Anyone have a fix for 10/22 jamming

[seasnake]

I have an older 10/22 maybe 25yrs old and it stove pipes every five rounds or so , my buddy has a 10/22 3yrs old and it does the same thing . Turns out after searching the internet this is a major problem with the 10/22 . Has anyone come up with a fix for this?
Yes I completely striped the rifle down and cleaned it , same jamming after .

[dut]

Try different ammo.

[UberPatriot]

Try new mags

[ZombieKiller]

Ammo- some 10/22s will only reliably feed certain types... Buy small boxes and try all the brands you can find.

Is it stock? Changing out the extractor may help... But being finicky with ammo is the main prob for many of these rifles..


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[ldsnet]

Ammo and mags is my first suspect! My 10/22 is about the same age. I had the occasional stove pipe, and scrubbed the heck out of the inside of the extractor and that cleared up the problem. The gunk was packed inside the bend in the extractor preventing a solid pull on the spent round stripping it out of the chamber.

[seasnake]

Rifle is totally stock except for new sights . I am using the 10 rd ruger mags.

[javaduke]

I have an older 10/22 maybe 25yrs old and it stove pipes every five rounds or so , my buddy has a 10/22 3yrs old and it does the same thing . Turns out after searching the internet this is a major problem with the 10/22 . Has anyone come up with a fix for this?
Yes I completely striped the rifle down and cleaned it , same jamming after .

If you are willing to invest a bit more cash in your gun, consider Kidd aftermarket action parts. Their charging handle comes with a set of springs so that your gun can be better tuned for a particular ammo velocity.
Another problem may be the extractor - see if the bolt is clean and the extractor moves freely. Consider the complete bolt assembly from Kidd, it will improve the accuracy too.

http://www.coolguyguns.com

[Mail Clerk]

I have an older 10/22 maybe 25yrs old and it stove pipes every five rounds or so , my buddy has a 10/22 3yrs old and it does the same thing . Turns out after searching the internet this is a major problem with the 10/22 . Has anyone come up with a fix for this?
Yes I completely striped the rifle down and cleaned it , same jamming after .

seasnake,

Try cleaning you chamber using an old 22 brush. Make sure your using high velocity ammo and not the standard. Last I'd remove the entire bolt and scrub down the entire bolt using Breakfree or Rem oil. Pay attention to underneath the extractor itself.

If that's doesn't help then I'd suspect your recoil spring is too weak and should be replaced along with another new mag. Sounds like your rifles just cycleing out of time a bit.

Good luck,

Mail Clerk

[LiferLance]

I had the same problem with cheap .22. My fix was multi part.
1) clean the rifle like an operating room and properly lube it.
2) add a few drops of CLP or w/e lube you prefer to a rag and wipe off tarnished ammo before shooting it.
3) use 1280fps or faster ammo.
4) clean the mags out and make sure they aren't worn out.

[ojisan]

Replace the extractor with one from Kidd, Volquartson or Power Custom.
These will include a new spring with them.

For the old gun, the extractor and / or spring are worn out.
For the new gun, the tooling that makes the extractor is the same as the tooling that made the old gun's extractor, and the tooling is worn out.

Same fix for both guns.

[Occams Rasor]

As stated above, sounds like extractor or dirty mags. I bought one of these to help re-assemble the mags.

http://www.borelsports.com/shop/ruger-10-22-magazine-assembly-tool/

Replacement extractors can be found from several sources.

[sholling]

It sounds like the extractor is getting a bit long in the tooth. Volquartsen sells a much better quality replacement extractor for like $10, or you can drop in a bolt tune-up kit for $30.

You don't need this tool but it makes the job easier.

[bigcalidave]

A 10/22 that jams?? The solution is to spend a thousand dollars on every custom part you can come up with, and maybe still have a rifle that jams! :P jk. .22 ammo sucks sometimes, get the volquartsen extractor like everyone said, it'll rip those cases right out.

[eville]

Also as suggested clean the mags.
My buddy had a brand new 10/22 that was 10 years old.
Thing jammed constantly. Put my mags in and it was fine. A quick cleaning of the stock ruger mags and it was back in action.

[ECVMatt]

I currently have five 10/22's (it is a sickness for me) and have used this extractor in all of them:

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/363360/volquartsen-exact-edge-extractor-ruger-10-22-10-22-magnum-mark-ii-mark-iii-22-45

It really helps improve extraction and is very easy to change out.