Arbor
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Yes, I saw the aluminum ones, but I was too cheap. I have bought too many $80 mags...and one just went in the garbage can today.
Different folks, different strokes.
10/22 clips, jamming
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Yes, I saw the aluminum ones, but I was too cheap. I have bought too many $80 mags...and one just went in the garbage can today.
Different folks, different strokes.
Hemicuda
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I have 3 Ruger 10/22's, a 77/22 (bolt) and a 96/22 (lever)
ALL 5 are jam-o-matics with cheap aftermarket magazines... and all 5 run flawlessly on factory mags...
I wonder if you don't have either a misalignment problem in the action, or the springs over/under tensioned...
ALL 5 are jam-o-matics with cheap aftermarket magazines... and all 5 run flawlessly on factory mags...
I wonder if you don't have either a misalignment problem in the action, or the springs over/under tensioned...
I had one with all the same symptoms you describe. You simply couldn't tune the rotary mags to work. BC mags worked fairly well, but hardly the run flawlessly working 10/22's are known for.
Someone suggested chamfering the chamber. Take off the barrel, use a conical stone like you would have in a dremel tool. Don't use it in the dremel. Use it in your hand. Twirl it round and round in one direction with moderate pressure. A few dozen revolutions is all it should take. Just enough to knock the edge off and give it a 30 or 45 degree angle on the very lip of the chamber. Done carefully it will center itself up.
I was rather skeptical about doing this by hand. And would suggest not over doing it. Having a machinest do it with some equipment would be safer I am sure.
But I did this, just rounded a tiny bit of the chamber lip. Shoots like a dream with BC mags. I didn't have any rotary mags by then, maybe they would have been good too. But it went to flawlessly functioning after that. Some report you need a thousand or so rounds to break in a 10/22. Likely you are just hurrying up some of the break in on the chamber lip doing this.
Use at your own risk, relying on your own best judgement. I am no gunsmith. But it worked for me.
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151224&highlight=chamfering
Look down the thread here for a picture of another approach. Just rounding the lip on the bottom of the chamber.
Someone suggested chamfering the chamber. Take off the barrel, use a conical stone like you would have in a dremel tool. Don't use it in the dremel. Use it in your hand. Twirl it round and round in one direction with moderate pressure. A few dozen revolutions is all it should take. Just enough to knock the edge off and give it a 30 or 45 degree angle on the very lip of the chamber. Done carefully it will center itself up.
I was rather skeptical about doing this by hand. And would suggest not over doing it. Having a machinest do it with some equipment would be safer I am sure.
But I did this, just rounded a tiny bit of the chamber lip. Shoots like a dream with BC mags. I didn't have any rotary mags by then, maybe they would have been good too. But it went to flawlessly functioning after that. Some report you need a thousand or so rounds to break in a 10/22. Likely you are just hurrying up some of the break in on the chamber lip doing this.
Use at your own risk, relying on your own best judgement. I am no gunsmith. But it worked for me.
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151224&highlight=chamfering
Look down the thread here for a picture of another approach. Just rounding the lip on the bottom of the chamber.
TimboKhan
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Dude, I am pretty tolerant when it comes to allowing a gun time to get broken in, but 1000 rounds? I honestly have never heard that, and to be honest with you, I really don't think it's true to begin with.
12GA00buck
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My friend had the exact same problem with his 10/22. It even jammed to no end with the factory mags. I just steer clear of 10/22's, but I've heard with a little gunsmithing, they can be made functional. Try a search for the 10/22, should find some solutions. Good luck
Arbor
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ok guys, whether or not it takes 1000 rounds to break it in, ive shot about 50,000 rounds 
and i cant wait for these mags
and i just might do the rounding thing
i dont think it could hurt anything
and i cant wait for these mags
and i just might do the rounding thing
i dont think it could hurt anything
Arbor
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Alright, here's the deal:
I took a little Dremel bit and rounded out the breech. Then I took two of my rotary mags and filled them up full. So I went out and shot off the two mags in the yard, finding the gun to work GREAT. But I did have problems with the mags. The rounds wouldn't advance, and I'd have to take the mag out and tap it a bunch each time that happened, which was about 3 times a mag.
So then I came back in and tightened one of the mag springs. Tried it again. Same, maybe a little better. Then I tightened a little more, as well as leaving the screw very slightly loose, to make sure I wasn't squeezing the rotor thingy. Same, maybe a little better. I have tried cleaning as well, which does help, at first. Maybe I just have to clean them every 200 rounds or something.
