Thread: Ruger 10/22 wont cycle

Hi team

Ok so stupid me sold my 1997 Ruger 10/22 a few years back

An not too long ago i decided that was a dumb idea and purchased another one off here, although the new one is one of the "stainless Hogue" models, so after chopping the barrel as short as is allowed to facilitate shooting from the Ute (think its about 12-13") with the suppressor on, i have run into a problem. It wont reliably cycle subsonic ammo, it jams about 2-3 rounds per 10 shot magazine, either the bolt does not go back far enough to eject, or it will eject and chamber a round but the extractor wont clip over the rim of the case (i can make it clip over by smacking the charging handle forward). I've cleaned the crap out of it, and I've also polished the receiver body on the inside (the finish was rough as guts compared to my old one), but still same issue. My thinking is that i need to get a charging handle with a weaker spring so the bolt can go back all the way.

Has anyone done this on theirs and how did it work? any make/model you would recommend?

Ammo ive tried, CCI standard velocity, eley club, eley hunting subs, sk standard, fiocci official 300, . It works perfectly fine with CCI velocitors

I didn't shoot it with the full length barrel so not sure if that made any diffrence

Cheers