Ruger 10/17 Instruction Manual

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INSTRUCTION
MANUAL
FOR
RUGER®
MODEL 10/22®& MODEL 10/17TM
AUTOLOADING RIFLES
For Product Service on This Model Please Call:
(603) 865-2442 (See p. 32)
STURM, RUGER & Company, Inc.
Southport, Connecticut 06890 U.S.A.
THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL SHOULD ALWAYS ACCOMPANY THIS FIREARM AND BE
TRANSFERRED WITH IT UPON CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP, OR WHEN THE FIREARM IS LOANED OR
PRESENTED TO ANOTHER PERSON.
B 3/04 R13
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND
WARNINGS IN THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY
BEFORE USING THIS FIREARM
BLUED &
STAINLESS...

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WARNING
“Children are attracted to and
can operate firearms that can
cause severe injuries or death.
Prevent child access by always
keeping guns locked away and
unloaded when not in use. If you
keep a loaded firearm where a
child obtains and improperly uses
it, you may be fined or sent to
prison.”
ADVERTENCIA
State-By-State Warnings
Certain states require by law that their own specified warning
notices in larger-than-normal type be conspicuously included by
the manufacturer, distributor, or retail...

Maine:
“ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD IS A
CRIME.  IF YOU  LEAVE A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION
WITHIN EASY ACCESS OF A CHILD, YOU MAY BE
SUBJECT TO FINE, IMPRISONMENT OR BOTH. KEEP
FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION  SEPARATE.  KEEP
FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION LOCKED UP. USE
TRIGGER LOCKS.”
Maryland:
“WARNING: Children can operate firearms which may cause
death or serious injury. It is a crime
to store or leave a loaded
firearm in any location where an individual knew or should
have known that an unsupervised minor...

New Jersey:
“IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO  LEAVE A LOADED
FIREARM WITHIN EASY ACCESS OF A MINOR.”
New York City:
“THE USE OF A LOCKING DEVICE OR SAFETY LOCK IS
ONLY ONE ASPECT OF RESPONSIBLE FIREARMS
STORAGE. FIREARMS SHOULD BE STORED UNLOADED
AND LOCKED IN A LOCATION THAT IS BOTH SEPARATE
FROM THEIR AMMUNITION AND  INACCESSIBLE TO
CHILDREN AND OTHER UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS.”
North Carolina:
“IT IS UNLAWFUL TO STORE OR LEAVE A FIREARM
THAT CAN BE DISCHARGED IN A MANNER THAT A
REASONABLE PERSON SHOULD KNOW IS...

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WARNING – LOCKING DEVICES
DO NOT INSTALL
INSIDE TRIGGER GUARD
INSTALL LOCK
AS SHOWN HEREThis firearm was originally sold
with a key-operated locking
device. While it can help provide
secure storage for your unloaded
firearm, any locking device can
fail. All guns are designed to fire if
they are loaded and the trigger is
pulled. Therefore, never install the
locking device inside the trigger
guard or in any way that it can
possibly pull the trigger!Do not
leave the keys in the lock.
The ultimate...

FIREARMS SAFETY-YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
SAFETY MUST BE THE FIRST AND CONSTANT
CONSIDERATION OF EVERY PERSON WHO HANDLES
FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION.
This Instruction Manual is designed to assist you in learning how to use and care
for your RUGER®MODEL 10/22®and 10/17TMrifles properly. Please
contact us if you have any questions about it.
Only when you are certain you fully understand the Manual and can properly
carry out its instructions should you practice loading, etc. with live ammunition.
If you have any...

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FIREARMS ARE DANGEROUS WEAPONS–
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS
IN THIS MANUAL THOROUGHLY AND
CAREFULLY BEFORE USING.
GENERAL INFORMATION
AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The RUGER®MODEL 10/22®and 10/17TMrifles are autoloading, recoil
operated rifles. 
Retracting the bolt handle cocks the internal hammer and compresses the recoil
spring. When the bolt is manually released, it moves forward (driven by the
recoil spring), strips a cartridge from the magazine, if a loaded magazine is in
place, and...

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Because the bullet offers the least resistance, it moves out of the cartridge case
and exits the muzzle. The bolt then moves rearward automatically, extracting
and ejecting the fired cartridge case, and at the same time cocking the hammer
and compressing the recoil spring, etc., as described above. Once the trigger is
released, the rifle is ready to fire again.
Each time the trigger is pulled and released, the same cycle is repeated until
there are no more cartridges in the magazine or in the chamber....

Figure 1. In these illustrations the frequently used operating components are identified.
Note that the safety is protruding fully from the right side of the trigger guard and is
therefore in its “on” (safe) position.
NOMENCLATURE
(10/22 Carbine Model Shown)
All models have the same basic operation mechanism and include the following
features with which the gun user should be thoroughly familiar.
The 10/22 RIFLEand the 10/17 RIFLEhave no barrel band.
10StockReceiver
BoltRear Sight
Barrel
Trigger Guard...

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OPERATION OF SAFETY
The RUGER®MODEL 10/22®and 10/17TMrifles and carbines have a
cross-button safety which is located in the forward portion of the trigger guard
(See Figure 1, p. 10.) The safety can be operated only when the hammer is
cocked.
The safety is “on” when it protrudes fully from the right side (the bolt handle
side) of the trigger guard assembly, as shown in Figure 1. In this position the
sear is blocked, and the gun cannot be fired from a normal pull on the trigger.
The safety should...