Ruger 10/22 FTF

[Head416]

Had two failures to feed last night. Both times occurred during the middle of a mag - not the first round, not the last. Previous shot extracted and ejected fine, but the bolt closed on an empty chamber. I assume this means the bolt didn't recoil quite far enough to strip a round from the mag. I guess it's also possible that it recoiled fully but a mag problem prevented a round from being stripped. I only have two mags, and used each one several times last night.

Any known issues with 10/22 feeding? Maybe install a lighter spring to get full recoil every time? When I searched I didn't find anything on this exact issue.

So far it's the only two times I can remember this happening with 500-600 rounds over two years, so it's not a big deal... yet. Almost all ammo has been standard Blazer bulk pack. Shot 100-150 rounds last night.

[tonelar]

what kind of magazines? when was the last time you cleaned them?

[ojisan]

How old / new is the 10/22?

[Peter.Steele]

Mine feeds almost 100% better after running the magazine a few times through an ultrasonic cleaner. I'm pretty sure that the magazine had never been cleaned thoroughly since the gun was made, which was in 1979, IIRC.

[Head416]

Stock 10 round rotary magazines, one black one clear. It's a 40th Anniversary gun so I guess it was made in 2004? I've never cleaned the mags, but they've only had about 300 rounds each.

[Sky_DiveR]

Sounds like it just needs cleaning. Depending on the ammo you're using it can be more or less frequent than you think. I haven't cleaned my Ruger mags in years but I do carry a can of oil (CLP, Remoil, Slp2000, etc) and an old toothbrush. When the action starts to get alittle sluggish, I scrub the bolt face, barrel face (especially around the extractor and extractor hole), and the recoil guide rod with the toothbrush. Acouple of drops of oil on the guiderod and spots where the bolt rubs on the receiver, cycle a few times to distribute the oil and I'm back in business.

Do you have the 10/22 where the receiver has the BBQ crinkle finish paint job? If you've only had the gun for acouple of years you probably do. That is probably your problem to begin with. The paint scrapes off, hangs up, and in general, really gums up the works.... that is until all the paint is scraped off where the bolt is rubbing inside the receiver. When I work on those guns, I polish out the inside of the receiver so there is no more paint is inside. No paint, nothing to scrape off and gum things up. I also polish the guide rod to reduce friction and replace the recoil buffer with a polymer one.

Just a thought...

[BayAreaShooter]

Had two failures to feed last night. Both times occurred during the middle of a mag - not the first round, not the last. Previous shot extracted and ejected fine, but the bolt closed on an empty chamber. I assume this means the bolt didn't recoil quite far enough to strip a round from the mag. I guess it's also possible that it recoiled fully but a mag problem prevented a round from being stripped. I only have two mags, and used each one several times last night.

Any known issues with 10/22 feeding? Maybe install a lighter spring to get full recoil every time? When I searched I didn't find anything on this exact issue.

So far it's the only two times I can remember this happening with 500-600 rounds over two years, so it's not a big deal... yet. Almost all ammo has been standard Blazer bulk pack. Shot 100-150 rounds last night.

I had the same exact problem last time I shot the 10/22. I cleaned everything and made sure the bolt had oil on it. (DO NOT OVER OIL YOUR BOLT) I brought it back to the range and I did not experience any FTF. So in my experience it was just a issue of not being clean which in turn made it not function correctly. I say clean it up and give it some oil. If your problem comes back it might be your magazine's but I highly doubt it, but if it is I heard you can tighten up the springs in a factory 10/22 magazine. Good luck and let us know what happens.

[Head416]

Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. I'm gonna pick up a teflon-based lubricant tomorrow and give her a good cleaning. And I'll start searching on cleaning the mags.

[MongooseV8]

In my experience the factory mags have fed the most reliably by far. Clean them every once in a while to keep them shooting