Well I got this from a co-worker for next to nothing because it didn't hardly run at all and he was sick of it. Now it runs great, only 1 failure in the last 1,100 rounds.

I really need glasses. Even without I am shooting lots of 2.5 inch groups at 35 yards with Remington brick ammo. So far it has put a smile on the face of everyone that has played with it. Total investment (aside from the optic that is on top of it) is about $80.

lol i love the eotech on it. that's hilarious!

what is it? i've never seen one of those before

It's an Intratec Tec-22. Same guys that made the Tec-9. Like the Tec-9, the Tec-22 is a real piece of shat in stock form. When I got it it would not run through 3 rounds without a jam. Dude that I got it from bought it new 20 years ago. He told me that he had a gun that hewas about to cut up and throw in the dumpster so I told him to let me play with it. He went shooting at my parents' place with me on Sunday and was astonished to see me run through mag after mag completely failure free.

Pretty sharp looking

WHat all did it take to fix it?

Did you make the mount for the Eotech or buy it?

We got a tec-22 way back when. and it hasn't been shot once. We also bought a hellfire for it. I always wanted to shoot the thing, but honestly don't know how much it's worth, and what the point of it is. What mod are you doing to it? Was it a recall?

It took several set screws to get the ejector on the mag to line up perfectly with the bolt. First I adjusted the top 4 feed height/angle screws and put 2 set screws on each side of the magazine to keep things centered. I also made a tall mag follower so that I could have a hold open tough enough to stop that heavy and fast moving bolt. That cuts way down on dry firing because these things run through firing pins. Also, a pistol should stay open on empty. This along with a Volquartsen Xact Edge extractor and extractor spring for a Ruger 10/22 rifle got my failures down to 1 every 50-75 rounds which is still unacceptable. A set screw at the top of the mag well on each side wound up locking the mag in place where it needed to be. My next trip to the range netted 560 rounds failure free.

This doesn't sound like much but it took forever staring at it and trying to figure out just what to do to make it work. In the end it was worth it.

Noneya - I made that mount out of some 2in non mil grade aluminum angle stock. I used the front axis as one mount point and drilled and tapped the upper reciever and the non functional half of the recoil spring guide rod support block for the rear anchor. Risky to say the least, but it was to cheap to not cut into it. If I hadn't decided to bastardize it then it wouldn't be running right anyway. I also bobbed the right side charge handle protrusion and rolled the left side out for one finger opperation. I like it better this way anyway. The rail screwed to the top of the mount is a Weaver rail that was on an old pump shotgun that I bought some years ago. Not top notch work but damn it was cheap! I'll probably smooth it and paint it black at some point. For now... it works.


Dust - No recall that I know of. They do not have what you would call a glowing reputation for proper function.

Any chance of some more detail pics of all the setscrews? Specifically, are there fore & aft setscrews to prevent rocking, or just left & right? What about in the mag? Also, for your mount, does it have to be removed to field strip the weapon? Looks like it does (not that one screw is going make this thing take an obscene amount of time to strip). I've been trying to tune mine to get decent operation...but not too much luck. One jam in 1100 rds would be amazing. Like yours, mine was bought about 20-25 years ago, has had maybe 500rds put through it, and jammed at least every 3rd. My Father was moving, didn't feel like taking this thing with him, and had considered cutting it up and tossing it...so I've got the same starting amount as you invested in it. Thanks in advance for any help.

This post has been edited by 51plymouth: November 14th 2009 5:58 PM