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Had a little bit of a shoot yesterday with my 10/22, a heavily cut-on Target Model from like 1997 or so. Was thinking I needed to clean the crud off the muzzle crown and maybe swill the chamber a bit as a loose round needed a bit of a shove, accuracy was falling off a bit.

Well, what an idiot I am. I got the rifle apart, cleaned the muzzle, chamber and bolt, and noticed the firing pin felt funny, stiff. Drove the roll pin and WHAT A GUMMY, DISGUSTING MESS. So THAT explained a couple of recent "duds" right off the bat. I've always been pretty good about giving the bolt a good bath in a potent solvent, but I guess in the year or so since I'd shot the thing (blank you, Obama and your hoarder pals), whatever I'd lubed it with had taken a set. Or maybe it was just what happens after 20 years of not completely stripping the bolt.

So, if you start getting "duds" for no reason, check your firing pin for free travel and spring return. Haven't shot it again yet, but I expect I'll have fewer flyers and no more duds.


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Originally Posted by Dave_Skinner
. Or maybe it was just what happens after 20 years of not completely stripping the bolt.
Ya think?

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So, if you start getting "duds" for no reason, check your firing pin for free travel and spring return..
Probably just me - but part of every cleaning a 10/22 (or most other rimfires) entails complete strip of the bolt for scrub, blow dry and reassemble.. Main reason is simply because 22rf ammo is just plain dirty compared to the rest..

Glad you cleaned it out. All should be good; just don't wait another 20 to revisit them parts... laugh laugh


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Traveled that road some years back with a Win 50 12 ga. Somewhere close to 40 years without stripping the bolt and it went full auto at station 8 one day. Every once in awhile those things need some lovin'.


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Ha! Yeah that will do it. Was out shooting with my brother last month, he was having trouble with his marlin model 60. Took it inside to look it over and, BEHOLD, he probably hadn't cleaned the action in the 20 years he's had it.


Hell...Reloading/Shooting are still my favorite things to do,besides play in the box the kids came in.................

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