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Posted: 12/3/2005 6:59:35 PM EDT
| I just bought a Ruger 10/22 today. It has a stainless steel finish reciever and barrel. Anyway, the question I have is about the bolt. When I slide the bolt back and forth it sounds like it scrapes the inside of the reciever pretty bad. Just wondering if this was normal, or will it eventually go away or what? |
| Your action may need a little cleaning and a little lube inside. Or it may just need to be shot some to smooth out the casting some. Doubt there is anything to be too concerned about, if it is clean and lubed. rimfirecentral.com has a TON of info on the 10-22. Best drop in part is the Volquartsen hammer. It will help the trigger pull a lot. Is yours a bull barrel model or the standard tapered barrel? I know a lot of the aftermarket bull barrels are .920", but I'm not totally sure the factory ones are the same. |
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If you installed a scope rail it could be the cause of it... The screws protruding through to the inside of the receiver. The best way to go about finding the problem would be to take it apart! Just use a screw driver to remove the barrel band (if it has one) and then loosen the screw forward of the magwell, turn the rifle upside down and it should drop right out of the stock if you loosened the screw enough. Now there are two pins in the receiver that you need to push out, and now you can separate the trigger group from the receiver. Does it look like the rearmost screws are scraping the bolt, or is it just the sides of the bolt scraping? Reverse order to reassemble. (Oh, and don't pull the trigger while it's apart like this!) |
Bingo. That is likely the problem. The 10/22 is a VERY simple gun to take apart. You'll see where the screws are coming into the reciever. If you want, and this will take literally 2 seconds...loosen the screws on your scope base just a little. pull the bolt back now. Smoother? If so, there's your problem. Invest in some smaller screws. |
He could also use sand paper to shorten them. Or a grinder/dremel... Just use some miniature vice grips and lay a sheet of sandpaper (whatever grit allows for easy movement - 100grit) down on a flat surface and run the screw back and forth until it is short enough. Clean any powdered metal off the screws and make sure the threads are still intact (especially the tips) before you put them back in the receiver. |
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dri teflon lube with a volquartsen exact edge extractor will clear the problems the rimfires is a dirty gun so the dri lube will keep it from gunking up and the vq extractor will clear your stovepiping problems i use remington drilube in the spray can and the vq you can get it from hawktech.com |
So were the screws too long? Keep trying different ammo too. Try every brand you can find. I narrow it down with mine, so that I have one or two brands I use for plinking. And then 1 or 2 brands I use for groups on paper. |
| Nah, the screws are fine. It doesn't sound as bad now that I've put a hundred or so rounds through it. Man, my roommates mossberg and my friends marlin never jam with the federal ammo I was using, so I'm not ready to blame it on that. I've ordered the exact edge extractor. If that doesn't fix it, I'm just gonna sell it. |
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