r/canadaguns • u/Remote_Mistake6291 • May 31 '26
Gun and gear reviews TM 22 reliability.
Brand new out of the box. Only things done were top cocking and optics added. 50 rounds, zero problem. Seller and Bellot Canadian match ammo. Someone was asking about feeding.
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u/DoctorRobertsGMOs2 Jun 01 '26
Mine runs pretty good so far I was having light strikes and I did some stuff, cleaned firing pin channel, increased firing pin throw just a blond one and polished the Insides and I only got the chance to run 130 rounds today but no light strikes today!
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u/NeruLight Jun 01 '26
How did you increase the firing pin throw exactly?
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u/DoctorRobertsGMOs2 Jun 15 '26
There’s a recess in the firing pin for the firing pin retainer and I just took a blond one off with some sand paper with a backing I kept the original rounded shape of the channel and by removing a bit of material on the rear side of the channel I increased the stroke just a tiny bit, for the channel that the firing pin sits in l side the bolt I took a centre punch and wrapped it with some 600 grit sandpaper and held it on with a zip tie and gently polished the inside of the channel, hope this helps, i suspect a couple other things could be responsible as well but I will get back to you when I have time!
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Jun 01 '26
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u/DoctorRobertsGMOs2 Jun 15 '26
You know what I might just do that! I would love to hopefully get someone in the right direction, I’ll see about documenting working on mine once I get some time this days off and I’ll keep you updated if I do, thanks!
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u/HappyCan7250 Jun 01 '26
I initially had some issues with ejecting/extracting on my 3rd Tm22, would hold onto the shell and smash the casing back into the chamber face without ejecting. First 2 ran great. It seems some are coming with slightly out of spec extractors, and they largely seem to be the left extractor (when looking down as you would when shooting).
I had to take some fine sandpaper to mine and polish up the left ejector, after that it has been extremely reliable. First 2 TM22s were flawless though.
I mostly run bulk Aguila HV through mine, runs great on it. I save the CCI for my bolt gun.
Congrats on the new fun, looks pretty goofy with the 25rd mag sleeve, but I get it, the 10rd go fast.
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u/Jazzlike_Finish123 Jun 01 '26
Mine will only shoot cci. Everything else is a disaster. Even high velocity Aguila.
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u/Remote_Mistake6291 Jun 01 '26
This is my 5th one and they have all been like this. I usually use Federal auto match.
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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 Jun 01 '26
Even high velocity Aguila.
I bought like 8,000+ rounds since it's cheap; I found my 10/22 doesn't like it and neither does my TM22. Not sure what I'm going to do with it.
Federal Automatch and CCI shoot well.
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u/Vegetable-Army-4872 Jun 01 '26
My 10/22 loves Aguila.
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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 Jun 01 '26
I have a 9" barrel on my 10/22, aftermarket receiver, bolt, and magazine, but Aguila ammo does not seem to cycle well. With Federal and CCI, I can mag-dump 25 rounds as fast as I can pull the trigger. I'm still debugging and am not sure why it's so fussy with certain ammunition.
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u/Vegetable-Army-4872 Jun 01 '26
Aftermarket receiver, bolt and magazine. I purposely bought the cheapest 10/22 I could find. The grey plastic stock one. 289 dollars I believe.
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u/NecessaryRisk2622 Jun 02 '26
It’s all my current 10/22 eats happily. It’s the fourth one I’ve owned, and the only one I’ve had to polish the receiver and bolt to actually work reliably.
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u/mwmwmwmwmmdw Jun 01 '26
guys if your gun only works well with mini mags then its not a good gun or working right.
if your car meant to take normal 87 gas but only would work with 93 would you accept that?
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u/shadowa1ien Jun 01 '26
Theres actually quite a few of cars that dont run well on regular gas, and you need the higher octane stuff. Usually they're higher-end cars, but i've heard of a few more affordable options thats do it as well.
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u/Jurple-shirt Jun 02 '26
That's because they are specifically tuned for higher octane and using lower would damage the engine.
Is the tm22 tuned to only use mini mags?
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u/Salty-Western-2115 Jun 01 '26
Trying to tell people not to waste money on Turkish guns, level:impossible
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u/jollygreengiant1655 Jun 01 '26
The anti-turk brigade never misses a chance to drag on these, even when many other rifles have different performance levels depending on the ammo used.
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u/Salty-Western-2115 Jun 02 '26
You get what you pay for, when i first got into guns i bought turkish guns because i was buying a new gun each month for the simple monthly excitement of buying a new gun. Low and behold nothing but issues.
