10/22 Tips & Tricks

elimsprint said:
Did you completely disassemble it and clean all the shipping grease off? If not 1 demerit! And I mean the bolt, trigger group and the inside of the reciever? I use brake clean myself, it really blows the grease out of everything. DON'T get it on the plastic parts. Did you clean the barrel and chamber really well? If not, another demerit! Did you lube it properly after reassembly? Oh,oh, another demerit!!!! Somethimes a little over lubing when the gun is new is not a bad thing till it breaks in. Be sure to get the guide rod/mainspring and inside the reciever. I use a spray silicone and hold the bolt back and give a little squirt in the ejection port and up the mag well and work it a couple of times till it moves slick. What ammo?? Please don't say Winchester. I use Federal Bulk myself and it seems to be the gold standard for reliability in these guns from what I can tell. Once you get all that done let us know how it's going.
Kim
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First off, Nice display pic. Cannabis is good.

Now onto guns ..

I have a 10/22 in the mail, Was about to buy 500 rds of winchester .22lr as I never had any issues with winchester ammo before. Anything specifically wrong with it? Anything that makes Federal better? Also, I don't plan on stripping a brand new firearm apart, how necessary is it to remove the factory packing grease?
 
Broughton,
I feel that disassembly and totally cleaning a new gun is mandatory. If you don't get all the packing grease out now it can and will cause you a lot of grief later. It get's into the bolt and jams firing pins and extractors. Dirt from firing embeds itself into the grease and turns it into an abrasive paste, you really don't want that in an aluminium reciever, any reciever for that matter. If left in the barrel it will harden in the grooves and destroy accuracy. I can't say it enough, clean any gun you buy before you use it but on new ones it is absolutely mandatory.
I have never had much luck with Winchester bulk, jams a lot and has never been very accurate in my guns. All my guns like the bulk Federal and over a chronograph the Federal has way less deviation than the Winchester so it should be more accurate. I also find the Winchester very dirty shooting and seems to gunk up mags way quicker than Federal. That said if your gun likes it go ahead and use it but if it was me I would try Federal first.
Kim
And yes cannabis is good:D Canada's drug laws are bad:(
 
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Broughton said:
Also, I don't plan on stripping a brand new firearm apart, how necessary is it to remove the factory packing grease?
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Kim's right, you really have to clean and lube it first, even if it seems unnecessary. He/she's also right about the ammo - I've shot thousands of rounds through 10/22 of all sorts, recorded the number of failures. For a 10/22, Federal is far and away the most dependable, and cleaner too. Others are decent, I think blazers are ok in a stock barrel, but winchester, not so much.

elimsprint said:
And yes cannabis is good:D Canada's drug laws are bad:(
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Agreed, and agreed - drug laws are illogical. :weird:
 
Utah said:
Kim's right, you really have to clean and lube it first, even if it seems unnecessary. He/she's also right about the ammo - I've shot thousands of rounds through 10/22 of all sorts, recorded the number of failures. For a 10/22, Federal is far and away the most dependable, and cleaner too. Others are decent, I think blazers are ok in a stock barrel, but winchester, not so much.


Agreed, and agreed - drug laws are illogical. :weird:
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I am not a he/she:D My wife says I'm still a child/brat though:p
Kim
 
Got the ruger in the mail and took your advice with federal bulk..will wd-40 be okay for the time being, or should I get something else for the factory stripping/lubing?

Anything I can grab @ crappy tire? I'm stopping by tomorrow morning to grab some waterfowl shells,so if there's anything I can grab there let me know!

