HERESY: I hate the Ruger 10/22 !

[MASTEROFMALICE]

I bought my first in 1992 an it wouldn't be out of line to say I've put about 100,000 rounds through it with no problems.

 

[CZguy]

10/22

Another gun I'd love to have, but the cost will likely keep me from it for a while, is a high grade Browning .22 auto, the one that feeds through the butt stock.

Don't forget about a Marlin 39a, also.


But to stay on topic. A 10/22 is a fine little rifle, everyone should own one. They are kind of the Model T of .22s.

That being said, I don't shoot mine all that much. I seem to keep reaching for a Marlin 39a, CZ 452, Remington 572 or 32, or a BRNO #1 as I head out the door.

 

[Mk VII]

When you buy the modified bolt release, you look at it and realise what a sucker you were for spending $ on this thing when a few minutes work with a round file would have given you the same result. Terry at our club was that sucker, and ever since he has offered to exchange members' standard ones for one that he has modified and keeps in stock.
With the extended mag release, Volquartsen hammer and Tech Sights, the 10/22 becomes what it should always have been. No need to spend any more $$$ on it than that.

 

[res45]

I could never afford a Ruger 10/22 most of the ones I have been around seem to feed and shoot well fed the correct ammo. I ended up with a Marlin Mod. 60 in blue 100 Yd. shots on old 12 Ga. shell is almost getting to routine and easy to do.

 

[Zundfolge]

The absolute best Ruger 10/22s out there don't have a single Ruger made part on them (thats the great thing about them ... you can literally build one from 100% aftermarket parts).

 

[goemado]

Pull the retaining pin enough to remove that little SOB (the bolt hold open assembly) - it's a one piece stamped metal piece.

My 10/22 did the same thing and it was a PITA -- until I removed it and the problem went away. I don't miss the ability to hold the bolt open one bit. One less thing to cause problems in the rifle.

Good luck.

 

[Cougfan2]

Never had a problem with my 10/22. have shot it for over 35 years. Didn't buy it as a tack driver as if had "minute of squirrel" accuracy. Also have an old Savage 67B .22lr auto. Worst trigger I've ever seen, but I bagged my first squirrel with it on my first hunt with my Dad. The thing was almost as tall as I was and I had to rest the forearm on my Dad's shoulder to steady it so I could get a steady shot off.

I love that gun, except when it goes full auto on occaison and then jams.

 

[finlander]

Hey, 10/22 may not be the most accurite nor reliable .22lr semiauto oout-of-box out there but for a tinkerer, like me, it's great! It's fairly simple design, you can tweak it to work OK easily, trigger job's easy and replacing the barrel with a better one is super easy. The real essence of 10/22 is tinkering with it/building it to be more accurate.

 

[Oohrah]

Bought the first in the 80s a Delux, a Target, and a standard. All
but the delux are one holers with a scope added. No functioning
problems but will agree to the unhandy controls

 

[doc2rn]

+1 marlin model 60

 

[springmom]

I'd like to have a Nylon 66 just because I want a Nylon 66, but the 10/22 I have is fine. It likes Federal's .22lr rounds, which makes it not quite as cheap a date as it would be otherwise, but it is a great little gun. Not sure what's supposed to be wrong with the trigger, but maybe I'm mentally comparing with my revolvers' triggers and ANYTHING is good in comparison to them.

The bolt catch, though, is a nightmare. Mine got so stuck one day at the range that I had to go ask Billy Carter if it was broken. He, of course, held his teeth just right and SNICK, there it went and closed. Just a bit embarrassing, that.

Springmom

 

[Joe Demko]

I've owned three. Two were flawless. The most recent one required a replacement extractor to work correctly.

 

[230RN]

bcp wisecracked:

The Ruger 10/22 is the best 22 rifle because it is so easy to replace most of the parts with good ones.

Bruce

Zundfolge followed up with:

The absolute best Ruger 10/22s out there don't have a single Ruger made part on them...

Laughed my soft pink @$$ off on both of those!

Actually, I own a pre-68 Nylon 66 bolt rifle, and it is my "go to" .22.

Looking back, I think the only reason I bought the Ruger was because it was an inexpensive semi-auto.

MCGunner Note: I recently picked up a pre-68 Remington 512, which, while not as light and handy as the Sweet 66, is apparently pretty accurate and pleasant to shoot. And operate. 'Cept I don't like tubular magazines much, but I'll get used to it.

I think I'll stick with bolt rifles henceforth. I'll keep the Ruger, but only on the principle that I've never sold a gun I didn't regret selling sooner or later.

I missed out by five minutes on picking up one of those Brownings for a song. Blast!

I did want to repeat a previous question on boresighting the 10/22, though:

I see in the Midway catalog exploded view that there is a barrel locking piece that apparently just unscrews. Does the barrel come out readily after that?

I've had pretty good results just eyeballing things through the bore (sorta like a peep sight) and adjusting sights based on that.

 

[MCgunner]

MCGunner Note: I recently picked up a pre-68 Remington 512, which, while not as light and handy as the Sweet 66, is apparently pretty accurate and pleasant to shoot. And operate. 'Cept I don't like tubular magazines much, but I'll get used to it.

