I love Wal-Mart

[Sucka]

Went and shot it today. Put 200 rounds through it, with only one failure to feed. This was somewhere around the 180rd mark, so it was pretty dirty, and of course all rounds were fired through one magazine. After cleaning the magazine, i think it was so gunked up it caused the FTF.

Stripped it when i got home and cleaned it. Boy what a pain in the *** it is to get the bolt back in. You practically need 3 hands to hold the charging handle back, and drop the bolt in and position it. That charging handle was impossible to pull back, i needed to use a punch to help pull it back from inside the receiver. Took me about 10 minutes just to get it back. I hope it will get easier as i go. Only real complaint was the black coating was peeling off inside the receiver. Not sure why they even put there, anywhere metal touched, it just flaked off. All it did was make cleaning more time consuming.

It was fun to shoot. I grew pretty bored of the iron sights, time for a scope

[twitchyfinger]

If you 10/22 owners are interested I received my monthly Midway USA ad in the mail today and they have the butler creek 25 round mags on sale both hot lips and steel lips. Personally I would only buy the steel lips but they are $6.00 off. Look like they are offering only the clear and not the smoke but still decent deal.

LINKY:
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpag...909&t=11082005

[Sucka]

If you 10/22 owners are interested I received my monthly Midway USA ad in the mail today and they have the butler creek 25 round mags on sale both hot lips and steel lips. Personally I would only buy the steel lips but they are $6.00 off. Look like they are offering only the clear and not the smoke but still decent deal.

LINKY:
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpag...909&t=11082005

Thanks for the link. I think i want some in black though. I definitely found the need for hi-cap 10/22 mags today. Reloading that 10 round mag was a PITA. Who makes the "best" hi-cap mags for these things?

[twitchyfinger]

No prob! The butler creek steel lips are by far the best hicap mag for the 10/22. There are also ramline mags that are all black an come in 25, 30 and 50round mags. I am not sure if they have steel feed lips or not. They look like this:



http://www.ram-line.com/
I know cheaperthandirt has then for about $20 but you might look around online. Might also feed the addiction by visiting:http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/ there is a wealth of info and links there.

Linky for the CTD ramlines: http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/13266-14038-1043.html

There is also a good book out that is a manual and user guide called The ultimate Ruger 10/22 careful though pretty soon your $200 10/22 will turn into a $1000+ addiction like this:

Not mine but just one of the many insane 10/22's on rimfire central.

[twitchyfinger]

Also I forgot about Tactical Innovations they make some really cool mags for the 10/22 that have steel feed lips. The make an all aluminum mag that is very expensive @ $70 bucks but they also have a composite mag for $35. Never seen them in person but hear they work very well and also have completely adjustable feel lips!

Linky:
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:...lnk&cd=2&gl=us

[Sucka]

snip...

Great info, thanks! I think with a few mags, and a scope i'll be pretty happy with the 10/22. Of course i say that now....lol

Kwando: Have you tried any other mags? I could tell right out of the gate, if it gets even slightly gunked up it's going to cause some problems. Like i said i only had one failure to feed, but i attributed that to the gun being pretty dirty after 150+ rounds. Have you tried different types of ammo? I'm certainly no expert as i just got it, but that would be the first thing that would come to mind. Strip it down and make sure it's nice and clean. I was surprised how dirty it was after 200 rounds.

[shrapmetal]

be careful with the up grades they get expensive. the only ruger part on mine is the mag. the purple one is the wifes she has a few ruger parts left on it.

[twitchyfinger]

Here's mine on the milder side. I could not bring myself to change out the Mannlicher stock and barrel on it but did change out the usual trigger group action parts with Volquartsen parts.

[cleaner72]

which wally worlds around here have long guns anymore? Mine on 92nd and sheridan doesnt ahve anyhting but ammo....

[Sucka]

which wally worlds around here have long guns anymore? Mine on 92nd and sheridan doesnt ahve anyhting but ammo....

Ah, you're right up the road from me.

The Thornton store sells long guns, which is where i got mine. (one right off 104th/I25, next to Gander).