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<blockquote data-quote="TheDoubleD" data-source="post: 3970054" data-attributes="member: 43754">In the late 80&#039;s I ran a gunsmith shop in northern California-heart of the&nbsp; California Gray Digger squirrel population. I sold a lot of 10-22&#039;s.&nbsp; I repaired a lot of 10-22&#039;s and do not remember ever having one come in for magazine issues,&nbsp; Well except...those old&nbsp; Butler Creek &quot;banana&quot; mag&#039;s.&nbsp; The were always failing.&nbsp; Ruger magazines back then never failed.&nbsp; I use to order in extractors, springs and plungers in bulk.&nbsp; Those were always getting blown out.&nbsp; I also sent several of those guns back to Ruger for rebuild when the receiver cross pin hole got enlarged.The gun would usually still work missing the extractor.&nbsp; Sometime the fired brass would jam&nbsp; the gun and would need cleared.Some of those guns would come inabsolutely encrusted in filth and still functioned.&nbsp; They shot best dirty.&nbsp; Bore would need punched only when accuracy would drop off, Punch the bore, fire a&nbsp; magazine through it and it was back to shootingThen somewhere around 08-10 after I retired, my late wife had&nbsp; a Ruger magazine failure.&nbsp; It just stopped feeding.&nbsp; In those day we were shooting Montana gophers 3 or 4 times a week.&nbsp; From March to July.&nbsp; 75 to100 rounds a day.&nbsp; In early June when the babies came out a couple days of 500 plus rounds per gun was not unusual.&nbsp; She had 5 of those magazines that she kept loaded and rotated&nbsp; though that gun. That faulty magazine would not rotate.&nbsp; I cleaned it several times and that did not help.&nbsp; The last time it gave her trouble she grumbled at me and I said, let me see it.&nbsp; She handed it to me and I tossed it out the window.&nbsp;&nbsp; Next time we went to Walmart in&nbsp; Great Falls she made me buy her another.When she passed in 2011 I sent her rifle to the&nbsp; Maryland Granddaughters.&nbsp; Before shipping, I notice the extractor was missing.&nbsp; Wonder how long that had been gone?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheDoubleD, post: 3970054, member: 43754"] In the late 80's I ran a gunsmith shop in northern California-heart of the California Gray Digger squirrel population. I sold a lot of 10-22's. I repaired a lot of 10-22's and do not remember ever having one come in for magazine issues, Well except...those old Butler Creek "banana" mag's. The were always failing. Ruger magazines back then never failed. I use to order in extractors, springs and plungers in bulk. Those were always getting blown out. I also sent several of those guns back to Ruger for rebuild when the receiver cross pin hole got enlarged. The gun would usually still work missing the extractor. Sometime the fired brass would jam the gun and would need cleared. Some of those guns would come inabsolutely encrusted in filth and still functioned. They shot best dirty. Bore would need punched only when accuracy would drop off, Punch the bore, fire a magazine through it and it was back to shooting Then somewhere around 08-10 after I retired, my late wife had a Ruger magazine failure. It just stopped feeding. In those day we were shooting Montana gophers 3 or 4 times a week. From March to July. 75 to100 rounds a day. In early June when the babies came out a couple days of 500 plus rounds per gun was not unusual. She had 5 of those magazines that she kept loaded and rotated though that gun. That faulty magazine would not rotate. I cleaned it several times and that did not help. The last time it gave her trouble she grumbled at me and I said, let me see it. She handed it to me and I tossed it out the window. Next time we went to Walmart in Great Falls she made me buy her another. When she passed in 2011 I sent her rifle to the Maryland Granddaughters. Before shipping, I notice the extractor was missing. Wonder how long that had been gone? [/QUOTE]

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