10/22—What bolt upgrade (if any)?

[drh777]

KIDD! An absolute thing of beauty especially the scalloped ones.

[coq]

Just noticed that I ordered all my 10/22 parts on 10/22.

[MongooseV8]

Haha Fate!

[ERdept]

Kidd, seems the best.


I have the Kidd bolt and VQ barrel.

[HPGunner]

I've read a lot great things about KIDD so I decided to get KIDD components for my first 10/22.

I took the budget route and purchased the KIDD bolt guts (firing pin, firing pin spring, extractor and extractor spring). I purchased the KIDD trigger job kit along with the tuning springs and reusing my plastic Ruger trigger housing. I also tossed in KIDD guide rod and spring kit.

I was tempted to spend the $200 for the complete single stage trigger assembly and the $100 for the complete bolt - but decided to allocated the extra funds towards the stock and barrel.

[choaderboy2]

Kidd stuff is the best. A bolt will get you a good extractor, a good firing pin, good headspacing and a pinned firing pin. You can rework your stock bolt like this but for a little extra you can get a brand new Kidd and have a spare stock bolt.

Pinning the firing pin will make for more reliable ignition and eliminate first round flyers. This happens when the firing pin has vertical play and moves around on the first round off a full clip. Headspacing will make your gun a little more consistent shot to shot. A good extractor will reduce stovepipes, especially important if you have an aftermakret barrel with a tighter chamber. The firing pin will get you more reliable ignition and help you avoid light strikes.

[jyo]

I built my Volquartsen heavy-barrel 10-22 in the very early 90s---one of the very the first of it's type seen here in Kalifornia---runs VERY well---shoots soooooo good that at 50 yds, ten rounds go into one ragged hole---I don't even know how to measure a group that's just one hole? The bolt is the one that came with the rifle---the barrel, stock, trigger parts are all Volquartsen. I am not lookin' for a new bolt...

[MongooseV8]

Well if it ain't broke don't mess with it! Lol

I have had piles of Kidd products and every last one of them have been top shelf. I just finished up my latest build with all Kidd parts save for receiver stock and barrel.

[ERdept]

once you make it with the Kidd stuff, and get the right stock that is floated and cleared, make it permanent by epoxy and just shoot. Again, if near Long Beach/Bellflower, you may shoot it, just pay for ammo and range fee.

[Gnome]

If accuracy and reliability are the goal then upgrading bolt is probably the least important upgrade. Once the extractor wears out you'll want to replace it with a Volquartsen ($10) but the bolt itself is the last upgrade to make after the barrel and trigger and bedding the receiver and 1" of the barrel. My advice is to put the bolt money into the trigger or barrel, or better optics.


Decide in advance what you plan to use the rifle for. If it's exclusively for bench shooting then a heavy steel barrel and very light (~2lb or a bit less) trigger make sense. If it's for walking around hunting/plinking rifle then a lightweight barrel and a safer 2-3lb trigger makes sense.

If you're smart, you'll listen to Scholling. He's the Calguns resident 10/22 guru. And scopes, too...

Brimstone Gunsmiths do a wonderful job on the 10/22 trigger.

I did their tier 2 trigger job $70 and it's like BUTTER.
From my door to them and back was about 10 days

Sending my 10/22 to Brimstone shortly. The guys at Rimfire Central speak highly of their work. Will also be purchasing the Tier 2 package.

[sirgrumps]

Get a trigger job first.
Then a good scope
Use better ammo, to see if you can out shoot the barrel
Barrel next, if needed
then a stock.
replace the extractor as needed.

[jakejake527]

send your bolt to QUE