Comments on: 715T Flat Top Versions Join Mossberg International Tactical .22 Rifle Line-Up

By: Patm

Patm — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:30:32 +0000

have shot hundreds of rounds thru mine, only 1 jam. only problem i have is the mag ejecter is otherwise i love it is scoped and very accurate

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:16:21 +0000

I have has the same problem as Den. After I lubed the gun up nice and started to shoot all was well for about 50rnds until a little piece of metal flew out of the chamber. After that it has been locking its own bolt back every 2-3 shots and its becoming annoying. It only “jams” once for every 25rnd magazine but every other shot seems to make it lock its own bolt back. Does anyone have a price range of how much it will cost me to send it back to Mossberg to get it fixed? If so please write back!!!

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:35:22 +0000

My son and I both bought the 715T recently. Took them out to sight in the optics today and after reading the comments made a point to use several different types of ammo. We used everything from 31 to 40 grain bullets, regular velocity to 1480 fps. We avoided subsonic since the book said to use high velocity. We also used 7 different 25 round magazines. I am pleased to say both guns worked flawlessly, both with slow and rapid fire. Both of us are very happy with them.

By: Chuch

Chuch — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 02:03:39 +0000

I had the exact same problem as Den. I have sent the broken parts for repair/replacement under warranty. Will post when I know more.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:47:40 +0000

did you strip your gun down and clean everything like the manuel says before shooting?

By: Den

Den — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:34:55 +0000

Brought my gun to the range and went through 25 rounds just fine. After reloading and popping off 6 rounds a little metal piece flew out of the chamber and then every round started to jam. Sounds like something is wrong here.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 22:40:32 +0000

Bought the 715t flat top last week and put about 1100 rounds through it this weekend. Tried about 8 different kinds of ammunition and found that the subsonics would jam about 1 per 25 round mag. I found the Winchester super x high velocitys worked amazing. As well as the American eagles and federals. (All three high velocity). Only thing I didn’t like about the gun is the stock feels a little to cheap and the clam shelled grip feels like it will come apart eventually. Over all for the money I have no complaints and would recommend it so far!!’n

By: Rizzo

Rizzo — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:51:59 +0000

I’m currently strongly considering buying one of these for just cheap range shooting and practice. However, I am now very concerned with all these Mag issues I’m reading about. Clearly Mossburg has an issue, and doesn’t seem to be doing anything to rectify the Magazine problem. Are there any other .22 AR style rifles out there within the $275-$350 range? I really like the M&P .22 but don’t want to shell out the $599 for one. Any recommendations? Thanks!

By: Tommy

Tommy — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:10:49 +0000

Well after disassembling the entire gun oiling and putting it back together I got the same ol problems jam after jam so l sold it and bought a Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22( the most exciting gun I own) cycled about 500 rounds so far no problems and the way this thing fires dont think I will have one SORRY MOSSBERG

By: Lennie

Lennie — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:20:47 +0000

I bought this gun for my 12 yr old step-son for Christmas. We just had a chance to fire it tonight. I was a little worried about it after reading all the comments on here, but to my relief, all went well. I put a bi-pod on it for him, and had an old Firefield scope laying around to put on it as well. We didn’t have alot of time to shoot today (was late, and shot until dark), so we just concentrated on getting the scope sighted in. The scope was off by alot, and since I’m visiting my parents away from home, I was limited on what I could shoot at. We only put about 50 rounds through it today, but had no jams or problems of any kind. Well, I guess we did have one problem. The magazine didn’t want to hold 25 rounds, and my hands were cold, so 21 rounds were fine to get started…lol. All in all, we had a great time shooting, and once I got the scope on target, he was putting quarter-sized shot groups in the center of the target. So far…so good…and I’m quite relieved about the performance of the rifle.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:39:33 +0000