Now doing quality over quantity and never looked back.
Not trying to shit on peoples choices, trying to keep people from making the same mistakes i did.
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u/HOFBrINCl32 Jun 01 '26
Meh its hit and miss. Ours literally dont shoot this well
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u/McLovin2182 Jun 01 '26
Same, I took mine out the other day and had probably 15% misfire of ~200 rounds
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u/HOFBrINCl32 Jun 01 '26
I think its got a long long breakin period imo
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u/McLovin2182 Jun 01 '26
Well those 200 did only bring me up to like 250 rounds so maybe I'll need to give it some time, thanks for the info
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u/jollygreengiant1655 Jun 01 '26
Yeah mine was having a lot of issues in the first 3-400 rounds. I'm now up to about 1800 and only been a couple issues since that break in period.
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u/soundssarcastic bc Jun 01 '26
Ammo probably matters quite a bit. I was going through my "here's a cardboard box of starting-to-rust remmington" 22s and I got a lot of reloading practice my first time out
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u/JETRUG Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
Derya YouTube released an entire set of tutorial videos and explanations on how to clean and then break in brand new tm22s. If anyone has issues, the disassembly/reassembly video and the best ammo video would be the first two to watch to see if they help.
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u/Remote_Mistake6291 Jun 02 '26
I am not having any issues.
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u/JETRUG Jun 02 '26
My bad, your post spawned a lot of replies saying they have issues with different ammo etc. when I said "your issues" I mean in general "person who has issues with this rifle", I'll edit it. Glad to hear you have no problems though, mine was finicky with certain ammo.
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u/Flaky-West-8506 Jun 01 '26
Where did you buy that magazine?
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u/Remote_Mistake6291 Jun 01 '26
It is a normal 25 round mag with a 3d printed clam shell.
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u/iNeedAdivorce Jun 01 '26
Where do you get the clamshell? It looks awesome!
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u/Remote_Mistake6291 Jun 01 '26
I can not it link it here. Google Tommy Enterprises or try gun post.
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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 Jun 01 '26
Tommy Enterprises
His stuff tends to break, best to buy from another seller and or designer.
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u/Eisenbahn-de-order Jun 01 '26
Who's magazines that? Did you have to supply your own spring?
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u/DirtyDangles69420 Jun 01 '26
Derya 25rd
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u/Eisenbahn-de-order Jun 01 '26
I see. There seems to be two style, one that's injection molding another two clamshells screwed together. Thought yours was someones custom job
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u/Splattah_ Jun 01 '26
CCI Blazer runs 100% for me
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u/onenifty Jun 13 '26
Just picked up one of the 12” pros yesterday and a few bricks of blazer, so this is nice to hear. I’m excited to hit the range with it!
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u/Response-Cheap Jun 01 '26
Mine took a little while to break in, but now it eats anything I put down the pipe. Great platform for an affordable modern plinker without having to swap in an armload of performance parts.
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u/DirtyDangles69420 Jun 01 '26
Mine has crushed a few live shells when cycling, hoping that improves as its super annoying.
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u/TheBulletBuddy Jun 01 '26
Threw a harder rubber pad and and a washer into the buffer, tossed the left extractor into the spare parts bin, and im close to 2000 rounds with 0 issues. Eats anything i throw at it, from old federal bulk ammo, to discount Remington and Winchester from who knows how long ago that I got off gun post haha.
I think i got one of the "holy grail" ones because its treated me great, runs better than my 10/22 with an SBI receiver and TUFF-22 magazines. Havnt been able to get those things to cycle worth a damn since I bought em.
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u/NeruLight Jun 15 '26
Was it a TM-22 pro that you added pad and washer to? I keep hearing about this but not sure if it’s something I should do proactively for my pro model.
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u/TheBulletBuddy Jun 15 '26
It sure was.
Its a reccomended mod for all models as far as I'm aware of.
Its just a toonie/washer, super simple and peace of mind. Can't go wrong haha
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u/FlySpecial6091 Jun 02 '26
Mine runs like a beast, had a small breK in period of a light strike here and there but after 100 rounds and a clean and lube hasn't happened since. Iv probably but 2000 rounds through it by now
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u/AITAH_Tired_OF_IT Jun 01 '26
I’m not in Canada but my TM22 is great and I don’t think I’ve had any reliability concerns.
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u/iNeedAdivorce Jun 01 '26
I have three of them and they all like CCI Mini. I have one that runs junk bin ammo really well.