Cleaning 10/22

[762willdo]

How are you guys doing it?
From the muzzle with a rod or with a pull thru??

 

[dutch14]

Muzzle with a rod.

 

[Adam in WI]

There used to be place in the rear of the receiver that got a small hole milled though so it could be cleaned from the breech end with a conventional rod. Not sure if that's still a thing, or if it got axed for reasons. It still required disassembly including bolt removal, of course.

 

[dutch14]

When you drill a hole in the back of the receiver it voids the warrantee. If you want a kit to do it anyway, try brownels.

 

[Mark M.]

I guess I depends on how involved you want to get, two screws the barrels off in a couple minutes

 

[jpx2rk]

Pull thru, use a large enough patch for a snug fit, or smaller patches and double up for a snug fit, and some #9 sauce.

 

[3Ackleys]

When you drill a hole in the back of the receiver it voids the warrantee. If you want a kit to do it anyway, try brownels.

Wait what? They have a warranty on 10/22"s? I have one that is 40 years old, if something broke on it I would replace it myself. Many many bricks of ammo through it. Can't remember if I have cleaned it once or twice since I bought it,

 

[Steve K]

I drilled a hole in the rear of the receiver for cleaning and I tapped it for stabilization. I sent it back to Ruger to be rebarreled since the best accuracy at 50 yards was 1 1/2 inches. They replaced the barrel, but also replaced the tuned bolt with a stock one. It is a pain to tear the rifle down just to clean the barrel, but if you need to do a complete cleaning it is worth the effort.

 

[LiveFire]

I drilled the hole in my receiver as well. There used to be a jig floating around on rimfirecentral you could borrow for that purpose or you can buy/make one if you chose that route.

 

[tmwinds]

I use this. Fits over the muzzle and aligns the rod.

 

[drover]

How are you guys doing it?
From the muzzle with a rod or with a pull thru??

Well it is a 10/22 and as such the tolerances are a bit to the loose side so it is unlikely that it will need cleaning all that often.

Just use a pull-through like a Boresnake for the bore, or if you want to upscale a bit then use an Otis, either will work just fine.

Wipe out inside the bolt raceway with a Q-Tip to get powder residue and clean the gunk out of the extractor slot from time to time.
If it needs a deeper cleaning then that then remove the action from the stock and use a spray cleaner.

drover

 

[55fairlane]

Easiest way to clean a 10/22 sell it to someone else and buy a quality 22......I know guys who put $1k to get those rifles to shoot with a $400 savage, and then brag about what a great rifle it is.....it is a great pinker for a 12 year old......

Ok bore snake the barrel, spray the bolt & action with brake cleaner, a little oil and your good to go.....

 

[Knotwild]

I bought a Bergara/1022 almost clone. It has the hole in the back of the receiver from the factory (actually I read that they recently quit with the hole with no explanation). But the bolt has to come out, which means the stock has to come off, but it's not really bad. What is bad to me is dealing with compressing the recoil spring and trying to work the bolt back in. So I bought a Gunsmither bolt bar and extractor tool. It helps with compressing the spring to get that bolt back in. So, it's easier now.

Gunsmither 10/22 Tool

But overall, I'm not impressed with the Ruger design. I much prefer my Belgian Browning SA22. It's a breeze to take down.

 

[ChrisNZ]

If you want to keep a 10/22 cycling reliably, it should be fully taken down at least every second brick and all the crud removed from the action. The sludging effect of powder residue will eventually cause jams if not removed.

 

[marazzi59]

I fabbed up a bushing to drill a hole in the back of the receiver that's concentric with the bore. Still gotta pull it out of the stock and pull the bolt but I like it

 

[CJ6]

I take the barrel off and use a rod chamber to muzzle.

 

[DogBuster]

Take down models are cinch !

 

[searcher]

There used to be place in the rear of the receiver that got a small hole milled though so it could be cleaned from the breech end with a conventional rod. Not sure if that's still a thing, or if it got axed for reasons. It still required disassembly including bolt removal, of course.

There was another company that apparently infringed on the Ruger patents - and was making them with the hole in the back. Think they were sued out of business? Did Ruger ever do this? I've not seen one.

 

[Adam in WI]

I think Thompson Center briefly made a not so subtle knockoff of the 10/22

 

[Gun Smith]

I think Thompson Center briefly made a not so subtle knockoff of the 10/22

Those are nice rifles. Nicely finished receiver and bolt compared to Rugers castings.
They have a "Last Shot Hold Open" feature built into the magazines. That HO feature
uses part of a Hold Open idea I patented about 20 years ago.

TC may have stopped making them, not sure?