10/22 constant misfire

[Ranger Roberts]

I have a question for you guys. I have a ruger 10/22 that I don't shoot very often. I had taken a friend to the range and she is new to shooting, so I brought the 10/22 for her to use. So basically what happened is every other shot it wouldn't fire. The shell was struck, but nothing goes boom. Sometimes it was every second shot. I tried 2 different mags, and it did it with both. Any ideas of what it could be? I keep good care of all of my guns, so it isn't dirty, and it is well oiled. Thanks for any help you can give!

 

[Teachu2]

Try different ammo?

 

[ObsidianOne]

Sounds like crap ammo if it's leaving a ding on the casing. Can you post a picture of the ammo it's doing it with? What brand? Tried other ammo?

 

[Ranger Roberts]

I actually didn't try other ammo. I only had one box with me. The ammo wasn't all that old, I think it was one of those 1,000 boxes of Remington ($19.99 at my LGS). In fact my wife used it a few weeks ago in her semi-auto Beretta with no issues that she told me about. I'll head up to the range tomorrow morning and try different ammo. I'll post some pics if I have the same problem. I didn't think to take any pics of the misfired ammo. Thanks for your help guys, I appreciate it!

 

[Blue68f100]

Make sure the chamber is clean so the bullet fully seats against the face. The bullet should be able to just drop in freely and out. Solvent and brass brush here with a drill. If the rim is not tight against it breach face there is nothing for the firing pin to pinch the rim against. This is common with pistols too.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Is the extractor doing its job?

As in, hooking around the rim of the cartridge. When you have the misfires can you just pull the bolt back and eject the round?

Is the bolt going all the way into battery?

 

[Magoo]

I think it was one of those 1,000 boxes of Remington

Key word "Remington" and add "bulk"

Try ANY other ammo

 

[chris allen]

Do you have a scope mounted on it ? Sometimes the base screw protudes ever so slightly into the receiver and may slow the bolt down so it does not come into battery properly . Try pushing the bolt forward before you shoot each round and see if that is where the problem lies .

Chris

 

[FROGO207]

I have also had terrible luck with the "Remington Golden" bulk in 555 packs in both my 10-22's. I have best luck with the Winchester plated, also in the 555 pack. There is a reason that there is always a lot of it left on the shelf while all the other brands are stripped clean.

 

[Old Dog Man]

10/22 misfires

Have a friend that had the same problem with Rem. bulk ammo, my bolt gun would fire them ok, he bought some new ammo, problem went away. Al

 

[alsaqr]

This sometimes happens when the 10/.22 bolt gets cruddy. The firing pin slides in its groove in the top of the bolt. .22 ammo is very dirty: Over time the the firing pin ceases to move freely in the bolt body. Spray the bolt and firing pin with brake cleaner or other good solvent to free up the firing pin.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

A lot of the guys at Remfire Central fround upon the Remington bulk ammo. Some report up to 25% FTF in most guns. One of the guys contacted Remington and they sent hin a refund for the ammo he bought.
I have avoided the Remington bulk pack ammo. The rest of their stuff does just great.
I have found that the Federal bulk Auto Match works great in all the 22s I have used it in.

 

[earlthegoat2]

This sometimes happens when the 10/.22 bolt gets cruddy. The firing pin slides in its groove in the top of the bolt. .22 ammo is very dirty: Over time the the firing pin ceases to move freely in the bolt body. Spray the bolt and firing pin with brake cleaner or other good solvent to free up the firing pin.

To add to this, in my previous post I was stacking the deck to just tell you that you need to detail strip the action and clean it well. Maybe you do not need to though. Maybe it is just the ammo.

However on that note, I have never failed to get a 10/22 to shoot every kind of ammo out there aside from the ones that have dead primers. (many by the way in the Rem bulk packs) The extractor, bolt, and firing pin all need a little massaging.

As to your problem it sounds to me like there is crud that is impeding the function of your extractor. This is why I was wondering if your extractor was hooked on the rim of the round.

 

[Ranger Roberts]

Thanks for all the info guys! I'm headed out to the range in a few hours, so I'll let you all know how it goes. I have a few different boxes of ammo to try.

 

[loose noose]

I recently repaired a older Savage semi-auto .22. It needed a firing pin, so after I replaced the firing pin, I test fired it with with Federal Premium HP, not a problem, fired every time. About 2 weeks later the rifle came back to the shop, as it wouldn't fire every round consistently. I took it back out to the range, and fired some CCI Mini Mags, no problem. When the guy came by to pick up the rifle, I wanted to know what kind of ammo he was firing in it. He went out to his truck and brought in a handful Winchester .22LR with the lead bullet. I took it in the back room where are bullet trap is and fired one round, and it shot fine, however, the second and third round, went click. After retrieving the ejected 2 shells I could see where the rim had sufficient indentation but no bang! I finally convinced the owner to buy some new ammo, which he did, and we have not seen or heard from him since.

 

[samefly]

what's a good bulk brand to buy for the ruger 10/22?

 

[Chris-bob]

I don't think it's that .22 ammo is dirty, but rather you shoot 100 times more cartridges through a semi-auto .22 as opposed to your hunting rifle. The crud builds up fast.

 

[Fleet]

what's a good bulk brand to buy for the ruger 10/22?

Mine loves Federal.