10/22 maintenance?
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Yes. Not difficult.
22 ammo is filthy, on average. If you shoot a lot, there will be a build up of unburnt powder, burnt powder, lead shavings and other residue inside.
Figure about 5 minutes to strip it right down, 10 to clean, and another few minutes to put it all back together.
Or you can pull the action off the stock, hose the crap out of it with a spray cleaner, like brake cleaner, blow it dry, and be generous with the oil. Let the action drip dry overnight, and assemble it the next time you want to use it.
It does not have to be complicated.
A toothbrush and some cloths, and the diagrams that come with it, and stripping it to the last part and doing a complete clean, is pretty easy.
Cheers
Trev
22 ammo is filthy, on average. If you shoot a lot, there will be a build up of unburnt powder, burnt powder, lead shavings and other residue inside.
Figure about 5 minutes to strip it right down, 10 to clean, and another few minutes to put it all back together.
Or you can pull the action off the stock, hose the crap out of it with a spray cleaner, like brake cleaner, blow it dry, and be generous with the oil. Let the action drip dry overnight, and assemble it the next time you want to use it.
It does not have to be complicated.
A toothbrush and some cloths, and the diagrams that come with it, and stripping it to the last part and doing a complete clean, is pretty easy.
Cheers
Trev
Jam a 22-250 cartridge inbetween the receiver ejection port and bolt handle when it is pulled back. This will lock the spring back.
Pull out the firing pin/bolt assembly and viola, the bolt handle remains retracted and its easy to get the assembly back in.
Hope this helps.
Pull out the firing pin/bolt assembly and viola, the bolt handle remains retracted and its easy to get the assembly back in.
Hope this helps.
I have to contradict this comment... There really is no "hard part". Try putting a stripped down Ruger Mark III back together and then tell me about the "hard part" of 10/22 assembly. It's a cakewalk
I have to contradict this comment... There really is no "hard part". Try putting a stripped down Ruger Mark III back together and then tell me about the "hard part" of 10/22 assembly. It's a cakewalk
I'll second that. My 10/22 is a childsplay compared to the MKIII
The more I dwell on the thought of this topic, the more realize that I would put $1000 up and put forth the proposition that I could assemble a 10/22 whilst hindered by the presence of a correctly implimented blindfold.
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I'm kinda' bored and thought about taking my 10/22 apart to clean it but don't want to mess up the zero if I don't have to. If I just take the action out of the stock and don't loosen or mess with the barrel/scope will I loose my zero? not that's it a huge deal but I am lazy and don't want to spend the time to re-zero it. I have usually done a complete tear down when I clean; as in scope, stock, barrel and action off the receiver.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
You don't need to take the barrel out or touch the scope.
It won't affect the accuracy to take it apart and put back together. It is a great idea to remove the firing pin from the slide. this is the only way to remove all the crud. Every 100-200 rounds I take it right down for thorough cleaning. My 10/22 is 29 years old, has fired at least 5000 rounds & looks and shoots like brand new "mint".
I have a pull through cleaning thingamagig made from weed whacker line. I use that to clean the barrel after a usage or two. Every now and then I take the barrel off and give it a real good cleaning.
The trigger assembly doesn't get extremely dirty so a quick wipe down is all it needs.
Clean the bolt where the cartridge sits, that gets really freaking dirty, make sure you get under the extractor too.
The trigger assembly doesn't get extremely dirty so a quick wipe down is all it needs.
Clean the bolt where the cartridge sits, that gets really freaking dirty, make sure you get under the extractor too.
Now? Every 2-3000 or so rounds, whether it needs it or not
Then it takes a few dozen to build up the 'acculead' lining in the barrel. When I first got it, it got cleaned every few hundred.If you find you have stovepiping issues, order the Volquartsen extractor. Saved me a ton of frustration.
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- big sky country
There you go. There is your answer. I can't add to that.
mattyboylewis
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I went out to the range today and let the 10/22T buck. Shot off around 200 rounds. Physically you can see all of the lead shavings a unburned sooty powder around the bolt. After every two hundred I like to take it down and clean the top of the bolt area as this seems to be where the powder builds up. I have noticed that if I do not clean the top side of the bolt every 200 shots the action does not cycle as readily and will then jam more frequently. I also know people who have never cleaned their action in 5 year and they have never had a problem, so I guess it is a rifle specific thing. I also find that after a cleaning of the action and bore, the rifle doesn't shoot bang on until about 20 rounds down the tube. I guess it likes being just a little dirty, go figure! Who doesn't!
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- big sky country
My 10/22 is 21 years old. I shudder to tell you how few times I have cleaned it. If I told you, (you could count it on one hand) you wouldn't believe me.
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- big sky country
1.5" at 25 yards for me with my 21 year old 10/22.. The hype is they are cheap to buy and cheap to shoot.
That being said, there are some CGNers here who have some VERY accurate 10/22s.
I will let them take it from here....
That being said, there are some CGNers here who have some VERY accurate 10/22s.
I will let them take it from here....