Cheers
 
Hi Broughton,
I would get a Hoppes Bore Snake in .22 and a can of Brake Clean. Both available at CT. Take your gun apart at least as far as stock off, trigger group and bolt out. Watch for loose pins in the trigger group. Spray the metal parts, barrel, receiver and bolt with brake clean and run the bore snake through the barrrel a couple of times. You probably have a plastic trigger group and I personally don't know how they stand up to brake clean so I would check with a drop of it on the side or something before spraying it out fully. Brake Clean is very volatile so do this outdoors and do not let it drip on a sundeck or any other surface you don't want dissolved including blacktop. Do not get any on your stock if it is wood either. I clean my bore snakes by putting them in a sock in the laundry and I would do this after the initial cleaning.
I just use silicone spray to lube mine, slightly over lube till it breaks in, 500-1000 rnds.
Kim
 
flyinlead said:
http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Resources/Articles/Bedding+the+Ruger+1022.html

This is an interesting tutorial I found on improving a stock 10/22's accuracy with minimal investment.

Basically upgrading the trigger and bedding it in the factory stock (and doing that screw thing in the trigger group pin hole)

thinking of trying this but hesitant to tapping out that hole.
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You do know you have to build a torsion trigger return spring and make it work before you "do that screw thing in the trigger group pin hole" don't you? If you PM me your email I will send you a couple of articles on doing your own 2# trigger using the stock components plus a link on "doing the screw thing" Also, instead of glass bedding I prefer the Rimfie Technologies bedding kit. It works better than glass bedding and is somewhat easier to install IMO.
Kim
 
elimsprint said:
You do know you have to build a torsion trigger return spring and make it work before you "do that screw thing in the trigger group pin hole" don't you? If you PM me your email I will send you a couple of articles on doing your own 2# trigger using the stock components plus a link on "doing the screw thing" Also, instead of glass bedding I prefer the Rimfie Technologies bedding kit. It works better than glass bedding and is somewhat easier to install IMO.
Kim
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I wasn't aware that you need a torsion return spring to make this mod work, why is it needed? The guy didn't mention it in his article.

Just checked out the rimfire technologies site and they sell a torsion spring for $12 bucks.. It would be a great buy since it improves trigger pull too. There is already a volquartsen hammer kit in this project gun so it would compliment that nicely. (that RF site sure has a lot of other nice goodies!)

That bedding kit seems like a must buy too. Do you think it supports the barrel enough that it can be left free floating beyond the pads? The guy in that article said to pressure point bed the stock fore end where the barrel band would normally be. ( due to the weak barrel to reciever junction in the 10/22) I wonder if the RF pad kit would work along with bedding the fore end too.. that would be nice and solid. Perhaps you would wreck the tuning of the RF bedding kit though.

Thanks for the help, sending PM now.
 
My bad. I thought you were talking about getting rid of the trigger return plunger and tapping out that hole for an overtravel screw. What he is talking about in the article is doing something like the RFT bedding system so you don't need the torsion spring after all. I don't think you need anything other than the RFT system for bedding and I certainly wouldn't do any bedding near the band area. If you want a better chamber talk to 10mark22 on this site, he can do wonders with stock barrels.
Kim
 
Thank you. Also, who carries heavy threaded factory length barrels for them, and you can use any 10/22 barrel am i correct? only thing to change would be the support block if you went to a heavy?
 
Your best bet for a heavy barrel would be Dlask (dlaskarms.com). You can also get a replacement support block designed for .920 barrels from them as well.
 
Chevguy93 said:
Hey Guys I have a question about the SR22...to change out the rear stock do you look for a Milspec tube and stock or Commercial? what is the difference?

Thanks
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The extension tube that comes with the SR22 is already Milspec, so any milspec stock should fit.
 
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elimsprint said:
You do know you have to build a torsion trigger return spring and make it work before you "do that screw thing in the trigger group pin hole" don't you? If you PM me your email I will send you a couple of articles on doing your own 2# trigger using the stock components plus a link on "doing the screw thing" Also, instead of glass bedding I prefer the Rimfie Technologies bedding kit. It works better than glass bedding and is somewhat easier to install IMO.
Kim
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This is NOT the best way to bed a 10/22 !

Radical and complicated -

There is MUCH info on U.S sites to show the proper and best way to wring out ALL the accuracy capable from the platform.

Having said that -I will try it and compare to the tried and true -

If only to prove this as bunk -
Who knows ? I might be pleasantly surprised (doubt it - I accomplished what is proposed in the article by thin sheet brass many years ago)

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