Ruger 10/22 slide release problem

savageT · 07-19-2002, 07:29 PM

Hi!

I have a standard LR 10/22 that has a problem from right out of the box. I didn't know at the time if it was me but I've come to realize it ain't! The bolt slide won't release when I depress the trigger guard latch. It seems to have a mind of its own, generally I have to pull the magazine out before I can get it to close?????Most of the time I have no idea what I do to get it to close!!!Do I have to return it to the factory, or can you give me some hint how to fix this??
Thanks for the advice.
JimT

jerry · 07-20-2002, 06:32 AM

are you pulling back slightly on the bolt handle while depresing the trigger guard latch?

Rock · 07-22-2002, 01:03 AM

The 10/22 does not have a bolt release....It does have a mag release...

savageT · 07-22-2002, 07:30 AM

Beg to Differ!

The 10/22 has a bolt/slide release (or if you want ,,,,,a slide HOLD-OPEN Release) on the trigger guard, not to be confused with the magazine release on the magazine proper.
JimT
P.S. Currently, I have it in to my gunsmith for evaluation

jerry · 07-22-2002, 07:35 AM

i was just thinking if this wasn't a terminology thing. couldn't have begged to differ better myself. good luck on the eval. wouldn't think it would be any thing big.

savageT · 07-26-2002, 10:09 PM

Just a Follow-Up on my earlier post about my 10/22.

I stopped into a gunshop and the owner showed me an older Ruger 10/22 and I'll be ****ed if the thing don't act the same way as mine!!!He was able to release the slide by pushing the release back and UP. When I tried nothin'!!! I couldn't get the ****ed thing to release. He said it was just a matter of getting used to the pulling back on the slide, pushing back and up with the other hand. Is this our best American craftmanship???
JimT

jerry · 07-26-2002, 10:39 PM

hold tongue to left slightly

lefty o · 07-27-2002, 08:17 AM

if your comfortable enough to take the trigger housing apart you can either buy / or modify your existing bolt release so that with the bolt already locked back all you have to do to release the bolt is pull back on the bolt handle and let go.

07-19-2002, 07:29 PM	#1
savageT Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 40	Ruger 10/22 slide release problem Hi! I have a standard LR 10/22 that has a problem from right out of the box. I didn't know at the time if it was me but I've come to realize it ain't! The bolt slide won't release when I depress the trigger guard latch. It seems to have a mind of its own, generally I have to pull the magazine out before I can get it to close?????Most of the time I have no idea what I do to get it to close!!!Do I have to return it to the factory, or can you give me some hint how to fix this?? Thanks for the advice. JimT __________________ savageT

07-22-2002, 01:03 AM	#3
Rock Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 253	The 10/22 does not have a bolt release....It does have a mag release... __________________ www.infowars.com www.infowars.com www.infowars.com The worst kind of slave is the one who thinks he is free... The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered eastern people to have arms. History teaches thet all conquerors who have allowed thir subject race to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so...Adolf Hitler...4/11/1942

07-22-2002, 07:30 AM	#4
savageT Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 40	Beg to Differ! The 10/22 has a bolt/slide release (or if you want ,,,,,a slide HOLD-OPEN Release) on the trigger guard, not to be confused with the magazine release on the magazine proper. JimT P.S. Currently, I have it in to my gunsmith for evaluation __________________ savageT

07-26-2002, 10:09 PM	#6
savageT Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 40	Just a Follow-Up on my earlier post about my 10/22. I stopped into a gunshop and the owner showed me an older Ruger 10/22 and I'll be **ed if the thing don't act the same way as mine!!!He was able to release the slide by pushing the release back and UP. When I tried nothin'!!! I couldn't get the **ed thing to release. He said it was just a matter of getting used to the pulling back on the slide, pushing back and up with the other hand. Is this our best American craftmanship??? JimT __________________ savageT

07-20-2002, 06:32 AM	#2
jerry Short Time Shirt Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 13,229 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	are you pulling back slightly on the bolt handle while depresing the trigger guard latch?

07-22-2002, 07:35 AM	#5
jerry Short Time Shirt Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 13,229 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	i was just thinking if this wasn't a terminology thing. couldn't have begged to differ better myself. good luck on the eval. wouldn't think it would be any thing big.

07-26-2002, 10:39 PM	#7
jerry Short Time Shirt Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 13,229 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	hold tongue to left slightly

07-27-2002, 08:17 AM	#8
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 6,239	if your comfortable enough to take the trigger housing apart you can either buy / or modify your existing bolt release so that with the bolt already locked back all you have to do to release the bolt is pull back on the bolt handle and let go.