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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
I'm kind of suspicious of people who don't own a 10/22. If you don't have one, but plan to buy one, you get a pass. Why would you not own a 10/22? I feel a little guilty about the few years I went without one. I was lost at that time.
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TBH I hate the basic 10/22 and refused to even consider buying one until I discovered all of the aftermarket stuff (and cottage industries then) to tweak and tune them. The mag release sucks, the bolt hold open is a biatch to work, and the curved butt plate on the stock looks stupid and feels worse. Sure, a DSP or LVT fixes the stock issue (nicely no less) but the mag and bolt release still produce vacuum.
There used to be a seller on ebay that had nice lever style mag releases (I have several) but he stopped doing them a few years back and I can't get more. The KIDD extended lever style mag release is also good but much more expensive. All the other lever style releases I've seen don't follow the lines of the trigger guard, leaving nasty looking gaps.
The bolt release issue is self-fixable, takes a few minutes with a dremel or file to remove the peak on the bolt release. This lets you engage as normal (a bit easier actually) and release by simply pulling on the bolt, just like any other semi auto wtih the bolt locked open