BRN-22 STRIPPED RECEIVER FOR RUGER® 10/22® Reviews & Ratings

I find that this product is not built or coordinated with Shaw barrels tenon OD. There is a 0.006” gap between the barrel tenon and receiver barrel bore. Which part is shot on coordination of QC with after market barrels? I don’t know but the gap is still there! It may even be contributing to some barrel droop.

The receiver looks phenomenal!! I had to heat it up in the oven, to mate it to my Kidd barrel. That’s excellent in my book. The finish on the receiver is also outstanding. Everything was going great, until I tried to mount my recoil spring. The area where the guild rod is grounded into the receiver, was improperly cut. I kept wondering why my spring and rod assembly wouldn’t stay put. The raised portion where the retaining hole wasn’t cut properly. So no anchor point

With the Brownells receiver the bolt is difficult to operate. I measured the inside dimensions where the bolt travels and they are 30 thousandths of an inch smaller than Ruger original. I have about 200 rounds thru the build, and I am still getting ejection failures.

Bought this but factory Ruger bolt and Volquartsen bolt did not drop in. I had to file down part of it to actually get the bolts to drop in. Ruger bolt works but the Volquartsen Competition bolt ftf each shot. Called and Vol said it is a known issue with those receivers but fires flawlessly in a Ruger Receiver.

I was initially excited when Brownells offered this product. I was disappointed when it came time for assembly. I am a moldmaker and have been working on firearms for 45 years. I am not a novice. I have been involved in building 6 of these. All were built on factory Ruger parts. All 6 required milling of the internal details to get the bolt to fit into the receiver. On 5 of the six, the ejector had to be modified because the trigger group sat so high in. The receiver that it interfered with the function of the bolt. On 3 of those 5 the bolt had to have a groove cut into it to clear the ejector after it was modified because further modification of the ejector would have removed too much material to maintain reliability. The factory Ruger stocks had to be modified for the actions to fit. All six rifles function. To require so much fitting on such a simple part is unacceptable.

Its a great functioning receiver but I had to do some machining on the rail to get my bolt and spring to fit.

Ordered two of these, one railed, one not. They have a nice finish, it does show light scratches. I went to install my kidd and jwh customs bolts in these, neither would fit. Not a chance. The forums have people dremeling a small piece of metal out to allow the kidd bolts to work. Im thinking, well shoot i shouldnt have to do this! Gave it a shot, the bolt finally fit in. After 50 rounds of cci standards, it began to jam. Imagine a single shot. I tried everything i could think of to get them to run reliably, but they have been sitting stripped on a shelf for months, not sure how to dispose of a firearm but if you are not using brownells or volquartzens bolt, consider these a rock. Called brownells, and logically since i have modified them, they cannot assist. Reasonable. I believe i will order another factory 10/22/charger receiver and call it a day.

Could not get a factory Ruger bolt to even fully retract with out removing 23 thousandths from the bolt. Gun will not function properly with any ammo, yet my Ruger Charger runs with every ammo I have tried.

Great idea to offer a billet receiver. Problem is that fitting is required. This should be a part that would allow drop in parts (bolts and other receiver parts). Brownells have dropped the ball with this receiver. Hard to believe they would put out a part of inferior quality. I guess that's why they are on sale,

1st problem was that I couldnt get a bolt in. I was using a firefly bolt. Started filing. Got it to clear and drop past rail but not engage with bolt charging handle on spring assembly. Spring kept sliding off receiver hole, scratched inside. Problem 2 - firefly bolt stuck in rear of receiver. Cleaning hole was helpful as I had to pry bolt out. Little more clearance (filing on rail) and it dropped in. Hand cycle to the rear and bolt stuck each time. Tried ruger bolt. More filing. Just barely got it to drop on charging handle. Doesnt stick at rear. Requires I pry it out using the cleaning hole - more clearance required? Note - the bolt charging handle feels like its under more pressure than normal. Very difficult to pull it back keep it there and put bolt in. Charge handle is canted and hard to get bolt to line up. This is not easy normally - on this reciever it seems just a bit more difficult. I am buying an aftermarket spring guide in hopes it will help a bit. I am using a stock guide which has the finish of a fine nail file. (All 3 of my other 10/22s have smooth spring guides as upgrades - worth it for me) Problem 3 - metal body trigger doesnt fit. Cant line up front pin hole. 1/16 or more off. Inside width of reciever seems tight. This trigger (my only stock one with metal body) fits on 2 of my ruger receivers just fine. One 20 years old and a brand new takedown. A new BX trigger with composite frame fit fine. Yes that was a purchase I didnt budget for - I had the metal one. With a aftermarket bolt not fitting and a trigger housing not fitting - makes me think the internal width tolerance is a bit on the tight side? Both of these parts fit and work on other rugers I had wanted to use this with a firefly bolt and tac sol barrel. Didnt work out. Too bad as the finish is a good match with the black tac sol barrel. I ended up with the old parts from my first bare bones 10/22, factory taper barrel, basic wood stock, stock bolt..and an upgraded BX trigger. Go figure. . Giving it 2 stars as I had to rethink my project. Lots of fitting. I was lucky to have a good number of extra parts on hand. Or this would be set aside collecting dust For the price - I think better than a diy option - the barrel hole is straight. Some other aftermarket receivers also seem to need rail filing for clearance. Looks great and Nice it came with a v block and bolts. Bit of a bust for me, not playing well with the parts I was going to use. Havent shot it yet, but I am hopeful it will work as currently configured. Best of luck