BananaKlipz
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- Cambridge, Ontario
Couple weeks ago I had a brain wave to sell my beloved Remington 597 VTR .22LR. Why, I dont know...it was a tack driver and functioned flawlessly, shot everything I fed it, functioned whitout a hiccup. My only problem is that I was never able to completely tear it down, and clean the bolt, chamber, guide rods etc. Very minimal info online with break down of 597 VTRs, and most of my cleaning, which served me fine was done with CLP sprayed into the breach through the ejection port and then a couple of q-tips to clean/ wipe what I could visibly see and acess ie. the bolt face, firing pin, some of the guide rods, and then up through the mag well, boresnake through the barrel and that was it. This never hindered the performance of the firearm, like i said...it was a work horse, but I was never fully satisfied when I cleaned it after a range session and threw it in the safe. If I understand correctly I have to completely remove the barrel for a tear down, as well as servicing the trigger group is opening a can of worms in terms of dissasembly complexity?
With this new found chunk of cash i decided to go ahead and pull the trigger (hahaha) on a Ruger 10/22 and picked up a new (To me) 10/22 in a tan archangel .556 stock. Here we go...another tacticooled rimfire in a body kit full of screws and complexity and fitment issues, but this time it was a new rifle to learn, and conquer
WELL, with 15 minutes spent on youtube, with a archangel .556 10/22 install vid, and a ruger 10/22 dis sasembly video, and another 10/22 trigger group dis assembly video, it was time to dive in. I just reversed the process of the archangel assembly video to tear it down. Only two sized allen keys required and 9 screws. TADA... there was a mint 9.5 out of 10 conditioned 10/22 in terms of finish under that fancy kit...+1 for me.
Now with a tear down video on barreled receiver, bolt removal, spring, charging handle etc. I was able to pull the bolt out and clean it, aswell as the chamber...glad i did as it was as the bolt and chamber was shipped to me in very dirty condition. Reassembly was no problem, just takes a little practice to learn to hold the spring and charging handel back, while trying to line the bolt up to index and drop into place.
Next was the trigger group, dissasembly was no problem, while I had it pulled I seen a video on youtube on a 10/22 auto bolt release DIY mod. I was hesitant to proceed, but i had made it this far with relative ease so I decided to tackle it as i had it apart already. It took me two shots at filing and reinstalling the bolt lock/release plate to get it to work, i had to go back to take some more meat off of it, but it worked perfectly after the second try. Reassembly was a little more difficult to get things lined up with the psh pins, and it took me a minute to undestand how the spring worked, as the bottom arm of it sits in the index on the bolt lock/release plate and the top of the spring arm has to be fit under the push pin. Put it all back together...success.
Whats the point of this big poorly written and constructed rant, BIG SH!T, you could do what i did with your eyes closed.
Im simply happy as hell with my first 10/22, Very simple design and disasembly, archangel kit is well thought out, three pieces that fit together, and they fit together well. With some youtube education, i was able to completely strip a archangel kit, then break the gun down to completely clean it, as well as disassemble the trigger group, and perform a DIY auto bolt release mod...then put it all back together, with success. 10/22 FTW! Now i just got to find out what it likes to feed and shoot well...any tips?
P.S. YES! I was a newb, and I am still learning everyday and with every login here on CGN.
YES! my CGN username is "Bananaklipz", not "HighCapacityExtendedMagazinez".
With this new found chunk of cash i decided to go ahead and pull the trigger (hahaha) on a Ruger 10/22 and picked up a new (To me) 10/22 in a tan archangel .556 stock. Here we go...another tacticooled rimfire in a body kit full of screws and complexity and fitment issues, but this time it was a new rifle to learn, and conquer
WELL, with 15 minutes spent on youtube, with a archangel .556 10/22 install vid, and a ruger 10/22 dis sasembly video, and another 10/22 trigger group dis assembly video, it was time to dive in. I just reversed the process of the archangel assembly video to tear it down. Only two sized allen keys required and 9 screws. TADA... there was a mint 9.5 out of 10 conditioned 10/22 in terms of finish under that fancy kit...+1 for me.
Now with a tear down video on barreled receiver, bolt removal, spring, charging handle etc. I was able to pull the bolt out and clean it, aswell as the chamber...glad i did as it was as the bolt and chamber was shipped to me in very dirty condition. Reassembly was no problem, just takes a little practice to learn to hold the spring and charging handel back, while trying to line the bolt up to index and drop into place.
Next was the trigger group, dissasembly was no problem, while I had it pulled I seen a video on youtube on a 10/22 auto bolt release DIY mod. I was hesitant to proceed, but i had made it this far with relative ease so I decided to tackle it as i had it apart already. It took me two shots at filing and reinstalling the bolt lock/release plate to get it to work, i had to go back to take some more meat off of it, but it worked perfectly after the second try. Reassembly was a little more difficult to get things lined up with the psh pins, and it took me a minute to undestand how the spring worked, as the bottom arm of it sits in the index on the bolt lock/release plate and the top of the spring arm has to be fit under the push pin. Put it all back together...success.
Whats the point of this big poorly written and constructed rant, BIG SH!T, you could do what i did with your eyes closed.
Im simply happy as hell with my first 10/22, Very simple design and disasembly, archangel kit is well thought out, three pieces that fit together, and they fit together well. With some youtube education, i was able to completely strip a archangel kit, then break the gun down to completely clean it, as well as disassemble the trigger group, and perform a DIY auto bolt release mod...then put it all back together, with success. 10/22 FTW! Now i just got to find out what it likes to feed and shoot well...any tips?
P.S. YES! I was a newb, and I am still learning everyday and with every login here on CGN.
YES! my CGN username is "Bananaklipz", not "HighCapacityExtendedMagazinez".
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