interesting way to break my 10/22

I was going to suggest going back to the factory "buffer". I used to tinker with stuff like this. Now I don't do anything but shoot 'em until they start to malfunction. Who am I kidding... I don't even remember the last time I fired any of my guns!
 
About a decade ago I bought a birch stock 10/22 when they were on sale for $199.99. My teenaged daughter and I burn ammo through it by the brick. It's nothing to go through over 700 rounds in an afternoon. And we do it MANY afternoons. I've never had it apart at all. To clean it I've shot carb cleaner in the ejection port, shaken that out, then lubed it and carried on. It fires constantly, with boring regularity. The only time it ever jams is occasionally with hollow points.
I have nice guns that I look after, but this isn't one of them. It just keeps on ticking.
 
With 10/22's timing is EVERYTHING.

Polishing will indeed bugger your rig, but only if you are comparing to it's previous function with the same ammo.

When you have "over polished" the best fix is different ammo... generally a lower velocity ammo... although an ammo that is lower velocity but also lighter may have the same problem. If you have an assortment of ammo try a few to see which creates the best cycling sequence for flawless function (and then pray that it is also accurate).

You next "fix" is a stiffer recoil spring, RT makes a number of guide rod springs that are of varying stiffness as does Kidd. I assume that you polished the guide rod also?

In essence, you broke nothing, you just made the rifle too smooth for your choice of ammo... so either the ammo has to change or the rebounding elements have to change.
 
jza said:
The average person doesn't consider a mutilated 10/22 "custom".
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If you look at the 10/22 picture thread in this forum, I believe you will notice a great majority of average 10/22 owners LOVE to "mutilate" their rifles.
Let's not forget... it's a 10/22 not a vintage anschutz.
 
wayupnorth said:
ya i did swap out the bolt buffer.
same ammo i always use, CCI blazer.

so last night i took it down again and i polished it up with some ultra fine steel wool, the inside of the receiver and bolt shine now, smoooooooth!
also popped out the extractor and ejector and firing pin and cleaned out every nook and cranny with Gun Buster then re-treated everything with g96.
by far the smoothest running 10/22 i have ever done!

im gonna head out here soon and function test it again.
if its still not running ill put the bolt buffer back to original.
if STILL not working right ill...... throw a hand full of sand inside of it and take a dump in it and see if that works?????

hahaha, ill report back soon.
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Hahaha I spit coffee THX
 
I don't own a 10/22, but I know lots of people who do, and love them.

I don't want to be stereotypically prejudice of a gun a I have never owned, but does every single 10/22 require a complete rework/rebuild in order to be a decent firearm?

From the forum threads I see, it seems like the answer is yes.
 
ya, no you definitely do not need to do anything to them.
i just get bored and like to tinker with them is all.

i ran my original 10/22 that i got back in 1984 bone stock for..... 25 years before i started to tinker with it.
 
I paid probably too much for an all-metal 10/22 a few years ago.

I wish I didn't have to take it apart to clean the crap that gets blown back into the receiver, so I do so only when needed... which I can discern by a change in reliability. After every outing I run a bore snake down the barrel, once. Just a swipe really

As well I put a Green Mountain thick barrel on it, damn this thing gives me groundhog's head sized groups at 100yds, not a problem.

That rrdvegas article? Hoo boy did I learn something today, and it's not even 6am yet
 
Re your stovepiping; yep, you've improved the rifle's action so much it's moving fast enough to catch the casing on its way out, whereas before it wasn't so slick. Neat!

Trying different ammo is the simplest remedy imho, I wouldn't want to reintroduce roughness into the mechanism, heck no; you want to break your rifle, that'll be a good way: how would you know when to stop?

Then maybe new parts... Now's a good time to stop with the dremel thats for sure.
 
I don't want to stir anything up here, but is it possible to build a 10/22 custom with all aftermarket parts? I see guys building AR's, this upper, that stock, etc. looking for the best combination. Is there any part of the 10/22 that can't be sourced aftermarket? Or do you have to start with a base and replace piece by piece?
 
vinver said:
I don't want to stir anything up here, but is it possible to build a 10/22 custom with all aftermarket parts? I see guys building AR's, this upper, that stock, etc. looking for the best combination. Is there any part of the 10/22 that can't be sourced aftermarket? Or do you have to start with a base and replace piece by piece?
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It is indeed possible & many of us enjoy doing exactly this. One of the 10/22s I built had only one Ruger part & that was the rotary magazine.

There are all kinds of aftermarket receivers, bolts, barrels, trigger groups & stocks available to build whatever type of rifle you desire.
 
vinver said:
I don't want to stir anything up here, but is it possible to build a 10/22 custom with all aftermarket parts? I see guys building AR's, this upper, that stock, etc. looking for the best combination. Is there any part of the 10/22 that can't be sourced aftermarket? Or do you have to start with a base and replace piece by piece?
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i have 2 that have zero ruger parts in them.
100% aftermarket parts.
 
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