and it dosent sound like mossberg has been much help for anyone

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:38:21 +0000

I bought my 715t for my wife at home and for plinking with my daughter and nephew. I oiled and cleaned the bolt with a brush as well as I could without disassembling the rifle. At our local range there is a 3rd limit in mags I slow fired the first 3 without a problem. I loaded 3 more and when I bulled back the bolt and released it the f—in thing went off. The guy sitting next to me saw what happened we talked about it and after much debating we decided it my have been the ammo and to try again. I fired a few mags through without any more trouble and decide it was ok for my wife to try. She fired 2 mags ok then on her third the rifle went “automatic” and spit all three shells out as fast as anything!! After thinking about what had just happened it scared the crap out of me. I know how dangerous this can be but I have not heard of anyone else having this problem. When I get home from work Im planning on stripping the rifle down totally and checking firing pin and most of all contacting a gunsmith. Im very curious if anyone has any info that can help as we would like to keep the rifle if it can be fixed but most of all made safe.

By: Jimmie Whitehurst

Jimmie Whitehurst — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:19:26 +0000

I have had the same problem.I sent mine back to mossberg..And it has been a nightmare thay have had it for a mouth…and u call thay say thay are working on it we will see…….I hope thay get it fixed….

By: dnlink

dnlink — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:44:43 +0000

Shot mine for the first time today,about 300 rounds. I was getting one to two failure to feeds every mag for the first 100 rounds. The bolt would hit the round in the side instead of the rim. I discovered that the weight of the mag is pulling it down away from the bolt. I then started to grab the front of the mag while shooting and holding it in the proper position. Never had a failure after that no matter how fast it was shot. Being based on a plinkster using 10 round mags it can’t hold the heavier mag in the proper position. I’m going to see if It can be modified in some way to hold the mag better.

By: dnlink

dnlink — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:40:40 +0000

Shot mine for the first time today,about 300 rounds. I was getting one to two failure to feeds every mag for the first 100 rounds. The bolt would hit the round in the side instead of the rim. I discovered that the weight of the mag is pulling it down away from the bolt. I then started to grab the front of the mag while shooting and holding it in the proper position. Never had a failure after no matter how fast it was shot. Being based on a plummeted using 10 round mags

By: Ammoland

Ammoland — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:27:47 +0000

AMMOLAND INSIDER TIP: You can receive free printed owner’s manuals by U.S. Mail from Mossberg. Please request one by calling (800) 363-3555

By: Dick Adams

Dick Adams — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:31:25 +0000

I have the same problem,fire 2 or 3 rounds and it jambs.As for the sale I never got a manual.I am a little p ….off.Where do I send for a Manual?????

By: bryan

bryan — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:45:37 +0000

bought the 715t about a week ago, 400 rounds fine. the instructions clearly state to clean and oil the gun before use. MARSHALL, what scope are you using and/or recommend for the 715t with handle.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:38:21 +0000

Bought the 715t with the handle a month or so ago. Cleaned and took to the range recently and put a couple hundred rounds thru it. I have 3 25rd mags and the 10rd mag that came with it. One of the 25rd mags fired fine, no jams. Other two 25rd mags had about 2 jams per mag. 10rd. mag worked just fine. I have an old scope I installed on it with a fore handle/bipod. Was shooting about 2″-3″groups at 100 yds. It may have done better, but there was a pretty stiff wind blowing. I was suprised that it could group that good. But, back to the jams; some of the jams can be blamed on the mags, but on closer inspection at disassembly, the ejector was bent slightly downward. I straighten it to 90 degrees and polished the bolt wear areas. Also, I noted that the feed ramp on the trigger housing does not feed or reach to the bottom of the cartridge chamber. Looked to be about 1/16″ low and the bottom part of the chamber was shaving a tad of nose lead from the bullet. So, I cranked up the dremel tool and ground a ramp in the bottom of the chamber(beveled) to match the ramp on the trigger housing. All is well now and the cycling is like a high priced gun.

