Can you clean 10-22 magazines?

kimberkid

June 11, 2014 03:09

If so ... How do you do it?

I had taken my 10-22's out to make sure they were sighted in and everything was in working order before I took my grandson out for an afternoon of shooting (I hadn't shot them in years) ... Everything worked perfectly, that is until yesterday when we went out.

The rounds were hanging up in the mag ...they seemed to have plenty of spring pressure and if you take the mag out and tap on it they would spring to the top.

Since they are plastic I'm hesitant to spray a cleaner down into them ... So do you just pitch them and get new ones or is there a way to clean them?

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  tsr1965

  June 11, 2014 03:21

  kimberkid,
  
  That hex screw in the end, holds them together. You can take them apart for cleaning. The trick, if it is one, is getting them back together with the right spring tension. Once you have done a couple of them, it becomes simple, like taking the Ruger MK II, 22 pistol down for cleaning...once you have done a few of them, they are second nature, but a PITA at first.
  
  So, if you are going to just pitch them, you might as well give the cleaning a spin first, and enjoy yourself, while doing so.
  
  Best

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  Hangfire

  June 11, 2014 04:44

  Tony~
  
  No big deal.. I clean mine on a regular basis.. Been doing it since my first one in 1964.. Here's Brownells instructions..
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1UqbT2CFig

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  kimberkid

  June 11, 2014 06:03

  Thanks guys ...
  
  Had I even given it half a thought, I would have known that something designed 50 years ago would have been designed to be cleaned and or repaired ... not thrown away.
  
  The video helped in that I knew what to expect when taking it apart and getting it back together ... I think I could have managed anyway but not nearly as quickly!
  
  Thanks again!

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