The Ruger 10/22

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I noticed as of late, some fairly negative comments regarding this .22 rifle.
I have this rifle myself for about ten years now, and I used to use, a Winchester Model 490 as my go-to gopher gun before. Now my Winchester is a little more accurate, than the Ruger. But the Ruger can easily digest three times what I can fire in the Winchester before jamming on carbon inside the rifle action.
Yes I've done a few mods to mine to increase reliability and such. I make a point of cleaning my rifle. This comes from old infantry habits.
Does anyone else feel the Ruger carbine deserves a bad reputation or not? Has Ruger QA dropped significantly in the last ten years?
I will add this fact, of ten shooting friends in Alberta/Saskatchewan, I can honestly say nine have Ruger 10/22 rifles for small game/gophers.

Any thoughts?
 
Weird I havent heard much bad rep asides from the usual people who prefer the 597 to the 10/22. I love my 10/22 and it is so reliable, wouldnt get rid of it for anything.
 
My son and I both have 10/22's

My son's gun is pushing 50,000 rnds , its a factery gun right out of the box , functions well and still acurate enough for gophers at 50 yrds.

I dont have a problem with the 10/22 and would buy another one tomorow , but I wont need to.
 
I have had no issues with the two that I own/owned. The first was completely stock, my current gopher getter only has a bolt buffer. I can honestly say I have less than 1 out of 100 FTF or FTE. Probably closer to 1 every 200. I say that's pretty darn good for a rimfire semi auto. and that's using BC 25 rnd mags.

There may be more accurate guns, but both of mine have been minute of gopher, and that's all I need them to do.

I have heard some pretty bad things about 597 quality control, so I for sure will be sticking with my 10/22. In fact I'd like to upgrade to an SR-22 for s**ts and giggles.
 
I also like the 10/22. I have a CRR and it shoots fine and is fun.
Deserves a bad rep? Plastic trigger group does not seem to be a penalty compared to the metal one, although I know that it caused some apprehension when it was first announced.
QC dropped? The birch stock wasn’t finished or fitted superbly, but a little adjustment took care of that.
For the under $300 paid with taxes in for new not too long ago, I’m happy with it.
By the way, I really like the clear Ruger rotary mags that are available- good bit of bling.
 
randas said:
The old ones are much better than the plastic crap there selling today
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Details please. What Ruger parts now are plastic that were once not? (besides the trigger housing)

On the hunting channel, Ruger sponsored an infomercial where they drop tested the plastic trigger group, no cracks, no visible damage.
The same drop test was repeated, with an older aluminum trigger group, it was damaged.
 
2 or 3 FTE's out of a ten round clip. Awesome. Just what I wanted, a .22 that I can spend $300 on (with tax), then go spend a bunch more on to make it run like it should have from the factory.
 
Ruger 10/22 Stainless Target. Had it for about 5 years now. One of my favourites. With the 10 round rotary mags, no jams. I've changed the rail to a Leupold one piece, had the trigger lightened and changed the set screw to a hex one. That's it. Very little money for upgrades. It shoots Lapua Superclub very well. No regrets with this rifle.

I have a 597 that I don't like as much. The Thompson R55 benchmark however is a better overall firearm that requires zero mods. Until the price jump a year or so ago it was easily the one to get. That being said I still won't ever sell my 10/22.
 
Shrek said:
2 or 3 FTE's out of a ten round clip. Awesome. Just what I wanted, a .22 that I can spend $300 on (with tax), then go spend a bunch more on to make it run like it should have from the factory.
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$11.00 USD plus shipping would solve your problem, I'd hardly call that a "bunch" of money. The Volquartsen Exact Edge Extractor would easily fix the FTE's. Sometimes the Ruger extractor is out of spec, a well know problem with a easy fix. :)
 
I'm happy with mine, but its an older receiver with Volquartsen trigger components and extractor. It needs periodic cleaning to function flawlessly, but that's not surprising considering the quantity of ammo you can burn through it at the range.
 
The ones bad mouthing it are mad they bought something else.:dancingbanana:
I have put 1500+ through mine with one fail to fire. Not the guns fault. Using the factory and a steel lip BC.
 
I've owned several different 10/22's in various configurations over the years and have never had any trouble from any of them. That includes the 3 that are all less then 3 years old that are currently sitting in my truck and safe. I have no issues at all with the newer style polymer/plastic trigger housing.

It's funny how the internet has changed things.... Before the time of gun forums, almost everyone owned and loved the venerable little 10/22. But we also shot lead reloads out of our Glocks and interchanged 5.56 and .223 ammo with what is now considered reckless abandon.... and no one ever had a problem or had a gun blow up... I guess we are lucky now to be living in an age where we have easy access to so may experts... ;)

But I do think that semi-auto .22's in general get a bit of a bad rap because they can be finicky about ammo. But with proper cleaning and lubrication, I have never actually had any trouble with any of my 10/22s using commonly available bulk .22 ammo. That being said, I primarily stick to the American Eagle 38 grain stuff. Seems to shoot reasonably well oft of every .22 pistol and rifle that I own.
 
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Been running one of the new "plastic trigger" versions for almost a year now, with a few thousand rounds through it easily. Its extremely reliable with both the factory and steel lips mags. On the very rare occasion I have a jam, i usually just take a toothbrush to the bolt and breech faces and scrub out the inside of the reciever a bit, and its back to 100% in like 2 minutes. Would never get rid of it.
 
If you've "add-on-remedied" the stovepiping (a very inexpensive fix), the 10/22 is just plain, relaible fun.....:)

gibbs said:
Been running one of the new "plastic trigger" versions for almost a year now, with a few thousand rounds through it easily. Its extremely reliable with both the factory and steel lips mags. On the very rare occasion I have a jam, i usually just take a toothbrush to the bolt and breech faces and scrub out the inside of the reciever a bit, and its back to 100% in like 2 minutes. Would never get rid of it.
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"Polymer" sounds better than plastic....;)
 
I have two, love em, the target rifle I have doesn't like the remington yellow jacket ammo though as it shaves a bit of lead when feeding. They are both very accurate, if I had the money I would have one of each model. They are kind of like tattoos, you can't stop at one.
 
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