By: Peyton

Peyton — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:38:16 +0000

I however love my gun, I get one jam out of 550 rounds and I can’t complain about it.

By: Drtjusa

Drtjusa — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 07:20:54 +0000

I bought one of these little jewels and an additional (2) 25 rd mags. It ran 150 rounds of winchesters black noses with 4 jams.. Then KAPUT! It’s been in the shop for a week and I’m still waiting for the report. I bought a ruger 10/22 and (2) 25 rd mags in the interim time and have cycled 300 rounds of various ammos thru it without a single hitch.I also have a 40 year old Marlin 22 I’ve run over a million rounds thru, wore out 4 mags and it’s still running strong a 25 round mag at a time. The idea that ANY firearm should have to be reworked and cycled a hundred times to feed right new off the shelf is not only unbelievable, it’s downright dangerous.Lets not forget these things are FIREARMS ..Things CAN and DO blow up.I’m really hoping Mossberg stands by thier product but if you have one that doesn’t work for Pete’s sake take it to a shop rather than get yourself or anyone else hurt. breaking down and cleaning you’re weapons is a must for all of us but theres an end to the tinkering. I stop at foulups chambering rounds if it’s not an obvious fix I leave it to the pros.

By: Rick Borges

Rick Borges — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 02:47:30 +0000

You people think this is finished like a sig sauer or smith and wesson 22LR?
I oiled the action and cycled 750 times. Then i cleaned and reoiled.
Magazine wouldnt load by hand after 10 without the thumbsaver – they give you in the box however, i used the humbsaver and loaded the ammo up to 25 about 4 times and each time it got easier. so i loaded it up to about 15 rounds and shoved a flat plat handle against the rounds so it would work past the 10 round part where it turns into the rest of the magazine. I could load all 25 by hand but i lubed the magazine and worked a flat handle down the magazine with 15 rounds so it would wear in the place where the rounds change direction.
This isnt the 599 smith and wesson – it isnt finished like the sig or any other 22LR.
fired flawless after some careful thought-out wear and lubrication ideas.
You cant take a keltec out of the box and fire it flawlessly because the finish/workmanship isnt fine?
I have a beretta neos 9.5 DLX – a 500 year old company and it will only feed federal rounds? I polished the bolt/firing pin, i polished the slide rails and oile the crap out of it – it wont feed winchester or remington shells — and i found this out at a funsteel match as every 3rd round stove piped, failed to feed etc? I had only ever bought federal(even 550 federal)so i bought some remington on sale for 15 bucks?
I bought my 935 mossberg and gave my 835 to my brother – everybody said it would jam, i polished the and oiled everything and cycled the action couple hundred times. reoiled where wear points were – shot low base game loads, pheasant/quail, 3 inch duck and too many 3 and 1/2 patterning turkey/patternmaster choke – flawless and even the dove load they said it wouldnt feed.
DONT BE AFRAID OF OIL – UNLESS YOUR IN THE DESERT.
Should ya have to polish the feed ramp, cycle and check for wear indications and oil those points, cycle the magazine with oil to ensure it will work — no, but if you have a taurus, keltec, eaa, bakail you may have to because your not getting the best quality to begin with?? Duhh I DIDNT THINK I WOULD HAVE TO BEG FOR AMMO FOR MY BERETTA DURING A MATCH AND THEN GO BACK AND POLISH EVEYTHING FOR IT STILL NOT TO WORK? I didnt get what i apid for from beretta – but i expected to clean, oil and cycle this 715T before i ever thought about the range.

