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JALLEN wrote:

jmra wrote:My ruger SR22 loves the cheap stuff. If you shoot a lot, find a gun that will shoot the cheap stuff. It will save you a fortune in the long run.

Or, these days, find the cheap stuff, if there is any. Then buy a gun that shoots it.

Teamless wrote:

CHLLady wrote:I'm just concerned why its happening to me, and not hubby.

You mentioned it happened to him 2X, but to you a few times per magazine.
So it has happened to him, even if only twice.
Which leads me to believe its the ammo.

Also, if he shoots more than you, you could be 'helping' the stove piping by flinching as you pull the trigger, so the ammo and the flinching combined are causing your issue more than his.

Using your same ammo you could do 2 things:

1 - you may try making sure the feed ramp is VERY clean before shooting and clean it every 2-3 magazines (I keep Qtips and Hoppe's in my range bag to do this myself)
2 - put your ammo in a Rubbermaid type (disposable) container. Spray it ever so lightly with Rem Oil, and it could also release some friction when loading and ejecting the rounds/casings.

But if you want to see if it is an ammo issue, buy some CCI ammo, go to the range with both CCI and your current ammo.
Shoot a mag or 2 with old ammo, and then with CCI
if you are having issues with the old ammo and not the CCI, well, there is your answer.
Then try the #1 and #2 above, with the old ammo and see if that resolves the issues.
If it does resolve it, then you can keep using cheap ammo with it.