Ruger .22 extractors

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I'm not sure that the concencous is about Rugers .22 line but I have purchased a MkII and a 10/22 this year...both had some major teething problems that were tracked to the crummy metal they use to make their extractors.

Ruger has sent me 2 new extractors for both guns. After pulling out the old ones the extractor edges were rolled funny. Put the new replacements in and after a range session I was back to having FTE issues.

Well I replaced both extractors again this time with a VQ model. The old ones were again rolled.

I went out this weekend and the guns were absolutely reliable again. As they should have been.

Anyone else have problems with Rugers .22 autos failing to extract?
 
The ONLY probelm I ever had with my Target Competion (Slabside) was a broken extractor... and the fact they lost the bolt when I sent it to the factory.

They claimed they never received it -- but I had a signature from UPS that showed they did. They apologized and sent me a new bolt.
 
First thing I do to every Ruger 22 selfloader (long or short) I get is install the VQ extractor. It remains a mystery why I've had zero jamming problems since starting this ritual. ;)
 
Although I only own 2 MK1's and a std model I picked up in 60 under a Christmas tree, I have never in prolly 500000 rounds had extractor problems! Must be one of those "improved" things!:neener:
 
What did I tell ya when you got your Ruger .22s? Buy a Volquartsen extractor and your worries are over.
 
The Ruger Mk.II 'Target' (yeah, right) that I was hamstrung with while shooting bullseye for about a year would often fail to fire and fail to extract. It would eject spent shells like a champ, but then again, blowback designed guns tend to do that, what with the laws of physics and all.

But if a round failed to ignite, without fail, I'd be declaring an alibi, locking the slide open, and poking the unfired round out of the chamber with a cleaning rod.

This, in addition to a number of other issues with this particular gun have convinced me that the words 'target grade' and 'Ruger' should never be used in the same context, unless it's to denote something to the effect of the following:

'Ruger is completely incapable of making a target grade firearm. They suck.'

The only person I know who uses a Ruger for bullseye competition readily admits that there are more Volquartsen parts in it than Ruger.
 
The only person I know who uses a Ruger for bullseye competition readily admits that there are more Volquartsen parts in it than Ruger.
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I've got a Ruger Mark II project gun in the works. The barrel and all the guts are being replaced. Out of the box, it fired every time, but failed to extract about 20% of the time.

It's the last Ruger anything I'll ever buy.
 
There's nothing wrong with Ruger pistols as plinkers. I've got a completely stock Ruger 22/45 that runs like a champ. I primarily use it for introducing newbies to shooting.

But using a Ruger for anything other than plinking is asking for trouble. The Mk. II I used had a trigger only a lawyer could love, and even after I started shooting with a decent target pistol I had to unlearn some bad habits that I picked up from that woefully heavy trigger on the Ruger.

Bottom line is this:

For plinking and fun, Ruger = Good

For anything more than that, Ruger = :barf:.
 
This is a shock to this old boy! Like I said all my Rugers shoot into 3" at 25yds with match ammo. I never had a problem with function . I have one Mk 1 done by Clark that shoots into 1" at 25yds. The factory 1968 Mk1 shoots into 2-2.5:. What I mean about "improved" MK2 design, jeez!:rolleyes:
 
i have a 22/45 mkII with an untold thousands of round through it. Never once a problem, and the extractor is in perfect shape.
 
I have never had function probalms with any of my Ruger autos,P95,22/45 even after thousands of rounds and after the first time I had a hell of a time getting the 22/45 back so I just spray it with brake cleaner to clean it now and still no malfunctions.CWatson
 
XavierBreath,

That is exactly what I had to do to get my MKII Target to function properly.

I didn't even know they made an aftermarket extractor for it. Where would these extractors be found at?
 
Gordon- I wouldn't be surprised in the least to find that the old school Ruger pistols are better than the newer ones, at least as far as general fit and finish and the all-important trigger pull.

And I certainly never said that a Ruger couldn't be accurate, just that it has been my experience that out-of-the box Rugers really leave quite a bit to be desired.

Like I mentioned before, my 22/45 has been rock-solid from day one.

I think it's just that I got spoiled. When I first started getting heavily into bullseye in college, I could use one of the club's S&W M41's. Once I graduated, I didn't have the dough to pony up for a new target pistol of my own for awhile, and had to make do with a Ruger Mk. II.
 
I have a Competition Target Model SS Ruger Mark II that stovepipe jams every ten rounds or so...the rim of the fired case jams behind the next cartridge being chambered, and to clear it I have to remove the magazine and pry out the case. Could this be an extraction problem? Cleaning and lubrication aren't the answer... I don't fire the gun much because of the frustration.:banghead:
 
any problem i have ever had with my ruger is ammo related.

You just have to find an ammo that works well, and stick with it.

i think i use that remington gold stuff...it is cheap, and the ruger runs like a top with it.
 
remington golden bullet? Yeah it shoots great but is some of the dirtiest LR I've ever shot. Federal bulk from wally world is much cleaner but doesn't group as tighly in my GM barrel.

SOP among many ruger shooters to go VQ immediatly, since they always need trigger work anyway.
 
TooTaxed,

I had the same problem on both my Rugers. It may have been ammo related but when I switched to the Volq extractors the problem went away.

Remington Golden Bullet...ack...that stuff is sooo dirty. I have to scrap the gunk out after 200rnds. I've gotten good results with Winchester Dynapoint.
 
How odd. I only own one Ruger - my 22/45. It has always functioned flawlessly. No, it's not a real target gun, but then I'm not a real target shooter.
 
I must have gotten a "good" Mark II (full bull blued Gov 678). I replaced the guts with the VQ accurizing kit and trigger shield before it shot one round (does NOT include extractor). Don't forget to clean out all the preservative goo. I just ran its first 300 rounds of assorted ammo (MiniMags, Stingers, to crappy bulk Rem, Fed, and Peters), rotating four new mags, with NOT ONE failure of any sort. I am astonished.

But I've read lots of recommendations to replace the extractor with aftermarket.

And YZ, another thanks for your site (I only lurk on the Ruger forum). I bought the AGI video but that guy could use a little more editing in his tapes. To my mind the Mark II guts are unnecessarily complex in their disassembly/reassembly. And I'm worried about the barrel-to-frame durability.
 
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