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Someone had told me that they were having problems with the Ruger 10/22 22mag ,if anyone has any info on this I would appreciate it . Thanks
As you probably know the 10/22 mag is no longer in production from Ruger due to low reliability centered mainly around spent shell ejection problems commonly referred to as stovepipes. This was an issue that Ruger failed to address properly and could never fix entirely although they tried different solutions, most notably, a second ejector on the inside of the bolt but that did not fix things and as a matter of fact created a different issue of the the inside ejector coming lose and damaging the bolt during live fire.
However this should not scare you if you are looking for a 10/22 mag. The guns can be made extremely reliable with a simple and cheap fix. Volquartsen manufactures replacement ejectors which replace the factory ejector and cures the problem. Also installing a quality bolt buffer greatly improves longevity. Many other things could be done but as far as reliabilty is concerned those would cure most of the problems and can be done for approx. $20 - $25.
I just modded one this year, simple to work on and is a great shooter and very accurate. The problem is finding a good used 10/22 mag for a decent price today. They all seem to go for big bucks. A great resource for 10/22 questions is rimfirecentral.com.
