Any of you have the 10/22 takedown? I am thinking of buying one.

[anomad]

I like mine well enough and I was never a 10/22 fan. The trigger was so-so but I had Brimstone work on it. Much better now, 2 1/4 lbs, clean break. I have a stovepipe every other magazine or so, which I'm hoping will be fixable with a $12 Volquartsen extractor. Cheap enough, but kind of a pain. Also, the BX-25 magazines seem somewhat hit-or-miss; one of mine works, one needs to be returned to Ruger because of bolt clearance issues.

The takedown capability appeal for me is in discreet carry while backpacking or in the lockable saddlebags on my motorcycle. Before buying I had been looking for a Marlin Papoose but I think the Ruger beats it in most every way.

I haven't mounted a scope and am not sure if I will. For now I have a Skinner Lo-pro peep sight on it (needed to shave down the stem, or get a taller front sight) which I may replace with something off this page. (One site mounts on the barrel, and they're coming out with an Express sight for the receiver.)
http://www.skinnersights.com/ruger_firearms_22.html

The odd thing is, every magazine and online review I've read lauds the rifle for its ability to return to zero after breakdown. Hmmm...

There is a lot more Takedown info over on rimfirecentral.com , btw.

The volquartsen exact edge extractor is a great upgrade.

[skortch]

The volquartsen exact edge extractor is a great upgrade.

A quick follow-up to my above post. Verdict: very positive.

It took maybe 10 minutes to install the Volquartsen extractor. I only ran a couple magazines through but experienced no stovepipes, very nice results so far. (This on top of the fact that I hadn't cleaned the 10/22 for a while, so even dirty it cycled just fine. The stovepipes occurred every previous range trip, clean rifle or not.)

Big improvement for me, just too bad it seems to be such a necessary upgrade.

[baglock1]

It took maybe 10 minutes to install the Volquartsen extractor. I only ran a couple magazines through but experienced no stovepipes, very nice results so far.

It looks like all of the internals on the standard 10/22 vs the takedown are the same. Is this the same for the extractor? That is, did you order the std volquartsen extractor for the takedown?

I didn't see any separate part numbers or anything, but since it didn't specifically state that it was compatible with the takedown, I wanted to confirm.

Additionally, what do you think about the mag release on it? My current 10/22s are all the older models with the flush mag release. I had planned on ordering one of the extended releases (like the tactical innovations style that extends under the trigger guard) for 1-2 of them and had considered one for the takedown as well. Since I've never had the opportunity to play with the newer style release though, I was going to wait until I had it in hand.

Since I'm now on day 11 of the waiting game, I'm starting to get impatient. So, mag release on the takedown: decent or just barely less clumsy than the original flush style?