I have a Rock Island 22 TCM. I’m experiencing failure to feed in this pistol. It seems to be the magazine s. First round feeds perfectly subsequent rounds have noticed nose diving in the magazines and failed to feed. The rounds do not rise fully in the magazine after the first round. Does anyone have any experience with this. I read somewhere a 38 super 1911 mag solves the issue but a 38 super 1911 man will not seat and Rock Island 22 TCM/ 9 mm 1911.
I’m thinking about adjusting feed lips on a magazine but have not done so yet.
Are the magazines damaged, cracked or dented? Before you tinker with the feed lips or anything else, have the magazines, followers and springs been cleaned? After cleaning, pull a silicone rag through them and wipe the follower and springs. Don’t use oil! Oil collects grime, lint, carbon, etc. like a magnet. Everything should be dry when you put it back together.
If that doesn’t do it, replace the springs (cheaper than replacing magazines) and perhaps the followers.
After loading them, hold the mag body in your strong hand and strike it into your off hand palm base plate down. Hard enough to move the rounds in the mag. “Set the rounds” in the mag. Try it.
You need to work on their feed lips.
If you don’t feel comfortable with this, contact Hayes Custom Guns.
They helped me with magazines for RIA some time ago…
Yes all four mags and all four came from Rock Island at the same time I bought the pistol. They work with 9 mm no problem but allow the tip of the 22 TCM to nose down before it comes to the top of the mag
Yeah I know. I’m beginning to wonder if maybe I got a hold of a bad bunch of ammo at the oal is off. Pretty far-fetched though. I think just to rule out that bizarre possibility I’ll get my calipers off my reloading bench and check the rounds
Extractor to tight maybe? Tcm is a cut down rifle case not a necked down pistol round slight difference in rim thickness, maybe? Just throwing things out there now.