A 10/22 problem, first range outing

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SVTNate

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I finally got the chance to put the first 200 rounds through my new 10/22 last night.

(note - as of now, the gun is still stock)

I had several FTE's. The spent casing would get stuck between the bolt and the receiver, thus preventing the next round from being fed properly. I would have to lock open the bolt and shake out the spent casing, and the next round. I would say that this happened between 10-20 times in 200 rounds. Federal ammo, I forget which kind specifically. I don't care that much, it's just an annoyance, but I've never had a gun that didn't feed absolutely every time with factory ammo.


I have no experience with rifles...is it possible that I am somehow "limp wristing" my rifle? I had the same problem when I was learning to shoot a handgun (learned on a Glock 34), and limp wristing was the cause of my FTE woes.
 
Did you strip it down and clean it thourghly?? If that's not the problem--try different ammo. 10/22's are usually ultra-reliable.
 
Huh, have usually had very good results with Federals myself. Make sure it's not subsonic. Possibly, the gun just needs to loosen up a bit by a brick or two. As metnioned, try other ammo brands/types.

NOTE : Remington Thunderbolts are generally towards the bigger end dimensionally. If you put an after market barrel on your 10/22, the rounds will likely hang up upon chambering. They usually feed OK through the stock barrel.
 
HHmm. sounds like a ammo problem. I usually have good results with federal(those 550 bulk HP) Like rugerFreak said. give it a good cleaning. Get in all the nicks and crannies... a tooth brush, tooth picks, and Q-tips work well for that. :D
 
me too

i have been having the same problem with mine, probably with the same ammo-federal brick from wally world. it is infrequent and usually happens whenever i rapid fire.

i know the rifle is clean, probably just the cheap ammo causing the problem. the FTE is easy to clear and i just keep right on shooting.

stinger
 
Hope you still had fun

I have better feeding results with High Velocity ammo. Maybe you should 'break in' the action with a brick or two of HV. Also, you should have cleaned out the packing grease from the bore before shooting. This could have made the chamber a little sticky.

One thing I did to my 10/22s is fluff and buff the action, by which I mean I took some 600 grit sandpaper and gently smoothed the interior of the receiver and the bolt surfaces where they touch, using longitudinal strokes only. I finished up by gentoy polishing with 1500 grit the same way.

Good luck and regards. Let us know what happens next time.
 
I have a 10/22.

Was told that it takes a few hundred rounds to get them to shoot reliably.

I oiled mine up and dealt with the FTF's for a couple hundred rounds.

Then it started shooting with great regularity and now eats about anything I put through it.

After it became reliable, I started adding goodies to it like new trigger, barrel etc.

Thay can really be made into a tack driver.
 
I second the notion to shoot a few hundred rounds before you go crazy trying to fix problems. If it's jamming all the time, it's time to take action. A couple of jams in 200 rounds could well be normal break-in. My two 10/22's shoot forever without stoppages now, but they weren't perfect out of the Ruger box.
 
Same with me--first few hundred rounds gave me a few problems. Scrubbed the daylights out of the barrel at the receiver end and it slowly improved--so then I started it all over again with a Clerke Arms bull barrel. Scrubbed it another million times. It still misses a few rounds out of every 100, but I use Winchester 'X' and make one hole about .5" with 5 rounds (bipod support.) Thus, for most squirrels and woodchucks, all I need is one round out the muzzle.:D
 
Picky Eaters

When I owned a 10-22 it would only eat Mini-Mags. Now I have a Buckmark pistol the same way.

Some of that cheapy brick stuff is unreliable...you get what you pay for.

Mini-Mags run about 3.99/100 around here...seems they went up a little in the last couple of months. Makes me wonder about reloading .22LR...... :eek:
 
I had the same problem. I cleaned it thoroughly, lightly sanded/buffed the receiver and bolt and shot the heck out of it. After 1500 rds of 4 different types of ammo it still is a jam-o-matic. Anyway, I pulled out my extractor and it looks excessively worn. I just installed a new extractor, but haven't made it to the range yet. I am fairly confident the extractor is the core of my problems.
 
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