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Iv just got a 10/22 and i dont know what to make of it.

Its very cheap feeling made mainly of plastic which I dont like at all.

Iv tried a 25 round butler creek mag a hot lips!!!! I dont know why they sell them as the gun struggles to shoot 5 rounds with out a jam.

Shoots ok with standard Ruger mag though.

I wonder if its worth spending a few quid at SYSS and getting to some go faster bits?

Anyone one here use one?

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I have 2, i always change the buffer pin for a smoother action, work the trigger myself for a smoother pull etc, and change the stock.

 

look at www.rimfirecentral.com

 

It tells you how to do the trigger and everything else you need to know.

 

hope this helps

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Not a fan at all having owned one but now converted to mainly shooting in the field. Like a lot of guns I found it preferred certain ammo especially if I was fun plinking with a large capacity mag!

 

I settled on either stingers or mini mags and that seemed to work faultlessly! Better than a lot of the GSG and Heckler & Koch clones floating around our club!

 

I made a few of the changes people have suggested above but it didnt improve the gun that much as far as I was concerned for range plinking! Accuracy was nothing like my bolt action Annie!

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carefull it's addictive, by the time you finish the only original part will be the magazines and you'll be about a grand light into the bargin.

 

you could just get a Bradly Arms AR15 instead

 

Im slightly concerned about that, I only want to change bits that will actually improve the function of the gun and as the trigger is HEAVY I thought the hammer was a good place to start, probably do the auto bolt release thing at the same time as im stripping the trigger group...

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Iv just got a 10/22 and i dont know what to make of it.

Its very cheap feeling made mainly of plastic which I dont like at all.

Iv tried a 25 round butler creek mag a hot lips!!!! I dont know why they sell them as the gun struggles to shoot 5 rounds with out a jam.

Shoots ok with standard Ruger mag though.

I wonder if its worth spending a few quid at SYSS and getting to some go faster bits?

Anyone one here use one?

 

 

:hmm::hmm::hmm:

 

Why did you get it then...and what exactly do you want a Semi for? :hmm::hmm:

 

Many people get the cheapest 10/22 they can, throw most of it away and spend silly money of the vast range of aftermarket parts available.

 

Never did understand why! :hmm::no::good:

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:hmm::hmm::hmm:

 

Why did you get it then...and what exactly do you want a Semi for? :hmm::hmm:

 

Many people get the cheapest 10/22 they can, throw most of it away and spend silly money of the vast range of aftermarket parts available.

 

Never did understand why! :hmm::no::good:

 

Because they want to maybe?

 

EDIT:- None queer as folk.

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:hmm::hmm::hmm:

 

Why did you get it then...and what exactly do you want a Semi for? :hmm::hmm:

 

Many people get the cheapest 10/22 they can, throw most of it away and spend silly money of the vast range of aftermarket parts available.

 

Never did understand why! :hmm::no::good:

 

I wanted a faster back up shot, We must have all watched a bunny drop after a seemingly good shot only to stagger to its feet and kick down a hole.

Its actually quite reliable now but the trigger is awfully heavy.

I was really after a barrett .50 cal clone but in .22lr :lol::lol::lol:

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Iv just got a 10/22 and i dont know what to make of it.

Its very cheap feeling made mainly of plastic which I dont like at all.

Iv tried a 25 round butler creek mag a hot lips!!!! I dont know why they sell them as the gun struggles to shoot 5 rounds with out a jam.

Shoots ok with standard Ruger mag though.

I wonder if its worth spending a few quid at SYSS and getting to some go faster bits?

Anyone one here use one?

 

Best bit of bit of advice I can offer...............is.

 

You should have brought one already worked over by the lads at NWCP or RFD, and then drop it in a Hogue stock. It works out far cheaper in the end and you end up with a decent .22 S/A

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I have 2, i always change the buffer pin for a smoother action, work the trigger myself for a smoother pull etc, and change the stock.

 

look at www.rimfirecentral.com

 

It tells you how to do the trigger and everything else you need to know.

 

hope this helps

can you do a link to the bit about the trigger

 

Thanks

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I wanted a faster back up shot, We must have all watched a bunny drop after a seemingly good shot only to stagger to its feet and kick down a hole.

Its actually quite reliable now but the trigger is awfully heavy.

I was really after a barrett .50 cal clone but in .22lr :lol::lol::lol:

 

 

:lol::lol::lol:

 

May I suggest you practice more with a decent rifle, rather that pump vast amount of innacuate lead into a quarry.

 

ATB!! :yes::good::good::good:

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Great guns but the latest version had a lot of the original metal parts made our of polymer instead (it's good enough for glocks ec....).

 

An easy upgrade it the extended mag release and auto bolt release, fifteen quid or less on ebay, the bolt release you can actually do yourself with a dremel if you're so inclined, it's pretty easy.

 

As for what you upgrade on it, depends on what you want out of it, trigger pull can be greatly eased with a bit of manual work on the internal parts, polishing etc, a bigger trigger shoe will help perceived pull and a little set screw installed in the trigger guard will help overtravel.

 

They are a brilliant project gun, probably the best out there in fact in terms of the sheer quantity of bits you can get for them in the uk, they're like the british AR15 in many ways, lots of toys to get for them.

 

It's also a very good gun to learn some gunsmithing on but always be careful to function test at every stage if you're going to be altering any of the internal parts.

 

If anything breaks, getting new bits is dead easy.

 

Try los of different ammo to see what works best, in just about every semi I've had, I've tried ten kinds then ended up with cci minimags as the most reliable usually with top 3 out of ten grouping.

 

I have an older 10/22 that I've done all sorts of litte bits and bobs to internally, for free (aside from a couple of pins I bought) and I've stuck it in a nordic components ar receiver kit with a magpul stock on the back, magpul pistol grip and a railed forend for an angled forgrip, red dot on top. It's completely over the top and unbelievable fun to shoot (I shoot steel plate, practical rifle etc)

 

The magpul stuff was chinese knockoff (aside form the pistol grip which is genuine) and my total spend so far is about £480, a third of the cost of a similar ar15-22 type rifle with all the official dangly bits on it.

 

Have fun with yours, you can turn it into anything from an ar15, purple laminate target gun, wooden steyr aug, bullpup plinker, folding stocks, bull barrels etc etc etc..

 

The world is your oyster :)

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10/22 is fussy on ammo and cleaniless of mag. Not as accurate as CZ452.

 

Tarted mine up and sold it.

 

Never again...guns have to be 100% reliable or forget it.

 

:oops:

 

I think this rings true for any semi vs the trusty 452 (I have both).

 

My 10/22 was filthy when I bought it, some cleaning and buffing of internal parts with a dremel and at the last count it's on over 1000 cci minimags with 1 fail to feed from a new ruger bx25 mag.

 

You're not going to beat a 452 for accuracy though, or reliability, it's not that kind of gun.

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