I've heard a lot of good about the 10/22 and love .22s so I'm thinking about getting one. Who has one, and what do you think of it? I've heard it is jam-proof if kept clean. I like the all-weather stainless model. I read in a review on wholesale sports that someone was having problems with the stainless coating coming off inside the gun and gunking up the action. Is this possible? Do you recommend the stainless or the blued?
Ruger 10/22- stainless or blued?
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Since you asked. I purchased a new one. It was a jam-o-matic no matter how clean it was. It often stovepipe jammed and sometimes would ram soft lead bullets against the feeding ramp, dent them, and then jam.
I've heard the older ones are much better!
The marlin model 60 or the box magazine version are widely regarded as being both more accurate and more reliable out of the box...and cheaper. The stainless version is beautiful. It has a thicker barrel, sling swivel studs, last shot bolt hold open, choice of tube or box magazine and no barrel band!
Where the ruger wins is it's customizability. It has a million accessories available. Much like a barbie doll. Where the marlin wins is it doesn't need any of that crap.
There have been about 11+million of those marlins sold and only about 5 million 10/22s. Ruger fans are of the opinion that the 10/22 is the most popular .22. It's simply not true, however.
Not stainless, no. It's probably not a stainless receiever though. It's probably nickle plated.
I've heard the older ones are much better!
The marlin model 60 or the box magazine version are widely regarded as being both more accurate and more reliable out of the box...and cheaper. The stainless version is beautiful. It has a thicker barrel, sling swivel studs, last shot bolt hold open, choice of tube or box magazine and no barrel band!
Where the ruger wins is it's customizability. It has a million accessories available. Much like a barbie doll. Where the marlin wins is it doesn't need any of that crap.
There have been about 11+million of those marlins sold and only about 5 million 10/22s. Ruger fans are of the opinion that the 10/22 is the most popular .22. It's simply not true, however.
Not stainless, no. It's probably not a stainless receiever though. It's probably nickle plated.
10/22 threads seem to bring out the extremely biased on both sides of the issue.
I think a 10/22 with a .920 stainless bull barrel and a fancy laminate stock is about as ###y as it gets for a rimfire rifle. Maybe a plain old rimfire rifle rifle is all a person needs, but I look at guns like any other hobby: the tinkering and customizing is half of what keeps you interested, and if tinkering is your thing, the 10/22 is a great place to start.
I think a 10/22 with a .920 stainless bull barrel and a fancy laminate stock is about as ###y as it gets for a rimfire rifle. Maybe a plain old rimfire rifle rifle is all a person needs, but I look at guns like any other hobby: the tinkering and customizing is half of what keeps you interested, and if tinkering is your thing, the 10/22 is a great place to start.
Yes, it's called the 795. I don't know why you'd want to though, the tube is great. It holds 14 rounds and you can simply drop rounds into it faster than you could load any magazine. It also makes the gun extremely well balanced. The only advantage a mag might have is easy unloading and the ability to swap out the mag when empty with another. You really should let your barrel cool sometime though 
Either model of the 10/22 has a painted aluminum receiver. With wear the paint will flake inside the receiver, but it hasn't proven to be a problem in my rifle. I still prefer the stainless model because the barrel is stainless steel, and thus less likely to rust.
I suppose it's a sad state of affairs that some people report new 10/22s don't work right out of the box. Probably the two best additions to a 10/22 are a VQ extractor and target hammer (both can be had from rimfire sports, with free shipping). This will give reliable extraction and a decent trigger.
I have a new model 10/22 to which I added the above recommended parts. I've shot it over 1000 rounds and I only had one rifle-related jam. I did have a number of failures to feed due to a particular BC mag that wouldn't advance a new round upwards. Here is my brother shooting it:
I suppose it's a sad state of affairs that some people report new 10/22s don't work right out of the box. Probably the two best additions to a 10/22 are a VQ extractor and target hammer (both can be had from rimfire sports, with free shipping). This will give reliable extraction and a decent trigger.
I have a new model 10/22 to which I added the above recommended parts. I've shot it over 1000 rounds and I only had one rifle-related jam. I did have a number of failures to feed due to a particular BC mag that wouldn't advance a new round upwards. Here is my brother shooting it:
