Frustrated with 10/22

[eldridgj2003]

I put a bull barrel on my 10/22 pretty much as soon as I purchased it. This gun jams ammo all the time. I only use Ruger magazines and have experimented with 4 different ones and all of them give the same results. Should I be doing some adjustment to the barrel or ditch it and find another gun which is cheap and fun.

 

[VERT]

Did the gun work when you first got it? That is before the bull barrel.

 

[Darral27]

Are you using the 10 rd mag or the 25 rd mags. If you are using the ruger bx25 mag that may the problem. Out of the box they have feeding issues. Easy fix for it though.

 

[M67]

Is it a Tactical Solutions barrel?

I ask because my Buckmark barrel has a tight chamber. Factory barrel thing ran like a champ, with that barrel, FTE, failure to fires, etc.

 

[Clay]

Are you using the 10 rd mag or the 25 rd mags. If you are using the ruger bx25 mag that may the problem. Out of the box they have feeding issues. Easy fix for it though.

Never heard of this. I've got a few of the BX25 mags, and the first two I bought (when they were fresh to market) were ran through a machine gun multiple times with no issues. Whats the problem with them??

 

[top hat 45]

I put a bull barrel on my 10/22 pretty much as soon as I purchased it. This gun jams ammo all the time. I only use Ruger magazines and have experimented with 4 different ones and all of them give the same results. Should I be doing some adjustment to the barrel or ditch it and find another gun which is cheap and fun.

if it is a good quality bull barrel, i guarentee you its the ammo. i've got 5 10-22's and 4 of them have after market barrels. remingtons,federals, and any other bulk "cheap" ammo will either not feed, not fire, not eject, etc,

you get the picture.

what barrel do you have? what ammo have you tried?

eley, cci, rws, lapua, all work well, but are more pricey.

i've got all of the above ammo and you are welcome to try mine to see if thats the problem if you live anywhere close.

daryll

 

[Darral27]

Never heard of this. I've got a few of the BX25 mags, and the first two I bought (when they were fresh to market) were ran through a machine gun multiple times with no issues. Whats the problem with them??

I bought two and FTF with both. I googled it and it seemed to be a common problem. Fix was take them apart, soak them in warm water w/soap, let dry, reassemble. Have not had a problem since.

 

[Tombs]

Buy a box of CCI Minimags, if it still isn't running right, then it sounds like you need to have a little throating done to the barrel.

 

[8th SPS USAF]

Put the stock bbl back on and try it with your ammo ,and a 10 rnd mag first then the 25 rnd mag.

 

[Merrixs]

I think we all need a better description of how it is jamming before we can really help you out.

 

[downlinx]

what ammo are you using with the rifle? I have found that remmington does not work well with my 10/22.
Are you using the factory V-block? when you have a bull barrel and expecially a nicer one, you want to upgrade you V-block.

 

[Faine]

I think we all need a better description of how it is jamming before we can really help you out.

^^^^^^^^^^This!
Is it taking the round out of the mag? Is it not feeding that round into the chamber? Is it not ejecting the spent casing? Each of these has different solutions. If it's an ejection issue it could be your ejector isn't seated properly or something a Volquartsen exact edge extractor might fix. If it's not feeding that's a whole separate issue. If it's not striping the round out of the magazine, yet another issue. I know these things can be frustrating, but identifying where the problem lies is crucial to relieving the frustration.

 

[DRob]

I put a bull barrel on my 10/22 pretty much as soon as I purchased it. This gun jams ammo all the time. I only use Ruger magazines and have experimented with 4 different ones and all of them give the same results. Should I be doing some adjustment to the barrel or ditch it and find another gun which is cheap and fun.

I'll try to help. Just give that POS to me and your troubles are over. Seriously, lots of aftermarket barrels do have tighter chambers than the Ruger factory barrel. This may or may not be the problem. I've had barrels from several well respected companies. Most worked very well but a couple I have seen touted highly here had over 50% failures to feed and/or extract. As suggested above, "ammo jams" doesn't tell us much. Specifics on the barrel, the ammo, and the nature of the failures might help.

 

[snapping turtle]

If you can get ahold of some cci mini mags you can eliminate the ammo being the issue. It a 22 won't run with mini mags it is not an ammo issue. Getting some might be an issue.

I say say get a spot ready for the race tomorrow any race and take it apart and put it back together again. Slowly with YouTube channel available to answer any issues you might tun into. Good scrubbing and look for any wear marks or ruff areas. Can not do any harm just do not rush it. Lots of ruger build sights with fine info on them covering anything from mild to wild.

I have age a ruger target with match chamber barrel and it states to use match ammo. That thing will run with bulk stuff but does prefer the better ammo. I do not get many jams with it either. Has to be something simple.

 

[Farmritch]

I had some issues with a new 10/22.
I discovered a good cleaning & lubrication solved all my problems

 

[looney2ns]

I bought two and FTF with both. I googled it and it seemed to be a common problem. Fix was take them apart, soak them in warm water w/soap, let dry, reassemble. Have not had a problem since.

Just curious, what does this do to fix the issue? I have a BX-25 that wouldn't feed. I was just about to call Ruger about it.

 

[DRob]

10/22 magazines do need to be disassembled and cleaned from time-to-time but I've never had an issue with a new one. Who knows what may be happening in the assembly process today, though.

 

[Mike Elzinga]

Is the extractor notch properly aligned? Stock V block? Is the rod and spring factory? Binding? Appropriate spring for the ammo you have? Are you running a bolt buffer? Getting spent cases stuck in the action?