But I'm going to to town tonight, I'm gonna go to the local place and get ammo and a BC mag. Maybe even another mag if I see one. I just want to find the very best one. And I can always give one to my brother.
So, thanks for the tip on rounding out the chamber, I think that helped reduce jamming rounds, being I had none after firing 50 rounds or so.
I took a little Dremel bit and rounded out the breech. Then I took two of my rotary mags and filled them up full. So I went out and shot off the two mags in the yard, finding the gun to work GREAT. But I did have problems with the mags. The rounds wouldn't advance, and I'd have to take the mag out and tap it a bunch each time that happened, which was about 3 times a mag.
So then I came back in and tightened one of the mag springs. Tried it again. Same, maybe a little better. Then I tightened a little more, as well as leaving the screw very slightly loose, to make sure I wasn't squeezing the rotor thingy. Same, maybe a little better. I have tried cleaning as well, which does help, at first. Maybe I just have to clean them every 200 rounds or something.
But I'm going to to town tonight, I'm gonna go to the local place and get ammo and a BC mag. Maybe even another mag if I see one. I just want to find the very best one. And I can always give one to my brother.
So, thanks for the tip on rounding out the chamber, I think that helped reduce jamming rounds, being I had none after firing 50 rounds or so.
Ok, if you ahve put 50,000 rounds through it, and it used to work, you might want to check this.
In the receiver, there is a cylindrical indentation that the magazine locks into. Some folks chamfer it or generally smooth the edge to geet mags to drop free ona new 10/22. In theory it mimicks wear. You might want to chek if yours has worn to the point that the magazine fit in the receiver is sloppy enough the mag lips aren't lining up.
I doubt it can be fixed if that is the issue, but you'd know why at least.
The 10/22 chamber is fairly generous as is with the stock barrel, if it needs opening up, my guess is something liek the above probably isn't right.
Arbor
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Not sure if you read my last post, but my gun works excellent now, the magazines are the only problem, which I'm getting new ones of. The magazines malfunction when I take the rounds out by hand as well, nothing to do with the gun.
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oldfart
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I generally shoot CCI Mini Mags with no problems. Hoping to gain a bit more accuracy, I bought a brick of SK Standard Plus. I did gain a bit of accuracy but the SK ammo is loaded with excessive wax. It does tend to build up in the magazines and bind them up. From time to time I have to take them apart, clean them and then put 'em back together.
Solution? Don't use cheap ammo or any with too much wax. The cheap stuff really isn't all that cheap in the long run, when you consider missed shots and time spent beating the crap outa the magazines. Remember, you always get what you pay for.
Solution? Don't use cheap ammo or any with too much wax. The cheap stuff really isn't all that cheap in the long run, when you consider missed shots and time spent beating the crap outa the magazines. Remember, you always get what you pay for.
Arbor
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Yessir.
I just cleaned all three of my 10s, and promptly shot 30 rounds...without a jam. But, I just cleaned all of them about 100 rounds back
So I suppose my ammo is dirty.
Too bad I have 8 bricks.
Oh well. Maybe my new clips will work with it...
Arbor
I just cleaned all three of my 10s, and promptly shot 30 rounds...without a jam. But, I just cleaned all of them about 100 rounds back
So I suppose my ammo is dirty.
Too bad I have 8 bricks.
Oh well. Maybe my new clips will work with it...
Arbor
Arbor
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I'm happy now
I bought a BC hot lips mag the other day at GI Joes, along with a brick of Federal ammo and a brick of 400 Federal American Eagle. So today I tried my BC mag with the AE stuff, to find every single casing jammed it. Then I tried the loose Federal stuff, only to find the same thing. I once got 3 rounds out without a jam. Then I tried 25 Remingtons, and every single one fired with out a problem. Tried some AE again, with the second half loose federal, with no jams. Went back to the goldens, still good.
I guess it just had to be broken in...and soon I will have my T125 mag...maybe Saturday.
Arbor
I bought a BC hot lips mag the other day at GI Joes, along with a brick of Federal ammo and a brick of 400 Federal American Eagle. So today I tried my BC mag with the AE stuff, to find every single casing jammed it. Then I tried the loose Federal stuff, only to find the same thing. I once got 3 rounds out without a jam. Then I tried 25 Remingtons, and every single one fired with out a problem. Tried some AE again, with the second half loose federal, with no jams. Went back to the goldens, still good.
I guess it just had to be broken in...and soon I will have my T125 mag...maybe Saturday.
Arbor
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