Drilling 10-22 receiver

[Stillkickin]

I've recently heard of drilling an access hole in the rear of the receiver to align with the bore in order to be able to clean the bore from the breach.  Has anybody here done this?  How did it go?  Suggestions?

[jlwilliams]

I did it.  Works great.  Not too hard to do.  That said, I have since switched to using a bore snake for most of my cleaning so the access for a rod doesn't get used much.

[BlkHawk73]

   Nothing I'd go for myself just because if you were to somehow screw it up, well, you still own it, messed up and all and well, you just removed any and all Ruger service it may ever require.  Avoid all that and simply use a bore snake.


  Funny...only firearms I really hear people worrying about this cleaning rod issue is with the 10/22.  Guess it's a non-issue in all the other rifle models.

[Stillkickin]

Having Ruger do anything for this rifle in the future is a minimal probability since the instruction manual states, "Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc has elected not to provide any written warranty, either 'limited' or 'full', rather than to attempt to comply with the provisions of the Magnuson-Moss Act and the regulations issued thereunder."  It appears to me that the 10-22 is a project gun from the getgo, was intended to be that, and is definitely not lacking for parts and accessories in that behalf.
 
I can't speak for why other people worry about cleaning which rifles from the breach but, as for me, I have been shooting for more than 50 years and have never before had a rifle that couldn't be cleaned from the breach-- Thus the reason why I am thinking about it with the 10-22.  I have used bore snakes but prefer rods.
 
Thanks for the input, jlwilliams.
 
 

[alan in ga]

I did it to my 10/22 about 10 years ago. One of my gunshops has the Browning device that aligns the receiver for this cleaning access hole so we did it to mine. Now, I've never used it. Several things: a Ruger 10/22 doesn't need cleaning as often as most do. It's easy enough to use a 'pull through device such as a patch out, home made bore snake [weed trimmer cord], or a BoreSnake [the best way probably]. I prefer to clean chambers and have used home made devices that look like the chamber brushes Remington used to make for their centerfire semiauto rifles [Gamemaster?].
I have a custom Shilen 22LR Match barrel on my 10/22 and it has had a LOT of rounds through it. The MAIN reason I don't use the rear entry hole is because my 10/22 is BEDDED and it's a tight fit to get in and out.
I won't try to talk you out of drilling your receiver because if you're like me, you like to try things for yourself. You will probably find the same results as I did though and that's why I posted here. I don't have a commercial bore snake as I have several home made pull throughs all around my gun bench. I think a Commercial 'store bought' Boresnake would be a good idea though! Except for "wiping out" unburnt powder and any other residue in the 22LR bore with just one or two pull throughs, the chamber is the most importand area what with all the bullet lubes [waxes, greases. etc.]that get scraped/blown/deposited there.

[BlkHawk73]

  It appears to me that the 10-22 is a project gun from the getgo, was intended to be that, and is definitely not lacking for parts and accessories in that behalf.
 

  How could it have been intended as a "project gun" when the market for all the accessories was hatched until 20 years afar it came out?  Even then t took another 10 years for that accessory market to really come on big to what it is now.