Dammit - I hate looking this foolish! 10-22 Advice Needed

[ATOM]

OK, I recently bought a Ruger 10-22 and decided to try my hand at stoning the bolt release plate IAW Goose 25's directions in the sticky to make it an auto release. Works fine, that's all good. (Thanks for the excellent directions, too!)

Here's the problem. When I put it all together again, there on the workbench was a set screw. Tiny thing - measures 3.35 mm (0.132") across the threads, 3.13 mm (0.124") long. Blued, slot on one end, no head.

I've looked at the parts list and diagram and find nothing like it - it's not a scope mount bolt. The rifle seems to work fine, although I haven't actually fired it.

Is this something I've left over from something else, is it a part of the rifle (and if so, what) or is it my brain finally imploding?

 

[mlehtovaara]

Can't recall seeing any screws like that other than in the top of the reciever plugging the tapped holes in the reciever.

I have taken my former 10/22 down to parts several times.

Hope it isn't from somewhere else important.

 

[chalkriver]

Did you put the spring and pin back in the trigger guard ?

 

[Lodi]

Not for the 10/22. Sounds a plug screw from a different project.

 

[ATOM]

Chalkriver - Never took it apart. Good suggestion, though.

Thanks, all. I appreciate your help.

 

[IMagius]

Sounds very much like the set screws that lock the adjusting ring on my old Bonanza dies.

 

[Utah]

Your screwed, better look up diagrams of ALL the guns you've had on the bench lately

 

[zuke]

one of the little screw's from the scope mount hole's?

 

[ATOM]

IMagius - You had me thumping downstairs - good suggestion and I had had some dies out last week. Sadly, no.

zuke - thanks, but they are larger and have a head.

Damfino...

 

[IMagius]

I just double checked some exploded view drawings, and oterh than the 4 "filler screws" for on top of the reciever, there are no "set screws" like you described in it.

I'd say the 10-22 is safe to shoot.

The last 3 guns you worked on however ... maybe not so much

I'm trying my damnedest to remember which of my firearms has a little set-screw around the trigger to adjust it ... unless I'm thinking of the set screw the sets the trigger "sensitivity" on my quick release for my bow.

 

[ATOM]

Well, off to the range this week. How much can go wrong?

Thanks all for your help and advice.

 

[ultimate_monkey]

worse case... u pull the trigger and nothing happens...

unload the rifle and put it away.