Just looking for some opinions on what I have planned. My 10/22 is 52 years old. Pops gave it to me for my 14th birthday and I just turned 65 and retired. This amazing rifle has thousands of rounds through it. I wore out a trigger group years ago and Ruger replaced it under warranty. I recently bought two Ruger 25 rd. magazine for it to shoot the steel challenge matches.
It chokes and fails to chamber the first 5 rounds from both mags. After those first 5, it will dump the mags like a boss.
This is the first feeding problem it's ever had and it runs the factory 10 rnd mags just fine. I suspect the recoil spring is weak, so I decided with age and round count, it's time for new springs.
I poked around on the web, and boy-howdy, what a rabbit hole. I ended up at Brownels and came up with this shopping list;
A complete charging handle assy. standard spring weight for $12.50
https://www.brownells.com/gun-parts/...ring-assembly/
High end assy's with replaceable springs run about $40.00. Any opinions on the extra heavy springs? the cost here is really not an issue. I rarely shoot the high vel stuff and like to stick with the 40grn standard vel loads.
A Wolff trigger spring kit. Heavy hammer spring, light trigger and sear springs. $12.50. Makes sense to me....
https://www.brownells.no/RUGER-10/22...OLFF-969000204
A Volquartson firing pin and extractor kit. $36.00
https://www.brownells.com/gun-parts/...t-tune-up-kit/
I do seem to get a lot of duds, and have had a few failures to extract as of late. The reviews on this say it really cleaned up these problems for others when it was the only change made. And I'll toss in a new extractor spring while I'm in there.
AAnd a couple other little things... I see a poly-plastic bolt stop pin being offered. 6.00 bux. Are they worth it? or snake oil looking for a problem that doesn't exisist?
And finally, how about the extra strength recoil springs? Are they worth it? Do they cycle the standard velocity stuff reliably?
What say all you 10/22 experts? Any opinions, good, bad or indifferent, just don't call me late for dinner.
Help me get this ole boy ringing steel.
Thanks, Dave.