NIB 22/45 Need Help

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My buddy ordered a NIB 22/45 P512 but he needs help with ammo and lube. What type of ammo do 22/45 feed most reliably? Where do you lube a 22/45? Is CLP a good lube for it? He was told that the front sights have a bad habit of flying off. Is that true?

Anybody have pics of their 22/45s to share?
 
My 22/45 does very well with CCI mini-mags. In bulk ammo the Federal 550 box or Lightnings are accurate with no feed problems. Regarding the front sight, I dumped it. Put on a Hi-Viz with the multi-colored sight sticks.
 
22/45s are like most other Ruger .22s, like the MKII. None of mine have fed Winchester or CCI Blazer very well but Remington seems to be the cheapest and best. You can go with the more expensive Hyper velocity .22lrs if needed, like the CCI Stinger or Mini-Mags but most won't need that kind of power to function. Just stay away from low velocity stuff and stuff with truncated points and you should be fine. Try all the ammo you can get your hands on and stick to the brand that is most reliable and accurate. If you find a good ammo that is also cheap, that is a bonus. My Rugers like Rem cheap stuff so that makes me happy!

As for the front sight flying off, that will happen only if the screw gets loose enough to come out. The front sight screw came loose on both my bull bbl 22/45 and the MKII bull bbl that I have. I think it is something more common on the bull bbl because of the single screw mounting. I always noticed it before it came off and a drop of Locktite cured it with no further problems.

Locktite is one of those things that every gun owner should have in their home. Screws some loose, it happens on cheap guns and it happends on expensive guns. It is nothing to worry about, it is part of being a smart gun owner. Some jerks will send a gun back to the factory for minor problems like this! I feel sorry for the gun makers that have to "fix" guns for people like this. :D It must cost them a fortune that could have been saved if the buyer knew a thing or two about guns. Maybe prices would be lower if they didn't have to deal with this sort of thing. :scrutiny:
 
Anyone know know what size driver is needed for the front sight screw? Is CLP a good lube for it?
 
break-free clp, remoil, etc. work fine

My 22/45 works well with minimal lubrication. If too much oil is put on it, it will pick up too much powder fouling and start having failure to feed jams.

You can get by lubricating without disasembling the pistol by placing a few drops of oil on the exposed area of the 'bolt' inside the ejection port on the right side. Then pull back and lock the bolt open and place a drop of oil on both sides of the 'bolt' and spreading it out with your finger. Put a drop of oil on the inside wall of the reciever and spread around with a qtip. That's it.

Work the bolt back and forth about 5 times and your good to go. Do not place any oil on the boltface or the chamberface. You should be able to shoot for quite a while just cleaning and lubing these areas without needing to completely disasemble it.

Use a small regular screwdriver and remove the front sight. Clean the screw and screw hole with a qtip, then place a drop of locktite in the screw hole and replace the sight. Should be fine for years.

Hope this helps, and wasn't 'too much information'.

Mark
 

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you might also consider using a light swipe of clear nail polish on the side of the screw just before you put it in an tighten. i've never had one come out or loosen until i took it out. much easier to remove than when locktite is used. mcole
 
Try Winchester Dynapoints from Wal-Wart they are $9.63 for 500, and they run in all of my .22's. They are cheap, clean, reliable, and functioned great in all of my new 22's. If the 22/45 FTE at first by some high velocity rounds like cci stingers. My p22 and my 22/45 were broken in with Dynapoints.

Also buy an ultimate clip loader you can get it at Brownells or other sites online. After a blast of lube, and a little screw tweaking you can reload magazines in seconds.
http://www.arms-ordnance.com/ultimatecliploader.html
 
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