Mine is superbly accurate with about anything. It'll loop those cheap federal lightnings into 1.5" at 100 yards on a calm day. The trigger is kinda stiff, but very crisp. I've had the feed rails go out of whack and have to bend 'em back straight on a couple of occasions over the years, not a big deal, but I never figured out what bent 'em in the first place. God only knows how many rounds have been fired through that thing, cases and cases. I went through several thousand rounds a year while in high school, I'm sure, and I had to scrape for ammo money. But, squirrel hunting and just walking down to the creek to shoot sticks and such was my main passion as a kid.

 

[YardVarmint]

The only time I've had a bad 10/22 was the 2nd used one I had. A new ejector, ejector spring and extractor and it ran like a top.

My latest one I bought used in like new condition and found out the previous owner did the bolt lock conversion and a trigger job. Only trouble it gave me was with one Butler Creek Magazine.

Other than that it's 100% even with 4W ammo.(Wally World Winchester Whitebox)

 

[Ash]

Well, to buck the trend here, I like my Mossberg 252 with the tube magazine in the butt.

Ash

 

[CZguy]

But, squirrel hunting and just walking down to the creek to shoot sticks and such was my main passion as a kid.

Heck, that's my main passion as an adult.

 

[jakeswensonmt]

I think the ppl who dont like the 10/22 are using it for the wrong purposes.

What the 10/22 is good for is when you and your little brother/nephew/son go out with a pair of them, line up a row of tin cans/water jugs, load a bunch of 25 round mags, and unleash a hellish .22 caliber fullisade.

It's a fun little plinker. Grin big, blast away, and it won't cost much. Why would anyone interested in driving tacks start with a semiauto in the first place? I don't see any reason to upgrade the 10/22 from stock, why bother with a plinker? And if it stovepipes every couple hundred rounds, I just call it training.

 

[ArmedBear]

I just went and put a couple hundred rounds through my Marlin 60, and reaffirmed that I like it, and that the stock is set up just right for a scope.

My 10/22 is still sitting in my safe where it's been since I got my Marlin 39's and 60. I finally did clean it and remove the scope mount, though. It should make a good iron sights plinker. The drop is a good inch more than the Marlin. Maybe you have a different stock, MC? Mine's the old recessed synthetic. Perfect with the irons.

My 60 was $120 brand new a couple months ago. They don't pop up used and cheap here, mainly due to the fees you pay when buying a gun. Under 100 bucks for a gun, nobody bothers to try to sell.

 

[Gustav]

I have owned Ruger 10/22s for around 30 years fact one was my first rifle as it has been for many others over the last few decades.

Other than an occasional malfunction usually ammo related mine has been a very good reliable dependable shooter.

It is not as accurate as a bolt action or as elegant as a nice Winchester pump or Browning Semi Auto but for the price is one of the best and most popular .22s and has been for decades.

Years ago allot of the older veterans took to these rifles as they looked and handled similar to the M1 Carbines that they had used not too many years before.

What I find interesting is people are willing to spend hundreds of dollars on them to squeeze every fraction of accuracy by putting on bull barrels custom stocks match triggers etc. when for the money one could buy a match grade target rifle and still have something left over.

 

[Tropical Z]

The 10/22 is overrated at best.

 

[MCgunner]

Maybe you have a different stock, MC? Mine's the old recessed synthetic. Perfect with the irons.

Probably so. Mine's a stainless one that came with a wood stock. I put the Hogue overmolded on it and it measures just like the original.:banghead: But, it isn't THAT bad and I've kept it as an iron sighted plinker, what I wanted it for in the first place. I gave 150 for it used at a gun show, but like new. The trigger ain't bad, either, so I'm thinkin' the previous owner maybe put a trigger in it. Don't know for sure. I lke to take it down to my place just to shoot cans and goof off. I never grew up. The thing is one of the few rifles I've owned that actually LIKES CCI Stinger. It groups up into about 1 1/2 to 1 13/4" at 50, which is pretty good for that gun.

I just figure everyone needs a 10/22, not sure why, just do. LOL Now, I'm working on OTHER needs.

 

[The-Fly]

I owned a 10-22 (my first gun in fact). It was horribly inaccurate, jammed fairly often, etc. I sold it off, and replaced it with a savage bolt action 22lr and a marlin model 60, both of which are far more accurate and reliable.

I also owned a ruger 22-44 mk III. That thing was a TOTAL lemon, and impossible to take apart and clean. Sold that after only owning it 2 months.

Both of these experiences lead me to feel that any ruger semi auto is trash. Their bolt action and revolvers are ok.

 

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

Friends don't let friends buy Ruger.

Fixed.

 

[BobMcG]

A close friend and I bought 10/22s in the early '70s and have put well over 10,000 rounds through each rifle without problems. I bought another one in the mid '80s that had been abused in the back of pickup truck for years and was beaten nearly to death. After taking it apart, throughly cleaning, it up, stripping, sanding, refinishing the stock, and re-bluing the barrel it was as good as new. I sold it to another friend who went on to put many thousands of rounds through it without any problems. I have since completely modified mine into a different machine but that was due to needing a change not because I didn't like the stock rifle.

And yes, take the trigger group out, take it apart (not difficult) and file off the bolt release stop. It's not hard to identify and modify the part and IMO it's somewhat ridiculous to pay for a "special part" or to pay for someone else to do it.