In this part I show you the careful steps to marking out the receiver and drilling the cleaning hole. I created this video with the RU-vid Video Editor ( / editor )
i stripped the bolt out of my receiver and then pushed a dewey rod with a jag down the bore. gave it a good tap on the handle so that it would mark the inside of the receiver then measure how far up it needed to be. drilled a hole and now im good.
Yes I originally wanted to do that but was not happy with the repeatability of the location thus obtained, hence my tortuous approach. Many thanks for viewing and commenting! All the best, Rob
Well Rob, I hope you’re doing well. It’s been awhile since you’ve posted but I love your content, especially on the rifles you covered in your RU-vid career.
Would be great if Ruger started installing all the known good mods at the factory: an adjustable trigger, proper bolt-stop buffer, cleaning hole w/rubber plug to keep dirt out, piccatiny rail, free-floated barrel. Just my $0.02. Nice video, with the measurements to proceed.
Captain America thanks! Couldn’t agree more - but then, guys like me would have nothing more to do! ;-) Many thanks for watching and commenting! Measure twice drill (or cut) once is my motto! All the best, Rob
For those contemplating doing this. I used a cleaning rod to indicate the position in the receiver. Turns out it was exactly the same location as the buffer tube holes. Ended up using the buffer tube holes as position indicator. Lines up and Works perfectly. No need for a jig.
Hahaha - make that 60 times! The thing is, I would have hated seeing it every time I clean the rifle, if it had been off-centre. Now I know it's spot on. Many thanks for viewing and commenting. All the best, Rob.
I thought of doing this, but truthfully was afraid of getting flashback through the hole right into my eyes. If you have to disassemble anyways, I'm probably just as well off.
You assume that the barrel is square in the receiver. I have been doing this cleaning modification for 25 years now and it is a lot easier to use a nice tight 1 peice cleaning rod down the bore and mark the outside of the receiver. Then drill it out. It's fast and easy.
Take the bolt and charging handle out of the receiver. Get a drilling jig from Brownells, bolt it into the receiver, then use the cork from a wine bottle to plug the barrel end of the receiver so you don't get any metal shavings into the barrel. Drill the hole, clean everything up, and unplug the wine bottle cork, and you're done. It would be nice if Ruger would just drill a cleaning hole to begin with, but they don't. So far. They may at some point.
I’m at 11:48 in this video, I’ve wasted 11:48 minutes of my life watching you center punch a hole , that means nothing other than running a cleaning rod from the breach / chamber to the muzzle end of the barrel , how long does it take you to clean a Ruger 10/22 rifle , do you have a six part video on that , WOW !!! .800 up and centered from side to side , drill hole , counter sink , done
Thank you for watching those 11:48 minutes and taking the time to make a comment, because even if you consider it was a waste of your time (your decision, BTW) my aim was to show the deliberations and considerations I put into making a good job of drilling that hole with basic skills and tools. Measure twice, drill once, remember. There are expensive jigs out there for just this job, but I wanted to do it myself, as accurately as possible with simple tools. "It's near enough" is not accurate enough for me. And to replace the receiver because I got it wrong is expensive, very complicated here in Switzerland and therefore not an option. *Please share a video for the community showing your technique for such a modification.* All the best, Rob
Yes, I am aware of the jig but it would have to come transatlantic with associated costs. Then I will own a jig that I will NEVER use again. Hence my approach. Time and money saved. Despite the slow approach! Many thanks for watching and commenting! All the best, Rob
To be able to clean the bore with a rod and brush *from the breech* keeping the rod straight. It's not recommended to clean from the muzzle. I found it suboptimal that the rod has to be angled offering uneven wear on the bore. Anybody who takes accuracy seriously doesn't want to be cleaning harder on one side of the bore than the other. As you can see from the comments, I am not the only one irritated by this! I hope this was useful. Yes, I take ages to measure it because I don't have sophisticated tools but it is important to get it in the right position otherwise I might as well not have bothered! And I'm Swiss and OCD so careful measurement before drilling is a must! Many thanks for viewing and commenting! All the best, Rob
@@navykitty5339 Of course every removal of material weakens a structure. However the rear wall of my receiver is not subject to much stress or impact, as I have a polymer bolt buffer which arrests the movement of the bolt at the rear extremity before it is accelerated forwards by the recoil spring to load another cartridge in the breech. I have judged this to be a harmless modification since the hole drilled is quite small in comparison to the dimensions of the receiver as a whole. The Ruger 10/22 has been manufactured for many decades and millions have been produced. If there were an endemic structural weakness in this item, Ruger would have fixed it decades and millions of units ago. I therefore feel pretty secure in making this small modification. FYI I have experienced a material failure in a pistol (SIG Mosquito) where the slide sheared just behind the ejection port as a result of repeated impacts (maybe 4000-5000 rounds) using mostly CCI regular but also maybe maximum 500 rounds of their hotter ammo (Stinger). This was graciously replaced for free by GSG (German Sport Guns) in Germany as it was clearly a manufacturing (casting) problem. The replacement new part (with the correct frame number) has apparently the same design as the part that failed so I must assume that the design is OK and the casting of the failed part was at fault. You may remember that GSG always manufactured the SIG Mosquito and now has the rights to it. It is now called the GSG FireFly. I have to commend GSG for their excellent and responsible customer service. I hope this was useful and interesting! Many thanks for your interest and interaction! All the best, Rob
Hi Control Man - it isn't "in your face", it is blocked off and hidden by the stock - otherwise i would have chosen to do exactly what you suggest! Many thanks for viewing and commenting! All the best, Rob in Switzerland
That was 11:48 of my life that I'll never get back again...It's a freaking hole used for a cleaning rod. Your not drilling holes for a scope or something. Dam...Now I'm pissed off.....
Thank you Michael BonAnno for viewing to the end ;-) and commenting! I would look forward to watch some videos you have made, but unfortunately there aren't any. If you have a smartphone, you already have a video recorder and editing software. I encourage you to show others how you enjoy your hobbies. The sheer variety is what makes the RU-vid community so valuable. Best regards from Switzerland, Rob
Thanks for watching and commenting! And good luck! I have been very pleased with the rifle since I did this series of modifications. I would like to replace the Chinese noname scope with a better one like a SWFA SS. And maybe fit a Magpul Hunter X-22 stock. But it already shoots well and I already don't get enough range time with it, so I guess the extra expense is hard to justify. All the best, Rob
