New Ruger 10/22 magazines are terrible
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caribou
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Funny, my wife came home from a funeral in anchorage yesterday and brought me a "Rifleman'magazine, and as she unboxxed stuff I opend it to a pretty cool write up on making them 10 rounders work/repair and modify for bullet count windows.
Im like ''Hmmmmmmmmmm This is HighRoad chit....."
Im like ''Hmmmmmmmmmm This is HighRoad chit....."
herrwalther
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I took apart a BX-1 magazine ONCE. And Youtube was the only reason I was able to put it back together again. So I would avoid taking it apart unless you have exhausted all options. First try the adjustment screw on the front of the magazine.
Sistema1927
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Hmmm, I have some 10/22 magazines from 1978 that are kept loaded in storage when not in use. They were kept loaded for the 14 months that I was in South Korea 1983-84, and they sometimes sit for months in a loaded condition between trips with that rifle to the range. They work just as well today as they did in 1978.
That's because springs don't lose tension while under pressure. It's the cycling that causes that.
Sistema1927
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Which was my point.
The post that I replied to said that older 10/22 mags lost spring tension if loaded for a week or more.
caribou
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Perhaps your right, while I use them constantly, to death, some sit for months?
If cycling weakens the springs, then I dont seem to find that defect untill Im using a magazine thats been left loaded, and wont advance the bullets fast enough to be picked up by the advancing bolt.
Adding tension to the clock type spring will fix it for awhile, but not very long.
Its preventable if we unload the mags after each use, but since Im not the only one using them, its not always done.
Its not new or unusual, Ive seen this since I first got a nice walnut stocked 'pre-warning' 10/22 in the mid 80's, and a 1/2 dozen more rifles since, with the kids.
I took one of those 10 round rotary magazines apart years ago when I heard the main spring inside to go rrrrrrrrr and unwind itself I knew I was in for trouble it took me a while but I finally got back together again I’ve never taken a 10 rounder apart again and I never will and I’ve never had a problem with any of their 10 round magazine‘s .
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Sistema1927
That's been my experience with my 10/22 magazines as well. Still using the original ones I got when I bought the rifle back in 1978.
That's been my experience with my 10/22 magazines as well. Still using the original ones I got when I bought the rifle back in 1978.
az_imuth
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I have quite a few 10 rounders and have only run across one that would not work properly, and it had nothing to do with spring tension. It continuously fumbled the last round in the mag. I read everything out there and tensioned the spring every way possible and still no cigar. One day I swapped out the follower with another mag and it worked perfectly. Put the bad follower in the other mag and the last round would not feed, Took both followers out and compared them. The lug that pushes up the last round on the bad follower was just a bit shorter than the good one. Whenever the last round was presented, it was loose enough that it would rock forward and take a nose dive in the mag as the bolt pushed it forward. It now sits on the shelf with a big white "X" on the side so I won't mix it up with the good ones.
Elkins45
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The magazine with my new takedown model frequently fails to deliver a new round in time for the bolt to chamber it. It is the first time I have ever had an issue with a factory mag, but it is definitely a flaw with the magazine.
Maybe they made a bad batch?
Maybe they made a bad batch?
dranrab
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Inconsistent Ruger QC? Say it isn't so.
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