Rock Island Armory TM22 Feather Review

I hadn't seen too many videos for the RIA TM22 Feather, so I thought I would make my own! Here is a short review for anyone interested in this 22lr rifle.
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[@TopOnePercentCribs]

How to you have the sling connected to the stock? I’m a new gun owner & I can’t figure out how to hook it to the stock.

[@after-worknetwork6095]

@@TopOnePercentCribs The kind I got from the pawn shop was a little weird. It hooked to the front loop no problem but I had to use a black carabiner to get the thing attached to the stock. Fortunately it appears to have multiple places to attach for whatever solution you may have that differs

[@ericparedes8160]

I saw you mention you used remington thunderbolt and i did as well but after 300 rounds i had flyers and really bad lead fouling down my barrel from the lead nose. Like real bad. Have you experienced this at all?

[@after-worknetwork6095]

@@ericparedes8160 Well not necessarily. I got to about 1K rounds before I had serious issues with jamming. Bear in mind I am usually shooting at relatively close ranges (10 yards & under) so i am not noticing as much spread. When I took it to a friends place, I was having a hard time hitting @ 100 yards & could only get 1/25 on the 200 yd so perhaps I need to clean my barrel and try again. Course there's always copper plated ammo which should be easier on the gun just usually costs more. I'm a pretty bad cheapskate so the thunderbolt is usually what I'm packing for this & my heritage 22 rough rider

[@ericparedes8160]

I guess i needed to put more oil down the barrel because i swear i couldnt even get my bore brush thru the barrel. It looked like a jagged cave halfway down full of lead. I had to use lead remover. Im gonna polish and oil the barrel better and see if it helps. I got 4000 rounds of thunderbolt so i was concerned. Love my TM 22 its been reliable. ​@after-worknetwork6095

[@after-worknetwork6095]

@@ericparedes8160 Yeah that almost sounds like a bad batch of ammo. Maybe even look into calling remington and see if the lot # associated with the ammo that's been giving you trouble is part of a defective batch. Certainly a longshot but stranger things have happened. That or maybe the retailer that had it stored it improperly/ had it too long

[@ericparedes8160]

I'll honestly look into that thanks a bunch !​@@after-worknetwork6095

[@pem1126]

@@ericparedes8160 had issues in my nylon 66 shooting this stuff, its dirty, Winchester too. Try some better ammo.

[@samfisher560]

The Ruger precision is a better rifle. I am also thinking about getting this one as well. I’m glad you like to review on it. I can’t wait to fire it myself when I get it.

[@outdoorman7425]

I disagree that this should be recommended as a first gun . A bolt action 22lr rifle would be my recommendation for a first gun.

[@after-worknetwork6095]

@@outdoorman7425 Sounds like it would be sturdier and simpler to go with bolt action, but in all my times at gun counters I don't recall seeing such a gun. I seen the 10/22 and of course this one, but yeah 1st gun should at least be a 22 of some variety

[@mightybeanzfan2008]

How come yours doesn’t have a feeding problem?

[@mightybeanzfan2008]

Did you do anything to it to fix it

[@after-worknetwork6095]

@@mightybeanzfan2008 It's usually just a matter of cleaning w/ gun oil, ideally while disassembled but you can get away with a few drops in the receiver in a pinch. Thanks for the comment!

[@mightybeanzfan2008]

@@after-worknetwork6095 no problem, but I tried this and it would still have feeding issues, maybe I didn’t clean it throughly enough so I’ll try that again but thank you

[@after-worknetwork6095]

@@mightybeanzfan2008 Maybe the clip is defective?

[@after-worknetwork6095]

For reference I use Remington thunderbolt ammo bc it fits my budget/need. As with anything rimfire ESPECIALLY 22 I know there's bound to be a handful of defective rounds no matter hwhat

[@masaveli]

It was indeed my 10th gun 😂😂😂😂😂

[@after-worknetwork6095]

@@masaveli That's awesome! It's a no brainer, did you get the banana mags 2?