Rimfire's so cheap, and with a semi auto and high-cap mags you can shoot up a storm for dirt cheap; it seems that several thousand rounds would go through it in no time at all. So my question is how long do rimfires, especially 10/22s, last before something like a firing pin breaks? They are rather inexpensive rifles so it blows me away how much abuse they seem to be able to take!
With proper maintenance, how long will a 10/22 last?
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Jasonsmack
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Forever. You should have asked how many people have had a serious issue or failure with an unmolested 10/22. Any issues that I have ever seen or heard of generally were caused by a cheap hi-cap magazine or somebody's dream of a modification that turned bad. Stick to the Ruger and stick to the Butler Creek Steel Lips for endless fun with a semi-auto rimfire.
my first rifle was a 1022 i have shot about 50,000 rounds including a few hundred stingers and nothing has broken on it it is still very acurate the mags havestarted to wear a bit and every once in a while i will get a stove pipe but when i use a new mag its nonstop death and destruction . i also maintain my firearms regularly after every shoot i do some cleaning and every few months theay get a detaild cleaning
the built 10/22 i have now is from 1985
before i put a GM barrel on it, and a new hammer it was raped by my dad. He used the gun for hnuting grouse and it was a beater for up north trips etc. When i first got a 25rd mag i was still too young to have a license so i shot it with him at a club. Ive personaly put over 20 bricks of ammo in the past 2 years. I dont want to know how many rounds this guns seen in total, but think about it this way
if you EVER somehow burn a barrel out and screw it up you can get a takeoff for ~30 bucks, or a better aftermarket for a bit more. Replacement parts which seem to last forever are cheap too.
before i put a GM barrel on it, and a new hammer it was raped by my dad. He used the gun for hnuting grouse and it was a beater for up north trips etc. When i first got a 25rd mag i was still too young to have a license so i shot it with him at a club. Ive personaly put over 20 bricks of ammo in the past 2 years. I dont want to know how many rounds this guns seen in total, but think about it this way
if you EVER somehow burn a barrel out and screw it up you can get a takeoff for ~30 bucks, or a better aftermarket for a bit more. Replacement parts which seem to last forever are cheap too.
AutoCAD Guy
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12 years and well over 20,000 rounds of ammo. Not a single mishap.
The 10/22 I bought and rebuilt had been sitting in the corner of his garage since the late 70's. The stock was mangled, and the barrel pitted with rust, but I just bought a new stock and barrel, had the bolt headspaced, and my 10/22 was as good as new. If you take one apart (a 5-second procedure) you'll see that this little gun is so simple, that there's very little to go wrong with it.
