I thought I would share this, nothing unusual for most of you. I purchased a used 10/22 back around January, everything looked good, gun was clean, stock hardly has a nick in it, action was smooth and I had no reason to believe there were any issues. I got it home, ran the serial and it came back with a manufacturer date of 1979 I believe. (metal trigger group)
I took it to the range for the first time last Saturday, epic fail. I couldn't get it to cycle three rounds in a row. Failure to fire, failure to eject, I tried different ammo, same result so I put it away.
Later that night I ordered a Kidd, recoil spring/charging handle, firing pin, buffer and extractor. I've built AR's and done some minor stuff and I know this isn't difficult but it was my first foray. Parts came in yesterday afternoon and I got to work. I had all the parts replaced and the gun reassembled inside an hour or so.
I loaded up about 10 rounds, stepped out back to to test. 10 rounds speed fire and it ran like a top. Very satisfying... I'm taking my little sister to the range at lunch today, hopefully I can run a few mags to confirm.
I've always been a Marlin 60 guy for no real reason. I've spent way to much money on this 10/22 but I'm enjoying it. It makes me want to go down the rabbit hole, stock, barrel, trigger group etc.
I took it to the range for the first time last Saturday, epic fail. I couldn't get it to cycle three rounds in a row. Failure to fire, failure to eject, I tried different ammo, same result so I put it away.
Later that night I ordered a Kidd, recoil spring/charging handle, firing pin, buffer and extractor. I've built AR's and done some minor stuff and I know this isn't difficult but it was my first foray. Parts came in yesterday afternoon and I got to work. I had all the parts replaced and the gun reassembled inside an hour or so.
I loaded up about 10 rounds, stepped out back to to test. 10 rounds speed fire and it ran like a top. Very satisfying... I'm taking my little sister to the range at lunch today, hopefully I can run a few mags to confirm.
I've always been a Marlin 60 guy for no real reason. I've spent way to much money on this 10/22 but I'm enjoying it. It makes me want to go down the rabbit hole, stock, barrel, trigger group etc.