[rl92821]

Hi
My 552 has not been working for many years, so it has been in storage.
Recently I purchased a new firing pin and now the first shell fires and the second shell chambers okay, but wont fire. If manually eject the second shell, the third shell will fire. I am guessing the trigger is not cocking during the loading of the second shell?

Any ideas as to what to check or replace would be appreciated.

 

[t-star]

hammer following the bolt on the second shot-=sear not engaging- look in your trigger mechanism- when you eject shell no 2, you're pushing it back far enough or hard enough for the sear to catch-it's probably not a matter of replacing parts so much as "fine tuning" or there might be gunk in the sear notch in the bolt- the first thing i'd rule out is BAD AMMO- it could be that the bolt isn't being thrown far enough to the rear for the sear to engage - there's an old saying : WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH 22S, CHECK THE AMMO FIRST- most 22s are finiky about their diets- that's why they're not used when there's a possiblity of life being threatened

 

[rl92821]

Thanks t-star

I should have noted that I purchased new CCI 22LR 40 grain just for this test, instead of trying the 15 year old Remingtons I used the last time.
I cleaned and oiled the trigger assembly when I replaced the firing pin, but did not spend much time looking the operation of the trigger assembly. I will spend some more time looking into this.

 

[nctorberson]

I know this is an old thread but I found it while trying to diagnose the exact same problem with my friend's gun. I had a gunsmith look at it and told me it needed a new trigger mechanism. Bought one, put it in and still had the problem. Took it apart again and discovered what was going on. If you look in the first picture you will see that the disconnector is above the small lever that allows hammer to cock before the trigger resets. It must be below it as I've shown in the second picture. Works like a charm now. Hope this helps someone.

 

[Birdville]

saved remington 552

Your post of the pics saved this 552 from the junk pile,I got it from someone calling it the (jam master)now it works as Remington intended ,thanks

 

[hunter0659]

Thank you for posting these pics. up?I had the same problem and now my Son can shoot his gun again.Hes only 10 but hes gonna squirrel hunt this yr.

 

[mdwsr]

Excellent information. Thanks for posting easy to understand info with pictures. It certainly helped.

 

[Shotgunchilo]

NCTORBERSON!!!!!!! Just wanted to let you know you saved another 552. I just picked up a Remington pump and went ahead and got the 552 just because yesterday at a gun show. I brought it home and it didn't shoot the second round, man was I bummed out. I look at videos and other post out there nothing worked. I saw your post tried it this morning and bang bang bang it even shit the cci quiets at 710 fps. Anyway thanks a lot this post is still saving lives

 

[Milesmichael64]

Nctoberson has done it again. Thanks for the post

 

[ahtie38]

I just bought a 552 in what looked like great shape from a friend who has owned it since new, about 40 years. In 3 attempts with cleaning in between, it seldom fired twice in a row without the bolt crushing the next round. I loaded only a small number of rounds at a time, thought I was going nuts because when I emptied unused rounds, I was short. Turns out it was double-firing, which I did not detect with good earmuffs on. This caused me to examine the trigger assembly, and it appeared someone had filed the hammer. I found a "good" hammer pic on the net and saw the angle of the catch on the hammer looked opened up, plus the depth of the catch looked minimal. So I used a Dremel to deepen the catch and make the angle more acute, also improved the curviness of the back. I test-fired today, 23 rounds with no malfunctions. I have a spare hammer on the way also.

 

[m1sluder]

My 552 has been firing the first shot only for years, I looked and it was set up wrong as you show in the pic, I switched around and am excited to see if this fixed it...thank you

 

[stand watie]

To All,

Had you purchased a Remington Model 572, you would have had NO problems to fix. = Them old 572 pump-gun shoots EVERY time & will digest any .22RF round that I've tried.

The 552 isn't often called "the jam-o-matic" without good cause.

yours, sw

 

[t-star]

for that matter, so does the nylon 66- JUST DON'T TAKE IT TO PIECES-I\ve had one since 69 and it's a 100% gopher getter

 

[stand watie]

t-star,

The "cheap" Nylon 66 is the Energizer Bunny of rim-fire rifles.

Btw, a TSA officer made me take mine apart at Baltimore International Airport some 15 years ago, as he was NOT satisfied that it was "safe to transport in its gun-case" & said that if I didn't disassemble the rifle that he would confiscate it.
(Liked to have never reassembled it. = [email protected]#$%!)

yours, sw

 

[[email protected]]

Glad I found this!

