Help with 10/22 cycling issues

xbolt80

xbolt80

Member
Rating - 100%
76   0   0
Location
Way north Ontario in the bush somewhere
Hey guys hoping you can help me with some ideas here.
Ok new upgrades on my 10/22 TD are
Timney trigger
Kidd bolt and extractor
tuffer buffer
Kidd charging handle
My gun wont seem to cycle the 1500 rounds of Velocitors i just bought for it nor does it seem to cycle the winchester super x ammo that it cycled fine before. The subsonics and stingers are both running through it fine. I guess its just the 40 grn ammo i'm having trouble with. Any similar issue you guys have had or ideas on what it might be from. Thanks Mike
 
It's not at all unusual for any semi-auto to be picky about what ammo it'll both cycle and shoot well. That's why you have to try a box of as many brands as you can to find the ammo that does. It has nothing to do with the stock rifle itself either. Another 10/22 might shoot Velocitors with no fuss.
Anyway, it sounds like that buffer is causing the grief. Take it out and see if the issue goes away.
 
Wow i cant believe it. Thank you very much. Replaced the tuffer buffer with the original buffer and it cycles great. I would still like to change the buffer to something thats not so hard on the reciever. Maybe ill have to try the kidd buffer if i can ever find one. Thanks again for your help. Mike
 
Ruger reccomends high velocity, round nose bullets. But, as mentioned, you'll have to experiment to find what works best in your rifle.
 
OP, do you have the whole Kidd charging assembly (i.e. handle, rod and three recoil springs?) If so, you may have the wrong spring installed for the ammo you want to use. Stock Ruger springs are a pretty good compromise - they tend to cycle OK with most types of ammo. The Kidd springs are more precisely engineered for particular velocities (subsonic, standard and HV.) If you don't install the one that matches your ammo velocity you will likely have cycling problems.
 
Thank you for your response. The issues with cycling were due to the aftermarket bolt buffer i was using. I changed out the buffer to the original buffer and its working fine now. The spring i am using was the high velocity spring from the charging handle kit and seem to be cycling my remington subsonics and my CCI stingers nicely.
 
Jim Guns said:
Is this a known issue with these buffers and 10/22's? They seem so popular.
Click to expand...

I have a Tuffer Buffer in both of my 10/22's, and I have two friends that have them as well. They've never caused any problems that I've heard of before. The gun functions perfectly fine with the stock buffer but I do like the noise reduction, and its a super cheap upgrade as well. Too bad the OP had issues, it seems to be a rare problem.
 
I don't understand why people put these tuffer buffers in their guns..
They claim they fix that an issue that was never an issue to begin with
 
Power Pill said:
I don't understand why people put these tuffer buffers in their guns..
They claim they fix that an issue that was never an issue to begin with
Click to expand...

They do get rid of the annoying clank that is present in a stock 10/22, I have them in all mine and prefer it over the stock metal one.
 
I got some 1/4" OD. transparent tubing in the automotive dept. at CTC, & cut a 4" length,
sprayed some case lube on one end of it & twisted while pushing it through the buffer hole, then cut the excess
off carefully with a razor blade. Then I cut a piece of stainless wire that I had to put in the middle of the tubing.
I believe any drill bit shank of the right size would work fine too. If I remember correctly, 1/8" seems about right!

Works great in my gun & saves the receiver from getting beat up in the long run... I also altered my Bolt Release which is something Ruger should have done to these guns anyway....
 
Ruger doesn't sell them with the auto bolt release for safety and insurance purposes. If you bump your stock hard enough on the but it will release and chamber a round, which from Rugers perspective is a bad thing. However for most people, they don't plan on dropping their guns too often so this really isn't an issue.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom