ruger 10/22 hang-ups

[rustymaggot]

davo,
they work in the mark1 as well. with 300 rounds and absolutely no cleaning we had 1 failure to eject and one failure to chamber(failure to chamber was a first day shooter i took out and he admits he thinks he only let the slide go half way back in then rechambered causing the feed problem) anyway, i think 300 rounds of dirty .22lr with only 2 problems is noteworthy. ammo used was the ultra cheepo stuff. i believe it was thunderbolt or some other thundername.

i use the volquartsen exact edge extractor in both my 10/22 and my ruger mark1. i wish i had goten them years ago.


EDIT: bolt buffers do not keep 10/22's from being damaged. the original steel pin will not damage anything ever. a bolt buffer only avoids the knocking against the pin that feels uncomfy to many shooters. i have documentation of this somewhere but not handy.

 

[foghornl]

A great deal of the fun with .22's of all description is finding the 'best' ammo for YOUR gun.

My 10/22 hates the Remington "Thunderbolts", while my MKII pistol will shoot them OK. Single-Six is fair-to-middlin accurate with the Thunderbolts. Marlin 99 shoots any brand/style of .22LR ammo about equally

Another thing..the Rem Nylon 66 I had as a teen ate anything it was fed except for the Rem "Golden Bullet' HP. Choked on those verytime.

 

[poncaguy]

I have the new 16" Carbine 10-22, it shoots very accurately with the Wal Mart Federals 550's, no malfunctions of any kind........

 

[10-Ring]

Initially, my 10/22 was a load of fun...100% reliable and fantastic accuracy. Now, every session involves the frustration of FTE, FTF...ARGH! :banghead: I've detail stripped it a couple times & cleaned it VERY VERY well and both times the initial shooting session was okay. Now, I dread shooting it and I'm even contemplating a new 22 :banghead:

 

[10 Ring Tao]

Does this little experiment mean that I have to purchase more expensive ammo for a .22? I think I'm going to experiment with more brands...oh, well...just means lots more shooting in the next few days.

No, I don't think remington golden bullet value packs are more expensive. Those have been the best bang for the buck I've had. No gun related failures in my 10/22, AA kit g19, or 22/45.

 

[leftwingliberalweeniehater]

ruger 10/22 hang ups

I recently purchased a 10/22 ruger here in NH. Had ejection/cycling issues immediatley. Talked to the smith at the store who suggested I contact ruger in Newport, NH where they manufacture the rifle. I did so and after 10 rounds of boxing with them, I finally got them to see my pov. They repaired the rifle and I still have the issues. Called corporate in CT and they told me that the 10/22 is ammo sensitive and each one is different. You should not use low velocity without question. I cannot use Federal brown box at all. Higher than 10% ejection issues. I can use CCI mini mags and they are great, however they are $$$$ 30- 35 per brick. Remington thunderbolts high velocity for approx $10 per brick are perfect for my rifle. Ruger is no longer the rifle that will accept any ammo as I had been told. Now that all that is resolved I have no problem. Do not need to change out your extractor. Just find the appropriate ammo. High velocity only! From the State of NH soon to be an annex of MA over my dead body!

 

[dispatch55126]

All guns are that way. You can two of the same rifle and it's possible they each will like seperate ammo. Even on an mass production assembly line, there are still differances in the manufacturing that causes this.

 

[Davo]

I recommend you manually cycle your action several hundred times by pulling the bolt back and forth on an unloaded gun, you do not need to pull the trigger. This gives breaking in a head start, and your not wasting money.
Clean your rifle again, noting areas that collect dirt.
Most new 10-22's have hangups for the first several bricks of HV ammo(say 500-2000 rounds), then these problems become much less frequent. Some prefer certain ammo, and usually standard velocity does not work as well as HV
Check your magazines,clean and tension them. They are very important.
The $10 VQ exact edge extractor will take care of most ejection problems, Keep in mind that Ruger will not admit that there are better aftermarket parts out there. This part is not absolutley needed-there are many rifles out there that function fine without it, BUT its cheap insurance that really works.

 

[Master Blaster]

One thing I have not read here is an absolute must for good maintenance and long term reliability.

You need to disassemble the magazines periodically and clean them. The wax coating on the bullets will build up inside the magazines along with some junk from [powder residue. When this happens the bullet noses will drag on the wax build up slowing the feeding from the magazine and causing FTF.
If you have shot a large number of rounds and never cleaned the magazines you will be surprised at the large amount of buildup inside.

You can find directions on rimfire central for the disassembly and reassembly, you need to properly tension the spring as well.

As far as Federal 550 copper plated bulk packs go, I have shot many thousands of rounds of these through two different 10/22s, and I find them to be very reliable and accurate.

Both my 10/22s have aftermarket target bull barrels on them and volquartsen hammers, I have not found it necessary to change the extractor.

When you take the gun appart, you may also want to check the the extractor is centered in the extractor channel, and not rubbing on one side or the other. One of my 10/22s new from the factory had the extractor rubbing on the channel in the barrel and was having some FTE new from the box. This is easy to fix by removing the barrled action from the stock and slightly loosening the barrel clamp (the ones holding the barrel to the receiver) screws and rotating the barrel one way or another very slightly.

 

[NeoCon]

I've had terrible results with Federal in the 10/22. I had the same problem you had. So I tried Federal ammunition in my wife's 10/22 and had the same problem. I've never had trouble from any other brands though!