Airedale1
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I recently bought my first 10/22 and I’ve seen a few YouTube videos that address and advocate for changing the stock steel bolt pin with a nylon one.
They claim that making the change will:
1- Make operation quieter and that seems to make sense.
2. Will increase the life of the receiver due to eliminating having a steel pin being repeatedly hammered by a steel bolt and as the receiver is aluminum eventually the hole that the pin is in will elongate. Is this true?
3. If 1&2 are true why wouldn’t Ruger use a nylon or polycarbonate pin instead of what I assume would be a more expensive steel pin?
And lastly if swapping out the steel pin is a true upgrade, which one would you recommend?
They claim that making the change will:
1- Make operation quieter and that seems to make sense.
2. Will increase the life of the receiver due to eliminating having a steel pin being repeatedly hammered by a steel bolt and as the receiver is aluminum eventually the hole that the pin is in will elongate. Is this true?
3. If 1&2 are true why wouldn’t Ruger use a nylon or polycarbonate pin instead of what I assume would be a more expensive steel pin?
And lastly if swapping out the steel pin is a true upgrade, which one would you recommend?