The 10/22 has many things going for it, but it still has some faults that I find irritating.
1. It needs automatic bolt lockback on the last shot. This indicates an out-of-ammo condition without dropping the hammer and firing pin on an empty chamber. This is easier said than done given the rotary magazine design, but some bright firearms designer ought to be able to figure it out.
2. The bolt release needs to work in a simpler manner.
3. Taking the bolt out of the receiver is easy. Putting it back is a rhymes with witch. Because the operating handle is working on a bolt spring way over to the side of the receiver, it's very difficult to retract it easily so the notch in the bolt can fit over the bolt handle in re-assembly. Right now, one has to compress the spring holding the bolt handle right over the spring, continue to keep it in that position, and then drop the bolt down on it. Awkward, and has made for more than one busted fingernail.
4. Impossible to clean the bore from the breech end unless you detach the barrel from the receiver. Then, if you are using a receiver mounted scope or sight, you more than probably will need to re-zero it after re-attachment. A simple cleaning rod hole in the rear of the receiver would take care of that, and many have made this needed modification.
5. Plucking the rotary magazine out of the gun requires awkward and time-consuming digging in with thumb and forefinger. Aftermarket long mag releases cure this, and I understand more recent Rugers come from the factory with this improvement.
6. The stock trigger pull is way too stiff. Aftermarket parts cure this easily; the factory should emulate them.
Still, I like these guns. They work.
John
