10/22 Tips & Tricks

I bought a PC trigger kit and a VQ trigger (along with a ton of other stuff). Any tips on installing a aftermarket extractor? Also I'll be selling/ giving away the OEM trigger stuff if anyone needs it. Lemme know.
 
 
Just installed a model TSR200 sight from Tech-Sights on my synthetic stocked 10/22. It gives the little carbine a military look. Took a while to find a decent aperture sight for this gun. Found using a scope impossible due to the light weight of the gun and anything above 4x was hard to keep steady when shooting off hand. Hope to get to the range this weekend to sight in. Total cost of the sights and adjustment tool was $105 Cdn after exchange, shipping and money order. Sent for it on May 4 and it arrived yesterday. Hadn`t ordered anything from the US in years and was surprised by the speed of delivery. Plan to order the same style sight for my SKS.
 
Firing problems

I thought it was ammo but after trying different brands and close inspection of the unfired cases it looks like the firing pin is not stricking hard enough?Anyone have any ideas for me to try.I have never taken a 10/22 apart and this gun has a Krinker Plinker kit on it
 
Archangel 1022 stock

Hello all,

Does anyone have one of the archangel stocks on their 1022? or know anyone with one? I think I would like to get one and I am looking for some opinions on it. Also if anyone knows where to get one here in Canada and what an average price would be on it. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

YP
 
Three quick ones on the auto-bolt-release:

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maltextract said:
Goose25 and the Infamous Ruger "Hump"

The measuring with a straight edge doesn't really wash, the human eye can see light against a surface so flat a micrometer can't find it, .000001 by the average person a little better if you have perfect vision, if you can clearly see a gap, I mean a real gap, then fine, but filing it flat is just as bad, are you going to take off a +.0001 with a bastard cut mill file and have it flat to +-.0000? the whole thing is off anyways unless your straight edge is really flat, straighter than say +-.0001 which is really hard to get, most rulers which is what most people are likely to pick up as a straight edge is only like +-.001 or a alumiunum straight edge to +-.0004. So this whole thing is academic, if it is a real hump fine, sand it down or file really bloody carefully.

Investment casting aka lost wax casting for aluminum is done with either a foam, glue or wax pattern, these are assembled to make a tree connected by risers ie braches. A single tree may have a couple of hundred recivers on it but the mold is only used once, its actually built up around the pattern by spraying ceramic all over the pattern, then the whole mold is baked to melt the pattern out of the mold, when the metal is cast, the molds are kinda scrubbed away when it is cooled, there is no "wear" its a one time deal.
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I wondered about that when I first read about the "hump" as it didn't make much sense. This kind of mold issue happens with rubber items like tires but I didn't see how it could happen with an aluminum investment casting...

Jeff
 
OK, I’ve done a bunch of the mods posted above, and turned it into a really sweet shooter. Now I’m wondering if there’s an easy way to reverse the safety? I shoot left handed and having the safety come off in the opposite direction would be handy when I’m using it for grouse.
Thanks!!
 
BolerPuller said:
OK, I’ve done a bunch of the mods posted above, and turned it into a really sweet shooter. Now I’m wondering if there’s an easy way to reverse the safety? I shoot left handed and having the safety come off in the opposite direction would be handy when I’m using it for grouse.
Thanks!!
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You'll need to buy a LH safety as far as I can tell. The detents are offset and will not work by just swapping it around. I got one with the oversized nob and it works really well but it may not work with some stocks, and you need to install it after everything is together. To do this you twist the original safety so that it will slide out and push it out with the new safety and then twist it to lock into place. There is a little spring in there that can be a real bear to get into place if you remove the safety all together.

not sure if that makes sense but it's easy once you do it.
 
So I bought my gf a Ruger 10/22 carbine and she loves it but I..... I mean.... WE have some issues with it. One issue is that on usual semi-autos the bolt stays open after the last shot has been fire, right? Well why didn't Ruger install that feature in the 10/22? Everyone knows that dry firing a .22 can cause problems down the line. It seems that the people at Ruger want use to count our shots. :( Now I found a kit to fix this problem (an Automatic Bolt Stop kit) online but it's from Brownells in the states and I'm worried about shipping it to Canada (it's also not cheap). Anoher problem with the Ruger 10/22 is (as we all know) when you want to release the bolt you must pull back the bolt and push the bolt release with the other hand. I know this was covered already, but if I buy the Automatic Bolt Stop I might not be able to do this modification so that I can avoid this issue.

What were the people at Ruger thinking??? And what Do I do???
 
its because of the rotary mag, a bolt hold open feature is tricky. You also have to modify each and every one of your mags. On your other point of dry firing, the 10/22 does not suffer damage from dry firing. In fact, IIRC, Ruger recommends dry firing to help break in.

Right from the 10/22 manual:

The rifle can be “dry fired” for practice as long as it is empty and pointed in a safe direction.
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Avilon514 said:
So I bought my gf a Ruger 10/22 carbine and she loves it but I..... I mean.... WE have some issues with it. One issue is that on usual semi-autos the bolt stays open after the last shot has been fire, right? Well why didn't Ruger install that feature in the 10/22? Everyone knows that dry firing a .22 can cause problems down the line. It seems that the people at Ruger want use to count our shots. :( Now I found a kit to fix this problem (an Automatic Bolt Stop kit) online but it's from Brownells in the states and I'm worried about shipping it to Canada (it's also not cheap). Anoher problem with the Ruger 10/22 is (as we all know) when you want to release the bolt you must pull back the bolt and push the bolt release with the other hand. I know this was covered already, but if I buy the Automatic Bolt Stop I might not be able to do this modification so that I can avoid this issue.

What were the people at Ruger thinking??? And what Do I do???
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As GIGGIDY said dry firing will not hurt your 10/22 in the least. Mine have been dry fired in the thousands of times and still work fine.
Does a hold open really matter? Maybe to you but not to the gun. A lot of money to fix a nonexistent problem. A quick file job fixes the stock bolt release to work properly. Worry more about the trigger and getting it smooth and you will have a gun to be happy with for the rest of your life. :D And really, counting to 10 is not all that hard and 25 should be doable also with a little training:eek: The 150rd drums might be a little tougher, lol.
Kim
 
Avilon514 said:
So I bought my gf a Ruger 10/22 carbine and she loves it but I..... I mean.... WE have some issues with it. One issue is that on usual semi-autos the bolt stays open after the last shot has been fire, right? Well why didn't Ruger install that feature in the 10/22? Everyone knows that dry firing a .22 can cause problems down the line. It seems that the people at Ruger want use to count our shots. :( Now I found a kit to fix this problem (an Automatic Bolt Stop kit) online but it's from Brownells in the states and I'm worried about shipping it to Canada (it's also not cheap). Anoher problem with the Ruger 10/22 is (as we all know) when you want to release the bolt you must pull back the bolt and push the bolt release with the other hand. I know this was covered already, but if I buy the Automatic Bolt Stop I might not be able to do this modification so that I can avoid this issue.

What were the people at Ruger thinking??? And what Do I do???
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Go back to page #1 of this thread, and read Goose25s advice for the bolt stay open device.
 
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