratec made your gun they made the ejector rod, if you will, too small. If you pull the bolt out of the gun you will see a small piece of plastic protruding from the plastic housing that has your trigger and hammer parts in it. This piece protrudes toward the magazine well. This is what knocks the empty casing off the ejecter on the bolt face throwing it clear of the ejector port..... BUT since it is too small the casing is cast out too late causing JAMS not good unless some bread is handy. SOOOOO we take a 3/16 allen wrench and cut a straight piece to .620 of an inch. drill a 3/16 hole in the end of the plastic ejector, and drill almost through but stop just short, if you punch through your screwed. Now when I say drill in I mean the hole should face the hole your bullet goes in, its not rocket science... Now you only want .416 sticking out of the plastic. Once you have the correct measurement you will want to bend the allen wrench piece, take it out of the ejector to do this, so that it is up against the bolt where the plastic piece would be. I suggest taking the plastic insert out and putting the bolt on top so you can see where they line up, the hammer will have to be removed so you can set them on top of each other. Do NOT let the allen wrench drag on the bolt. NOW this only works right off for Butler Creek HOT LIPS magazines. For other magazines such as the Steel Lips you will have to take a dremel grinder and do the following..... open top, remove bolt, STARE at the allen protruding from ejector, while STARING stick your magazine in until it hits the allen wrench. This is where you need to take your grinder and grind where the wrench hits. Grind ONLY where the wrench hits until you can stick the magazine in WITHOUT moving the wrench. Take care in your grind as too much to the right will cause the bullets to no longer be held down. NOW the steel lips + the wrench = PERFECTION. Intratec simply made the ejector too short. Oh and as for bullets go the MINI MAG CCI are the best to load. However with the ejector problems fixed I have been able to feed the new federal semi auto load .22 LR MADE for reliable feeding(so the box says) with no problem and they are about $15 for 325 as opposed to $21 for 300 Mini mag.