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:06:44 +0000

AVOID THIS GUN
i just bought this paper weight at the gun show for 275 dollars, correction 275 wasted dollars, and with the from the first to last mag it was a total jam fest, i had brass half caught in the chamber, ALOT of failed to enject shells, the clip wont go in with out the bolt cocked and even then it hardly goes in, the sights are garbage in the dark any ambiant light glares off the gun, the clip is hard as heck to load more then 10 rounds in a 25 round clip, tommarrow mossberg will be getting a phone call, i hate this gun i dont trust it at all and never will, i seriously cant wait to get it fixed and OUT OF MY COLLECTION! make me wonder if i can trust my 12 gauge 835?
i knew i should have just bought a damn ak47 like i wanted, o well thanks for nothing mossberg
AVOID THIS GUN

By: Tommy

Tommy — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:58:57 +0000

Thanks for the info I’ve done everything but try loading only 20 instead of 25 I’ll try this and see I’m using CCI tactical and still having the same problem and it’s even jamming with no rapid fire just single shots I don’t understand I love the gun too just hopeing I didn’t make a mistake I ordered 2 extra clips just to see if thats the problem

By: savage scope

savage scope — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:49:40 +0000

yeah make sure the gun and the mags are oiled up, i have 2 25rd mags that i only load to 20 to help with the jams as they feed…..your standard .22lr round will stovepipe and jam up. what u need is a heavier grain like a 40 grain… winchester actually makes a .22lr round spacificaly for the semi auto .22 rifle called winchester M-22 and they work great. i researched this before i got my mossberg 715t and out the box with just a quick lube job i fired over 200rds with no jams or any complications…i love this gun

By: Tommy

Tommy — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 23:28:52 +0000

Having exact same problem as Mr.B anyone have any solutions

By: bronson

bronson — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:17:13 +0000

Well I own one myself the problem is not the gun the problem is the 25 rd mags. The problem is that the springs in the mag are to weak to feed properly, the become weak very quickly.The solution I found was to simply cut 2 equal pieces of a wooden dowel the size of a pencil aproxametly 1” to 1 1/4 and place them below the bottom sprind on the side of the mag and simply put back together. It will became a 20 round mag, but works well. Also you can cut a dowel and push the slide were the two springs connect to the top and remove the bottom spring and replace with the dowel. It turns the mag into a ten round but works with no jams! But still has the tactical look.

By: Boredintr

Boredintr — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:45:44 +0000

Got mine cleaned it before shooting works great yes some jams with bulk ammo but it’s possible its ammo getting damaged when loading as at the start it is hard to load the 25 round clip loaded it up 25 bullets and am going to lock it interesting gun safe and leave it for a day or two to break in the. Clip spring some posters say this helps got a red dot Site for my flat top and it shoots straight 12 year old,do daughter can hit the ends of pop cans at 100 yards all in all a real fun gun to shoot

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:44:23 +0000

Yeah, it jams all the time. Same problem as Boredintr. The gun jams all the time right out of the box. I haven’t found a way to not have it jam.

By: Boredintr

Boredintr — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:42:40 +0000

Did you clean the gun like the manual said to before shooting it???

By: Mr B

Mr B — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 05:09:56 +0000

I purchased a Mossberg Tac 22 in 16th of June, 2012 for my better ½ for home it needs to work right for her safety if it dos not scare them away the gun needs to work not jam up. I was thinking with 25 rds. It would stop someone if needed. On the first visit to the range while I was firing the rifle on slow fire. I encounter the following problems: Numerous fail to eject, fail to feed to the Stovepipe. The granddaddy of all problems was when a round fail to seat in the chamber and jam the second round detonated in the magazine and both casing were stuck in the lip of the magazine. This left the rest of the rounds in the magazine. Them I had to take the magazine out and shake out the one that failed to eject and one that failed to feed then try it again

OUT OF THE BOX ….I had every 3-4 rounds jammed, I cant tell you how angry I was
I tried a few brands of ammo still always jamming. When I looked on the web to find so many having the same problems that I was having.

The 715T Mossberg Tactical 22LR is a P.O.S. I cannot trust it to work. Sorry I ever bought this rifle, wouldn’t recommend this, buying this gun, cheap quality.

By: Greg Young

Greg Young — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:43:34 +0000

Need info. on how to obtain additional 25 round mags for the Mossberg 715T