Ruger 10/22 takedown suddenly started to have feeding issues

[ken158]

So this has been a problem with my rifle for quite some time now. After my third or fourth cleaning of the rifle (I had only gotten the rifle a few months prior), the rifle started to have failure to feed/eject every 3 or 4 rounds. I used all kinds of ammo to see if it was bad ammo, and I found that it performed the same. At one point the rifle had a slam fire (I was following all the safety rules so nothing bad happened, but it was still scary).

The last time I tried using it at the range was a couple months ago, and the night before I used CLP to clean/lubricate the rifle. I also got a few snapcaps to make sure that it functioned well, and it did. Every snapcap was fed/ejected. But the rifle again had failure to feed/ejects. I did notice that when it did fail to feed, all I had to do was tilt the rifle back and the round just fell out.

I should mention that I haven't cleaned any of my magazines, both factory and Butler Creek (the red plastic one).

Has anybody experienced this?

[ojisan]

You may need to replace your extractor with a Kidd, Volquartson or Power Custom or whoever version.
But...
If you are just spraying CLP into the action to clean it, and you have shot a lot of rounds, then before you change anything, the bolt needs to come out of the receiver and both need to be properly cleaned.
Make sure there is no accumulated gunk in the firing pin channel or extractor area.

[Fishslayer]

Have you been using any harsh solvents? The receiver of the 10/22 is painted and I've had the paint dissolve and gum up the works.

Does it FTF with all the magazines? The plastic lipped Butlers do not have a stellar reputation.

Is it actually not feeding or are you finding empty cases in the receiver? The extractor is a known weak link.

A slam fire would definitely indicate that a cleaning/intense inspection was in order.

[71MUSTY]

Always a good idea to upgrade the ejector on a 10/22.

[BarrettM99]

What about the feeding issue? could it be the dirty mags?

[RawHP]

So this has been a problem with my rifle for quite some time now. After my third or fourth cleaning of the rifle (I had only gotten the rifle a few months prior), the rifle started to have failure to feed/eject every 3 or 4 rounds. I used all kinds of ammo to see if it was bad ammo, and I found that it performed the same. At one point the rifle had a slam fire (I was following all the safety rules so nothing bad happened, but it was still scary).

The last time I tried using it at the range was a couple months ago, and the night before I used CLP to clean/lubricate the rifle. I also got a few snapcaps to make sure that it functioned well, and it did. Every snapcap was fed/ejected. But the rifle again had failure to feed/ejects. I did notice that when it did fail to feed, all I had to do was tilt the rifle back and the round just fell out.

I should mention that I haven't cleaned any of my magazines, both factory and Butler Creek (the red plastic one).

Has anybody experienced this?

Try this. Get yourself a .243 cal bore brush (you can use .22, but may need to work a little harder) and either some Kroil or Hoppes #9. Apply either solvent to the brush and scrub the chamber, pushing the brush in about the length of a 22LR round, twisting the brush a little while scrubbing. Then (important), let the solvent work for 30 minutes or so while you do the rest of your cleaning. Repeat the scrubbing, then clean the bore as usual (patches, brush, snake, etc., whatever your normal routine is).

If you're gun was working fine, and assuming nothing broke, many issues you've described can be caused by a dirty chamber and carbon ring build up, since normal bore cleaning doesn't really clean the chamber, especially if you are not using a solvent during your normal cleaning routine.