Bolt Stop Pin Stuck

[PegTheLeg]

I bought a Ruger 10/22 not long ago, and I decided to clean it out because I have to learn at some point, and it likely needed it because it came to me used.

Well, the bolt stop pin does not want to come out of the gun. Other two pins came out fine, but this one just... Isn't.
I am trying to let it sit with some frog lube on it right now
Any other ideas?

 

[Steve762us]

Drift it out with a punch.

 

[PegTheLeg]

Drift it out with a punch.

I was using a punch, it didn't want to come still.

 

[troy fairweather]

Hit it harder.

 

[Steve762us]

I was using a punch, it didn't want to come still.

I don't recall that pin being 'directional' (one end larger than other), but check both ends. If one is smaller than the
other, drive the smaller end.

You're leaving a space for pin to move into, as you try to drive it out, right?

 

[PegTheLeg]

I'm kind of afraid to hit it too hard haha.

I've tried both sides, different punch sizes, and letting it sit with the oil on then trying. But I've googled the problem and apparently this pin being stuck is really common.
And yeah, the gun was sitting on a cleaning rack when I was trying, so it could easily have fallen out like the ones holding the trigger did.

 

[Steve762us]

A cleaning rack, like those plastic things Midway sells?

That's not rigid enough to support the receiver while driving a stuck pin...

Get a piece of 2x4 or similar and drill a hole about twice as wide as the pin
(so you know the pin is over the hole), hold the receiver flat against wood.
Use a punch that's flat and smaller in diameter than the pin. Set the punch
square against pin end and give it a good smack.

Once it starts moving, it should drive easier.

It shouldn't be too hard. Is there visible corrosion, or did receiver get
run over by a truck or something crazy?

 

[film495]

penetrating oil and heat, and time. I just use a blow dryer, heat it and let it cool a few times, the expansion/contraction can help the oil work in there. old pins always make me nervous, eventually I have to hit them with punch and hammer hard enough where I think I will break something - just passing from firm to a little bit hard - a very solid thud, and they pop free. always think something is going to break, but eventually the pin moves a hair at first and then comes out. I spend 4 days trying to get a pin out of an old Winchester that was my fathers, and basically the secret was just being willing to hit the punch hard enough.

 

[PegTheLeg]

A cleaning rack, like those plastic things Midway sells?

That's not rigid enough to support the receiver while driving a stuck pin...

Get a piece of 2x4 or similar and drill a hole about twice as wide as the pin
(so you know the pin is over the hole), hold the receiver flat against wood.
Use a punch that's flat and smaller in diameter than the pin. Set the punch
square against pin end and give it a good smack.

Once it starts moving, it should drive easier.

It shouldn't be too hard. Is there visible corrosion, or did receiver get
run over by a truck or something crazy?

It's just kinda a thing for the gun to sit in. There's no corrosion, it didn't get run over. But I've found multiple posts about this same problem on other websites. Heck, two of them are in reference to the exact gun I have.
https://www.perfectunion.com/vb/ruger-10-22/62549-stuck-bolt-stop-pin.html
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/10-22-bolt-stop-pin-stuck-any-ideas.627633/
https://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=777929

penetrating oil and heat, and time. I just use a blow dryer, heat it and let it cool a few times, the expansion/contraction can help the oil work in there. old pins always make me nervous, eventually I have to hit them with punch and hammer hard enough where I think I will break something - just passing from firm to a little bit hard - a very solid thud, and they pop free. always think something is going to break, but eventually the pin moves a hair at first and then comes out. I spend 4 days trying to get a pin out of an old Winchester that was my fathers, and basically the secret was just being willing to hit the punch hard enough.

I'll take a blow dryer to it! And I may have to just braven up a bit lol. I am a little afraid of hurting the gun.

 

[Steve762us]

Well, the last link is for the Ruger Mk II pistol...so don't try to follow that one.

When you do get it out, just sub a piece of nylon in there. I used a toilet seat
screw from big box hardware. Cut off head, chuck it in a drill and turn it in
sandpaper till you have a good fit. It doesn't have to be dead tight, just snug--
the stock will keep it from going anywhere.

 

[film495]

I'll take a blow dryer to it! And I may have to just braven up a bit lol. I am a little afraid of hurting the gun.

don't hurt it. just go slow. you can put it down and come back to it later. IMHO you're better off to try it several times, and/or find a few youtube videos of people doing that exact thing. eventually you'll figure out the exact tap needed. some need short snappy light hits,and they come out - some need a good heavy wallop to free up.

 

[Picher]

I have a piece of nylon bolt (without threads) in mine that fits the hole well.