How do you clean the 10-22's rotary mag? The manual says not to take it apart

I, uh, take mine apart.

The toughest thing about the Ruger 10/22 mags is getting the rotary follower reassembled with the right amount of spring tension. Too much or too little will cause feeding and functioning problems.

However, if you're not as adventurous as I am about disregarding the manual instructions, I'd either use a aerosol gun cleaner spray, making sure to test it before you use it for compatability with the plastic the magazine is made out of (the Birchwood-Casey GunScrubber softened the stock on my DISC with just an accidental overspray). The other option would be to flush it out with hot soapy water. That would take the bulk of the powder residue, lead and copper flakes and dirt out of the magazine. Obviously make sure the magazine is dried and lubricated with CLP or something similar after you're done. Don't overdo the lube, you want to prevent rust, but not provide a oily mess for more crap to stick to.

Mike

Oops! I used GunScrubber on my 10/22 magazines, and no ill effects to report. But then, I've only done it once. I sprayed into the mag., shook it around a little, then turned it upside down to drain right away - maybe that helped?
Worked great, so far

Must be the type of plastic the Knight stock was made out of, because GunScrubber melted the stock instantly on contact.

Mike

buy the 25 or 30 round mags for those 10/22's, they sell em everywhere now thanks to mr. bush

In the 2000 campaign Bush not only said he would sign an AWB extension if it came across his desk, he supported it.

True, and he said it again in 2004. But one could also argue that his statements of support for the AWB, accompanied by the remarkable lack of pressure on congress to send him a bill to sign, made his "support" for the AWB nothing more than a political ploy designed to mollify the misinformed soccer moms of America who don't have a clue (thanks to liberal politicians, anti-gun groups and their talking-head puppets in the media) what the AWB is really about. He took that position because he wanted to seem "moderate," knew that even if he did vocally support it that, left with the choice between maintaining the status-quo or voting for the most anti-gun presidential candidate in history, gun owners would still vote for him, and he was gambling on the fact that congress in its present makeup wouldn't send him a bill so he'd never have to actually keep his promise. It was a calculated political gamble at its finest, and it seemed to pay off.

Mike

soak it in acetone.

I would DEFINATLY NOT soak it in acetone. Acetone is so highly flammable, plus will eat through alot of different plastics. I work with acetone everyday and it is not a common cleaning liquid!!!!!!!

I agree...bad idea. Acetone is a very aggessive solvent, and it can attack certain plastics. I'm of the personal belief that hot soapy water, followed by a light application of a pl;astic safe preservative (CLP) is the answer to cleaning without disassembly.

Mike