Poll: How satisfied are you with your STOCK 10/22? PICK 2 ANSWERS!!!!!!!!!

[CanuckShooter]

LOL!

I probably should have taken you up on the Anshutz eh?

Trying to find a nice open sighted rifle that's not too expensive, but I'm not totally sold on anything so far...the open sighted cz lux maybe or the 10/22 but they both seem to have their advantages and disadvantages... I need something soon, I'm itching to get out to NRSGC and get shooting!!! lol

 

[icehunter121]

I just picked up a 10/22T a couple of weeks back and had it out last weekend...so lets see now...I had to disasemble it and polish the op rod as it would only go half way then bind up. Accuracy wasnt as great as i had hoped for as its a new rifle but i was getting about .25 inch groups at only 25 yards but i will give it some time to break in.

The trigger has got to be the absolute worse piece of metal i have ever come across. Its full of take up,creep and overtravel and breaks like a load of bricks falling over. On a target rifle i would have expected a lot better but in this day and age who knows!!

The 25 round mags didnt work too bad..as long as they only had 15 rounds in them. The rifle shows potential but its gonna take some work to get it up to there as well as money and time.

I bought it as a fun gun but all in all for the money i am not very impressed. I have a old mossberg rifle that will out shoot this thing every day and only paid $165.00 bucks for it.

Maybe i am to picky after using my 540 XR remington rifle which is worth 5 times as much and shoots 10 times better....but hey it gives me something to play with on cold rainy nights..

 

[John in B.C.]

My wife and I bought a pair of 10/22's for Christmas - along with a pair of 50 round mags-fun fun fun!!
I polished the innards right away and the only problem we have found is they don't seem to like hollowpoint ammo.

 

[Katana]

The trigger has got to be the absolute worse piece of metal i have ever come across. Its full of take up,creep and overtravel and breaks like a load of bricks falling over. On a target rifle i would have expected a lot better but in this day and age who knows!!

Maybe i am to picky after using my 540 XR remington rifle which is worth 5 times as much and shoots 10 times better....but hey it gives me something to play with on cold rainy nights..

I think your expectation's were a bit high, I don't think that 1/4 inch at 25 yards is all that bad for a brand new rifle. The stock 10/22 is no target rifle though

 

[icehunter121]

I think your expectation's were a bit high, I don't think that 1/4 inch at 25 yards is all that bad for a brand new rifle. The stock 10/22 is no target rifle though

No this one i bought was the target version..not just a run of the mill 10/22..

 

[Katana]

No this one i bought was the target version..not just a run of the mill 10/22..

Mmmmm, yeah. 10/22T

I missed that the first time. my bad

 

[Hankus]

As an extreme n00b, I'm really impressed with the 10/22 I picked up a few weeks ago (first gun). I've had no malfunctions of any kind with factory magazines and it is extremely easy to field strip. I'm not as savvy as some of my fellow 'nutz here (I don't know which internals to polish, etc.) but as a beginner it is a great starter gun so far (1000 rounds or so). I'm going to try out some Hot Lips 25 round mags with my buddy this week, I'll let you guys know how they go for us.

 

[grayrc]

My 10/22 has been very reliable with factory mags, steel-lip 25 round mags, and a wide variety of ammunition (including yellow-jackets and stingers). I've had a surprisingly small number of failure to feed/fire, eject or stovepipes. The only 'issue' I've had after 3 (4?) bricks is that it doesn't like subsonics in the cold. However ... Accuracy with the factory 20" barrel sucks ('rifle' model - not the 18" carbine barrel). Groups are so poor that it really takes the fun out of shooting it ... for me anyhow - Blasting away wears thin after a while and it's nice to actually be able to hit what you're shooting at.

I'm hoping that a few upgrades will improve this so I've bought some custom power parts (hammer, sear, extractor) and have a new green mountain barrel (18", fluted, with iron sights) on the way from the states (with a new choate overmoulded stock waiting for it). It sounds like while I have it apart to install the upgrades I should also be doing some polishing of the internals ->> for those who have done this, are you talking about using a dremel with a buffing wheel and some polishing compound? I assume you don't remove material when you're doing this, just 'smooth' rough surfaces? Is there anything I shouldn't polish? Any issues with polishing compound on the aluminum reciever? More details on polishing would be greatly appreciated (or a link if you know of a primer on polishing).

Prosper's idea of using the valve grinding compound is interesting ... I guess the thinking is that it will polish itself where it counts, but I assume this means leaving an abrasive in the receiver - Any other comments on this technique?

Thanks!

 

[aulrich]

Most of the home polish jobs have been painfull buba's, except the last one, that one was a true work of art. This is a funny upgrade upgrade parts are so cheap and the results are safe and predictable, it hardly seems worth the time especially if you are only doing one.

You should be able to find the procedure on RFC

 

[snsn]

my 2 cents

I used to have a 10/22 years ago and I loved it! It was a fun gun to use and I had no reliability issues, the odd stovepipe due to crappy ammo but no big deal. I had to sell the gun when I hit tough times to an opportunistic boss that saw a financial weakness in me, he got it for 75$ with 2 HL clips, prick!

Well, now that I have finally got a new one 13 years later I have really personalized it to make it even better! There are still more toys coming for it but it is starting to look pretty good. I am always being told to upgrade the barrel but I kind of like the factory one that I will toss a brake on. The gun is just a wall hanger and maybe the odd fall chicken hunting rig for the wife as my mossberg tactical is too big for her.

Here she is: PS, ignore the screw holes on the side, it now has pic rails on the side, had to get my 7" cut in half for it.

 

[bogie]

Get your trigger pull down to about 3lbs too-that helps a whole lot. I put some Volquartzen bits into my mech and had it adjusted down by Bits of Pieces locally and it shoots like a dream with the factory barrel and its more funner too.

 

[Boomer454]

I remembered after I voted that I did have the trigger tuned years ago. No new parts in it though. I have an aftermarket bolt handle, but that is purely cosmetic, so doesn't really count for accuracy or functioning.
When I got it. it shot great even with the 13 pound trigger pull, and feeds every thing from what ever is cheapest at walmart, to the $ 10.00 a box target stuff from Eley.
The extractor is starting to wear out now. But it has had about 100,000 rounds through it...
Other than that it is still going strong.

 

[bogie]

Just a thought FWIW, I have decided to sell my 1022 over the last 2 years at least 3 times. The stupid thing is that whenever I make up my mind to do so, somebody talks me out of it. Glad I kept it. Best 22 I have ever had. If I wanted super accuracy I would have bought CZ but i am a leftie and I have a 223 for range and accuracy but I still love to shoot this thing. It is just a 22 after all. But thats ok.