Ruger 10/22 problems

[pdowg881]

Fire it into a bucket of sand maybe? I'm not sure where you live but there must be someway you can muffle the sound or something you can fire it into so you can safely disassemble the gun.

 

[DHB Buckeye]

Ruger 10/22 Problem

Thanks again everyone for all your help. Especially, pdowg881 who gave me the idea. Instead of sand, I put about 30" of old magazines tightly into a box and aimed the rifle there while I disassembled it carefully. Bullet was extracted without releasing the hammer and the problem was identified as the ejector slipping into the wrong place at assembly. It had fallen back by the bolt lock while assembling. I am going to keep the box of magazines in lieu of my mattress for future cycling.

 

[pdowg881]

Glad to hear you could fix the problem without too much trouble.