I Finally bought a extended magazine release for my 10/22. I guess it was about time, I have only had the gun since 1970. I love it, but have to get used to it. I kept trying to use the old stock release, of course isn't there anymore. Maybe after a couple hundred rounds it will be second nature.
I bought two of these last year, on someone here's recommendation. One for each 10/22 I own. I didn't wait but 10 years on one and 1 on the other - but I digress. Anyway, I believe that Ruger should have these as standard equipment on all of them. Until I got this, I just about always had to "dig" the 10 round magazine out of one of the rifles.
Yea George, that thread is what got me thinking of getting one. I keep forgetting to check into them when I'm at the LGS. Fiddling with the stock release with numb fingers here in the winter finally did it for me. I've kept the gun pretty much stock, except for the brimstone trigger job. I recommend their tier 2 work. Raven/gvw3, that's it, I should be good for the next 45 years.
There are some videos on just modifying the stock piece but knowing me and a dremel tool I figured the safe thing to do was just buy one and put the stock piece away for "in case".
Todd, when brimstone did the my trigger, they made that mod to my bolt release. Its part of there tier2 process. Thats another thing that I don't have to mess with now when my I can't feel my fingers in the cold.
the two greatest upgrades for a 10/22 are the extended mag release and the extended bolt release.
My hands are big and I hate fumbling around with the bolt release
below is the Power Custom extended automatic bolt release. They are about $14 and when installed, they give your finger something to grab on and easily work the bolt catch.
Then, you can release the bolt with a simple bump on the bolt handle just like an M1 Garand.
Thanks Coop., or like Todd posted, you can take a drumall and hollow out the hole at the top. It just needs to be elonggated a little. There's a few videos on U-tube showing what to do. I was going to do it, but like I said Brimstone did it for me when they did the trigger job. I really didn't notice how bad my stock trigger pull was on the 10/22 untill i bought a browning sa-22, which is set to break, i believe at about 3#. Now the 10/22 is set to 2.5#. What a difference!
Every time I am over at the LGS, I see those takedown models and I always fondle one of them. I also want one but I just can't see paying the extra $150 just cause they cut it in half!
Wow $25.00, stuff must be really expensive in Wy. Either that or the one i bought is cheap. Mine only cost $5.50. I threw the package away, but I think it was made by champion.
Yea, when I watched dbcooper's video on 10/22 optional items, I saw the one that you have. It's a little more on the classier side compared to the one that I got. But mine is a lot handier then the stock one that I have used for many years.
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