Man, I get down voted like crazy when I say I hated my 10/22. I don't know if I had a lemon or what. But I absolutely hated my 10/22. Bought it brand new years ago. Never really shot it. Got into .22s after a friend got a 10/22. Mine was a total jam-o-matic. I used many different loads, CCI mini mags ended up being the best, but still performed poorly. The mags we're awful, I replaced the extractor. Cleaned it, polished it. Tried everything everyone recommended. My friends is more reliable, but he also dumped the value of a whole 10/22 into after market upgrades.
I had the same experience. I've owned multiple custom 10/22 platform rifles and they are all wonderful once broken in, but the one RUGGER 10/22 I owned was abysmal dogshit. Horribly unreliable, poor trigger, and not really that accurate.
Miniature is also word in french, no need to translate. I hate Provost and the rest of those freaks as much as the next guy, but you're kinda talking out of your ass on this one lol
me too. My 10/22's have all been overwhelmingly mediocre and characterless. They only really get okay when most (or all) of the 'ruger' bits have been replaced. And even then, theyre still pretty boring.
the 10/22 is a mediocre design in the modern day when you realize it's design has not changed much since the 60's. The only reason it's popular is because of it's extensive aftermarket support, never ask a 10/22 owner how much money they have sunken into their "cheap pinker" that still can't outshoot a savage mark 2.
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u/displacedpie Apr 06 '26
Man, I get down voted like crazy when I say I hated my 10/22. I don't know if I had a lemon or what. But I absolutely hated my 10/22. Bought it brand new years ago. Never really shot it. Got into .22s after a friend got a 10/22. Mine was a total jam-o-matic. I used many different loads, CCI mini mags ended up being the best, but still performed poorly. The mags we're awful, I replaced the extractor. Cleaned it, polished it. Tried everything everyone recommended. My friends is more reliable, but he also dumped the value of a whole 10/22 into after market upgrades.