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#1 ·
So I bought an ORC version of the 10/22 NIB. I have taken it to the range once and put about 100 rounds through it. It jams a lot. It seems like it doesn't like the type of ammo I was using. Remington. Anyway, that isn't really the problem. For the most part it works.

The problem I do have is I am attempting to clean it. I removed it from the stock and found it easier to clean that way.

About the time I thought I had it good to go a good size pin falls out of it. It took me a minute to find out from where. It actually came out from the back and top of the action. I also found a smaller pin just below it that was about to fall out.

I pushed the smaller one back in and slid the bigger one in two. The big one just falls out. It has nothing holding it in at this point.

Anyone have any ideas what is going on. Is this normal?
 
#2 · (Edited)
yeah, that's pretty normal. only thing a little unusual is that it usually takes awhile for those pins to loosen up enough to just fall out willy-nilly. mine do now, but didn't for the first year or two i had them. as long as you find them and put them back in the right holes, no springs flying, all is well. also, you'll want to try a variety of different ammunition to see what yours likes. i discovered early on, as have most others, that two absolutely identical 10/22s don't necessarily like the same stuff. they could have been right next to each other on the assembly line, and one loves remington gold bullets, and the other only wants cci. nature of the beast(s).
 
#5 ·
The pins are retained by the stock. So when your remove the stock they can slide out. You could just take the two small pins out and remove the trigger housing. That way you don't get a bunch of solvent and gunk in the trigger group while cleaning.

The large pin is the bolt stop. It keeps the bolt from coming back far enough to drop out of the receiver. That pin can be replaced with a plastic piece, or the Kidd rubber / steel pin. It provides a coushin for the bolt so it isn't banging steel on steel.
 
#6 · (Edited)
The two lower are the trigger housing pins and as said the upper is the bolt stop. On my older 10/22's (1976 and 1983 model years) they seem to fit tighter, than any I have purchased in the last 4 years. As said the stock holds them in. I replaced my bolt stop with a buffer pin that fits tighter and if the trigger oins are loose, I have used small peices of tape to hold them while reinstalling the stock. I only do heavy cleaning every few trips to the range and most the time I run a boresnake through from breach to muzzle several times after each use.
 
#7 ·
Recent Purchase Update

Many thanks all. I hadn't put it back together yet so I hadn't noticed that these fall below the stock line so it is holding them in. Yeah, they are loose enough that I only need tilt the rifle and they fall right out.

The lower ones closer to the trigger seem to have enough friction that they stay for the most part.

As for ammo I figure a little use and ammo testing will resolve that. Unfortunately I guess I will just have to shoot it more. Darn. :D

Thanks again all!
 
#9 · (Edited)
The pins on my takedown fall out easily, too. I put a dab of lithium grease on them so the don't of fall out and get lost. Seems to work okay. I switched to the Kidd rubber tube with steel pin.

Also, get a milled ejector and toss the stock stamped ejector. Mine was a jam-o-matic until that was replaced. Huge difference.
 
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