Had the same problem with firing. Hadn't been fired or cleaned for decades. Belonged to my wife's grandfather. Was totally gummed up but after cleaning still had the same problem. Found this discussion, looked at the provided right and wrong pics and a minute later was firing like a champ! Thanks!

 

[Rex in OTZ]

I was given a 552.
And it kicked my butt from 2016 to 2019!

My experence with a free Remington 552.

Posted 5/27/2016
This was my first hand experence with the 1971 Remington 552 jam-O-matic.
Im posting this so others may learn from my novice mistakes.
I have no gunsmithing training.
Just a novice gun tinker.

05-27-2016
I just got this older remington 552 speedmaster earlier today and its missing the rear sight, barrel stamped W 7
Quick Google check of Remington mfg letter stamps puts this mfg July 1971?
The Numrich parts schematic rear sights only shows two types, neither of which look like what Im looking at on this particular rifle.
The gun was given to a fellow (the local gun tinker) because it wont feed, and he robbed the sight off it and gave me the rifle, from the looks of it, was someones old camp gun (NW Alaska has quite a few of those beat to heck but not shot that much) that got a face lift, stock looks like itd been sanded and finished and metal all looks like was spray painted (esp where the sight used to be) there is powder residue (soot) inside the spent case deflector so it must have developed feeding issue not long after its face lift?
So have to figure out why it wont feed.

05-29-2016
I just finished cleaning her out, the lube itd been lubed with mixed with spent powder residue and little glittering metallic crumbs that look allot like Remington Golden bullet plating.
Lots of crud on bolt and the ejector.
It function tested by hand, slowly cycling rounds through the action, flawlessly!
I need to fire it to check function.
No time this week.

06-20-2016
Id been gone a week for work and finally have a chance to try out the old 552 this Saturday afternoon.
Saturdsy morning checked the post office, all the sight parts were in.
Who wouda thought a single sight screw was $6.90??
And Id had to buy two.

Well Im all jazzed to try it, my transpo is down for mx, so walked the 1.4 mi to a suitable place to fire it, only to find it had issues.
Chambering the first round went without a hitch.
Pulled the trigger and click, cleared the round and checked it (had a good firing pin dent) chambered the second round and it shot as it should, the third round was a dud (striker dented as well) funny how the particular federal rounds I had were not firing.
The 2 rounds out of 7 went off.
the rest was clearing duds from the action.
The last dud round wouldnt eject after it wouldnt go off.
I brought it home and managed to eject the dud without resorting to a cleaning rod.
All the while we were out to test function, the mosquitos came out and brought all their friends and family and chewed on us pretty good.
Next time I will bring a couple different brands of 'New' ammo instead of a partial box old mixed rounds, I pulled it appart and looked for something that could be causing it to not fire then double load jamb and to stick a dud.

Weak extractor? Boogered chamber mouth from dry firing, and there are other things to look at but where to begin?

Then I got busy and it sat in the corner gathering dust since Summer 2016, now its another summer has passed since Id looked inside the 552 Jam-A-Matic.

06-21-2018
Just 4 days back I took it out to try it again.
Last month Id bought some aluminum .22Lr dummy rounds.
I'd cleaned and polished what I thought needed polishing.
Those rounds cycled through flawlessly by hand.
Once out at the range, the evil dark side surfaced and rubbed my nose in a big steaming ole pile of failure.

04-03-2019
Some insight of one possible problem came to light on another gunsmithing forum.

For all I went through, I thought to pass along my findings. There were many things I went through and wierd encounters. I never thought about the primer mixture fracturing. And who would have thought the Fireing pin would have been bent. There were two or three times I felt like pitching that .22 into the willows or snow drift. But I love puzzles. I just Had to know why it was doing what It was. Varnish like lube. Tired springs. Bent firing pin Broken disconnector. Worn extractor claw. Boggered chamber sticking cases. Buffer peened badly. And Flakey ammo.
ALL That and Still no where close to fixing the FTF's!

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I just got this older remington 552 speedmaster earlier today and its missing the rear sight, barrel stamped W 7 Quick check of Remington mfg letter stamps puts this mfg July 1971? The Numrich parts schematic only shows two types, neither of which look like what may have been on this particular...

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