10/22 ejector spring advice

[bandk]

Happy Friday,

I have a mid '70s era 10/22 that is new to me within the last year. It has been mentioned to me that I should replace the ejector spring since the shells eject "hard", specifically meaning the casing flies out and could easily go six feet.

On one hand I've been told "that's how they were made" and on the other had that it's a sign of weak spring.

Everything else seems fine, trigger is nice. What criteria does one use to determine when to change springs? Second, should I just replace all the springs with the "tune up" pack from gunsprings.com?

Thanks

 

[desidog]

If it is ejecting that far, the ejector's spring should be fine - if it were failing to eject it might be that spring. However, you may need a new recoil spring, which is the main spring in the action. If it's sending the casings that far with just their blow-back, I'd definitely get a recoil buffer too. That's the best >$3 investment for the 10/22 out there.

 

[rcmodel]

+1

The ejector spring has little to do with throwing cases into orbit.
Blow-back bolt velocity does that, as it determins how hard & fast the empty case hits the ejector to send it into orbit.

A weakened recoil spring is what causes high bolt velocity on an older gun.

rc

 

[ogree]

The 10/22 doesn't have an ejector spring.
The cases landing 6 feet away is about the norm.

 

[bandk]

Thanks
Indeed, I meant recoil spring.
I've cleaned the recoil rod and it "seems ok" but, at this age, is it worth replacing?

 

[bandk]

The 10/22 doesn't have an ejector spring.
The cases landing 6 feet away is about the norm.

That's what I thought, however, I've been to the range and watched several 10/22s simultaneously shoot. The variation was impression: everything from the shell barrel rolling out of the rifle, to mine ejecting 2-4 lanes to the right.

 

[gunplumber]

What ejects your cases is the steel mag lip when the mag is in the gun. If it is chambered and you remove the mag, the secondary ejector ejects the loaded round.