10/22 loading procedure

[baronvoncatania]

I hav'nt got a chance to shoot my 10/22 yet and am reading the manual for loading it. From what I understand, you first lock the action open then loading the rotary magazine, then PUT ANOTHER ROUND IN THE CHAMBER? So theres 11 rounds in the gun?

I've always had bolt action .22s so this is new to me.

Thanks

 

[blume357]

That's a practical method for a defensive pistol, if you want or think you might need an extra shot.... with the 10/22 it seems kind of silly, even though I see nothing technically wrong with it.... I'd just prefer to have 10 shots.... if you want to shoot more, an extra fully loaded magazine would be no more trouble and you would get 10 more shots, not just one, for the same amount of work.

 

[SATCOM]

baronvoncatania,

NO! You did not read that in the manual. Instructions include loading for single shot with or without magazine but I see none for loading it for 11 rounds. Need for more than 10 shots, do like blume357 said or buy a BX25.

Should owners read instruction manuals and then invent their own procedures? I don't think so but that's just my opinion.

SATCOM

 

[baronvoncatania]

Ok Thanks, I guess I read it wrong, I don't need the extra shot, I just thought that's what it said in the manual. So you just insert the magazine in and release the bolt.

Thanks again.

 

[SATCOM]

baronvoncatania,

A bolt action rifle in .22 by JC Higgins/Sears Roebuck/Marlin was my pride and joy from when I was 13 until I joined the US Army. Shot thousands of rounds with gun. Years later I got a Ruger 10-22 and inside six months I must have shot more rounds with it than I did in the five years with my old JC Higgins. The 10-22 is great fun but still a bolt action is special.

Enjoy your 10-22 but be prepared to buy a lot of ammo.

SATCOM

 

[JFB]

https://ruger-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/_manuals/1022.pdf
Page 19
here is a summary with step 6 rewritten hopefully to clear up the original misconception

1) Point muzzle in safe dirrection
2) Pull bolt back, engage lock, verify chamber clear and safety on
3) remove magazine
4) load magazine
5) insert magazine
6) Pull bolt full back to release the lock. release the bolt and a round will load
7) the rifle is now loaded

the "lock" is shown on page 7 lower section of figure 1. It must be manually manipulated to lock the bolt. It takes a little getting use to so I would suggest trying till it becomes easy with NO AMMO

To lock the bolt back, use trigger finger to squeeze the locking lever (sort of like pulling the trigger) and hold. Pull the bolt back and release bolt and it should now be locked open. remove finger from locking lever.

to release the bolt, slap the bolt's charging handle hard back and immediatly lift hand to let the bolt go foward without being touched. the bolt going back just a little should drop out the lock

given the magazine holds 10, once the rifle is loaded as per above, there will be 9 in the mag and 1 in the chamber. You can now remove the mag, toppin it off to add 1 so you will have 11 ready to fire.

While page 21 provides instructions for loading without a magazine. I would not recomend doing that as with the round in the chamber, the slamming closed bolt by cause the round to fire. when I load single rounds for training, I use a magazine to load from

 

[blume357]

I also do not usually insert a loaded mag with bolt open. I prefer the bolt closed and the cycle the bolt looking in the chamber to make sure the top round goes in.

Also, one of the things I don't like about the 10/22 is the bolt lock/ release feature, after fixing the trigger pull, this should be the next modification on the rifle.. In fact if installing the parts to improve the trigger, one might as well install a better bolt release part in the trigger group at the same time... Not difficult to do if you have a #10 finishing nail or such handy to help with putting the pins back.