10/22 action will not close completely

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I recently attempted to shoot my ruger 10/22 after it had sat for almost 6 months. When i attempted to shoot the first shot nothing happened. I assumed it was a miss fire and manually worked the action. That worked and it fired but the next shot didn't work. I then assumed it could use a good cleaning and oiling but this did not help either. I then noticed the action was not completely closing and if i would push the action forward before pulling the trigger it would work every time.


Has anyone else had this problem with a ruger 10/22?

I also had it stored with the action locked open so i could attach a cable lock. Maybe this wore the spring out?

Any advice and comments would be much appreciated.

thanks!
 
Wouldn't suprise me if it was the spring but they are cheap and easy to get . If you're going to use a cable lock leave the bolt forward and not compress the spring all the way . If you can push the action forward and it will fire it sounds like the spring no longer has the power to slam it closed . I have several 10/22's and haven't experienced that problem and mine have 10's of thousands of rounds through them but i've never left the spring compressed for 6 months . Stretch the spring and try it again as the spring has probably set . If it works i'd still get a new spring and get a 3 dollar plastic trigger lock .
 
Did you check the camber to see it is clean or built up
with crud?
As stated above, if you use a cable lock, close the action on the cable.
 
all 3 possibilities have been covered . Do you get a bit of resistance when you push the bolt in?

Try inserting a roiund in the chamber by hand - do you have to push it in a bit hard to seat all the wasy- then the chamber needs to be cleaned. Did anyone try firing shorts or longs in it?- this can crud up a chamber pretty quick. I've never run into a recoil spring being weak but it could happen I guess . Is the spring and guide rod seated the way it should be and not bent or have crud on it?
 
Thanks for the responses. I just recently gave it a good cleaning and oiling. So i don't think it could be a build up inside the gun. I am interested in what Juster said about scope mount screws might be the cause. If they are in to tight can that cause problems with the action? I just recently removed the scope from my 10/22 and have no scope on it right now. But i put the mounting screws back into the screw holes on the gun.

thanks all
 
Without the mount not on the reciever, the screws are sticking into the reciever and stopping the bolt. By pushing on the bolt handle to "Force" the bolt closed, you might have screwed up the screws!

Scott
 
gord1986 said:
Thanks for the responses. I just recently gave it a good cleaning and oiling. So i don't think it could be a build up inside the gun. I am interested in what Juster said about scope mount screws might be the cause. If they are in to tight can that cause problems with the action? I just recently removed the scope from my 10/22 and have no scope on it right now. But i put the mounting screws back into the screw holes on the gun.

thanks all
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Did you leave the rail on or did you remove the rail? If you removed the rail and then tried to use the scope rail screws to plug the holes instead of the tiny little screw plugs that was in there before the rail was installed, then yes, the scope rail screws are going to protrude into the receiver without the rail on.
 
Locking the bolt open won't wear out the recoil spring. Springs are worn out by cyclic loads, in this case, shooting.
 
If you took the barrel off to clean the gun did you get the extractor slot lined up? Otherwise I would look at the base screws as already mentioned.
Kim
 
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