Ruger 10/22 Receiver Paint/Coating Chipping Away

[armed85]

Is it normal for the paint or coating on the Ruger 10/22 receiver to chip away?

When I clean the inside of the receiver, I can see paint flakes all over the bolt. It looks really ugly and cheap

It's an otherwise fun gun.

 

[JohnKSa]

Solution...

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/st...p=13793&title=STAINLESS+STEEL+10/22~+RECEIVER

 

[pdowg881]

Same happened to mine shortly after I got it, but just in a thing straight line where the bolt rubs.

 

[Harry Paget Flashman]

What JohnKSa said. That's why I bought a stainless steel model to begin with. What's happening to yours isn't pretty but it shouldn't affect operation.

 

[armed85]

I have a CZ 452, so I'm tempted to send this back to Ruger for a recoating and be without one of my .22 rifles for awhile. Does Ruger consider this normal or will they recoat the receiver?

 

[hksw]

Oooo. I've never seen quite this bad of a coating delamination in a 10/22 before and I have a few. IMO, however, I don't think it'll hurt anything and will likely not affect the action. It could potentially cause the firing pin to stick so I would scrape off any loose material, clean regularly untill all of the loose particles fall off, and just put it back together. Sending it back to get it repainted, IMO, would be just more time and expense than its worth. The interior finish will eventually wear to the aluminum surface even with correctly applied paint anyway.

If a painted interior is wanted, I'd just paint the inside (after scraping off the current paint and a thoroughly cleaning) with high temp engine paint.

 

[rangerruck]

this is normal, nothing you can do about it. except slop the whole insides, bolt, chamber, everything, with some jb bore paste, sit down to a football, or baseball game, and don't stop working the action, until game is over.
all paint should be gone, and everything working super smoooove.

 

[Titan6]

It should be jamming like crazy also until it wears in. I made the mistake of buying a new one for my son as a present, not realizing that mine are all old and worn in.. It took about 2000 rounds of jams to wear in to where it won't jam (much) anymore. Kind of crazy that in 2007 a gun maker puts out a product that they know won't work right for a while with no warning...

 

[bamabluesman]

much easier and cheaper

Just use a dremel tool with a scuff pad and strip all the paint from inside the receiver. I do this to all my 10/22's before I ever fire them. No need to buy a new receiver that cost as much as your gun.

 

[jacobhh]

Normal, defective or whatever. I'd certainly get all that junk off
there before I used the rifle again. What is it with Ruger and their
finishes. I remember in the '60's their single actions used to rust up
if you exhaled on them, but that's worse than a painted milsurp!

 

[brentn]

Completley normal, mine was doing the same thing for the first 500 rounds. I took some very fine sandpaper and steel whool and started to sand down some of the paint on the inside, when it was really smooth I would take the steel whool and make it smoother. There are still large paint areas on the inside, but its smooth enough that I have not had any more chip off in 2000 rounds.

Again, its normal, don't worry about it. If you really really want, take some paint thinner gel and coat only the inside of the reciever, when the paint turns into a liquid, whipe it out with steel whool, make sure that you don't get any on the outside of the reciever if you still want it black. Take a paper towl after and dry out the inside and there should be no paint left anywhere, when thats all said and done take it to the sink and wash it out with dish soap and water with a brush.

 

[bhk]

Ah, the good old days. I bought my 10/22 back in the late sixties when the receiver had an actual anodized finish, the carbine stocks were walnut, and the fixtures (buttplate, barrel band) were metal. I also have a new stainless model and confess to enjoying it just as much. By the way, the 'stainless' model still has an aluminum receiver that is probably 'clearcoated'. You just don't notice it as much when it wears or peals away.

 

[10 Ring Tao]

The black receivers are literally black paint.

The "stainless" receivers are just white aluminum with a clearcoat.

I wanted a "stainless" 10/22 so I bought a cheap used black one, used some paint stripper with a little polish afterwards, and voila:

 

[dispatch55126]

That is the bolt wearing in the receiver and its perfectly normal. The chips won't effect anything and won't cause any FTF's/FTE's. The exposed aluminum won't cause you any problems and will help smooth the interior of the receiver for better operation. The 10/22 is like a YJ (late 80's-early 90's Jeep Wrangler). You sometimes scratch you head at the engineering but its a Lego block with hundreds of other Lego pieces to make it your own..and in many cases better than the original.

BTW-
10/22 Carbine
Stock:
-Barrel
-Receiver
-Bolt
-Firing Pin
Aftermarket:
-Sights (Tech Sights)
-Bolt Buffer
-Hammer and Springs (VQ)
-Auto Bolt Release (Did it myself)
-Extended Mag Release
-Extractor (VQ)