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[WEST1157]

THANKS GREAT INFO

[trob]

you could do it yourself...today

I dont know anyone that carries 10/22 stuff in a brick & mortar shop.
Check this:

http://rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=251177

[slik556]

What kind of trigger??
Try Hawkteck arms:

http://www.hawktecharms.com/

[WEST1157]

TRIGGER

I'm not sure what kind of kit just something that is a little smoothier on the pull .it seems like this gun has a hard trigger pull.THANKS for the help

[trob]

let me know if you decide to do it yourself. I will give you some tips.

It is really easy and makes a huge difference. get on rimfirecentral.com and start reading

[slik556]

Here is a couple of links to rimfirecentral that will help and they are not hard to do.. Good luck and have fun

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167898:

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=251177:

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300623

[CHS]

Try Bolsa Gunsmithing in Huntington Beach. They usually carry a wide assortment of 10/22 parts.

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I wrote up a tutorial on some 10/22 modifications once. I'll see if I can find it and post it here. If you do everything in my instructions and then and a VQ hammer your rifle's trigger will be very impressive.

I'll post it later today.

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Found it:


IMO the 10/22 is an awesome little plinker right out of the box. But for little money you can make some drastic improvements to it making it even more fun to shoot.
IMO these few mods will make the gun much easier to use and more fun to shoot.

I'm not a gunsmith so if you attempt to do any of these mods you do so at your own risk.
Also, I didn't invent any of these mods by any means. Most of these I took from rimfirecentral over the years. I just did these mods tonight on a used 10/22 I picked up few weeks ago for $169. It is a basic carbine 10/22. I think the manufacture date was around 1994.


There are five mods that will really improve any factory stock 10/22.
1. Polishing the internals
2. Modifying the bolt release
3. Changing the magazine release
4. Changing the bolt buffer
5. Changing the extractor

Polishing
There are 3 pieces to polish. Polishing these internals will not lighten the trigger pull. The easiest way to lighten a trigger is to buy an aftermarket hammer. I choose not to replace the hammer in this 10/22 because I use it to teach kids to shoot, and don't mind the 8 lb stock trigger.
On the disconnector I polished one face. The hammer rubs against the disconnector on this face.


On the hammer I polished one face and the curved end. The flat face is where the hammer makes contact with the bolt and the curved end is where the hammer makes contact with the sear.


The sear gets polished in 3 places.
This picture shows where the sear makes contact with the hammer.


This picture shows where the sear makes contact with the disconnector.
I polished the following 2 faces.


That's all for the polishing. These mods will make the trigger much more crisp and reset better as well. The difference is felt immediately.

Bolt Release
For those of us that have a 10/22, we know that the bolt can be very frustrating to release. For some reason Ruger likes to make you fiddle with a button while pulling on the bolt. This mod makes the rifle act like any other semi-auto rifle, and it is easy to do. You just have to use a dremel to take off some of the material of the bolt release. This picture shows how much you have to take off.
The factory bolt release is on the right.

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Mag Release
I don't have huge hands, but I have a very hard time pushing the small mag release button to take out a mag. So I think an extended mag release button is a must on any 10/22. Lots of companies make these, so just pick one that you like, you really can't go wrong.
The one I installed tonight is made by Butler Creek. I don't know if they still make these (bought this one about 15 years ago) but I like it because it is barely noticeable, but still makes taking the mag out much easier.
You can see it in this photo:


Bolt Buffer
You can also see the bolt buffer that I changed as well. This is basically a piece of rubber that replaces a metal pin. Instead of the bolt slamming against metal it hits rubber. This also makes the gun cycle much quieter. The one in this picture is made my Volquartsen, I'm not sure if they still make these, but a company called Tuffer Buffer makes great ones as well. They cost $7.
Extractor
The last thing I like to change is the extractor. This can help with shell extraction, which sometimes 10/22's don't do as well as they should. With this used 10/22 I was getting about 1 stovepipe every 25 rounds or so. In the past when I changed the extractor, this FTE problem was fixed.
I use an extractor made by Volquartsen like this one here:


It costs $12.

That's it. Hope this helps and hope this makes some old 10/22's run better and stronger than ever before.
A few more pics.
Fully disassembled pieces and my finished product.

[WEST1157]

10-22

This was a big help THANKS I saw the extracter online so i'm going to order it from GUNKINGS