New Ruger 10/22 misfeeds

[Kali]

I bought a new ruger 10/22 stainless a little while back, took it to my indoor range just because I wanted to shoot it. On the first 3 magazines it misfed the last round every time. It would just get stuck on the round and I had to take the mag out, poke the round down into it and give it a little readjust, then it would shoot.

After about the 3rd time in a row doing it it stopped misfeeding and went through the next 4 or 5 mags without problem. I shouldve shot it more to be sure but I felt kind of retarded shooting a 10/22 in a handgun range so I went back to pistols.

My question is do you think the magazine or gun was just going through a "breaking in" period or do you think I got a lemon?

 

[CortJestir]

Was this all on one magazine? Sounds like the mag just needed a little exercise. If it continues to happen, try a different magazine and/or different ammo. At some point, you may want to change out the stock extractor for something beefier (Volquartsen Exact Edge comes to mind). I did that on 2 of my 10/22's and they feed anything now.

 

[Carne Frio]

Did you clean and lube it before shooting ?
They don't come ready to shoot from the
factory.

 

[GunTech]

I wouldn't consider any auto broken in until 200 rounds or so. As already noted, clean and lube. As things wear in they smooth out.

Could be a mag but far to early to tell. Could also be ammo.

 

[Jubjub]

10/22 receivers are painted on the inside as well as the outside. They go through a break-in period as the bolt wears the paint off the high spots. Generally they take a few hundred rounds before they run flawlessly, but run fine after that.

 

[ejfalvo]

I have a number of 10/22s including the Charger and a Limited Addition Target model. All cycle flawlessly, depending on the ammo I use. Federal bulk box will not cycle (I learned the hard way) while everything else works fine. Try different ammos.

 

[desidog]

Ammo-type is critical, as different .22lr's of the same make and model prefer different types of ammo.

I'd go light on the lube - 10/22s run better near-dry in my experience, and you'll get things smoothed out quicker with less caking of crud in there.

Some of the factory mags will push the last round nose first into the front of the mag, and the bullet will catch up...if this was the case, i'd get a couple more mags.

Also, a lot of folks get failures to eject and end up buying a volquartsen extractor; there are many threads on these topics here on THR.