Ruger 10/22 woes

[tackb]

I gave up with anything other than original ruger mags with my 10-22 , I ended up glueing two mags back to back and just swapping them as they run out ? I got quite good at filling the non used mag in situ in the dark in a bouncing truck !

[Landy Dave]

BamBam - Its a standard screwcut stainless barrel
Demonic - RFD checked the head space and it was fine
Dangermouse - Changing the parts is on the list to do once I find a mug willing to let me at their rifle, I have 3 mags 2 old black ones and 1 new clear and they all have the same issues.

[saddler]

90% of cycling/function related issues with semi autos can be attributed to one of two things:

Ammunition

Magazines

As an added idea though...bin the rifle as a bad un and get a .22 that works

[Landy Dave]

As an added idea though...bin the rifle as a bad un and get a .22 that works

Seriously considering this but the engineer in me cannot be beaten, so maybe a variation for a Anschutz 1417 is required :)

[saddler]

As an added idea though...bin the rifle as a bad un and get a .22 that works

Seriously considering this but the engineer in me cannot be beaten, so maybe a variation for a Anschutz 1417 is required :)

Have you got qualifications in Engineering...out of interest?
Just you seem to have been using a different flow chart than the way I was taught for fault finding.

TRY other ammo - not from the bargain basement el-cheapo "gans bang" category
TRY cleaning (fully strip down & reassemble) the magazines... emrolleyes

IF the gun was NEW then it may be a bad one
My Buckmark was bought 2nd hand & will cycle any ammo I give it in any order...only getting fussy after a couple to three hundred rounds without a cleaning at one go.
Other .22 rimfires I've owned seem to have a similar 2-300 rd issue...SGC, CZ, Winchester, etc.

Keep us updated

[HALODIN]

Chamber a lead round as normal, don't fire it and then eject it, does it have any dings out of the bullet? If so, try the copper wash CCI tactical, it sounds like it's lead build up.

[Landy Dave]

Chamber a lead round as normal, don't fire it and then eject it, does it have any dings out of the bullet? If so, try the copper wash CCI tactical, it sounds like it's lead build up.

Interesting theory Halodin, where would you expect dings to be and how would copper washed bullets help?

[Sim G]

Sorry getting a little confused. Have you stripped the magazines down?

[HALODIN]

I've noticed on my semi 22 that with certain types of ammo they don't feed very well. They work, but the feed ramp or something in the chambering process takes tiny little chinks out of the lead, but since copper is harder than lead I haven't seen it since. The copper wash are supposed to be particularly good in semi-autos and in my experience, they're flawless. I wouldn't buy anything else and it was cycling rounds perfectly well after thousands of rounds through it.

[Sim G]

I have a Volquartson 10/22 that hasn't been cleaned for a couple of hundred rounds and the mags are dirtier than illustrated, but it will carry on ticking for some time to come. And ashamed as I am to say it, I reckon my S&W hasn't been cleaned in close to a thousand rounds....