safety button failure Ruger 10/22

[Stumpy]

I've got a vanilla Ruger 10/22 with an issue. The safety button began to be quite stiff to engage/disengage. You had to mash the tar out of it to get it to go. And it's gotten worse to the point you dang near have to hit it with a mallet.

Anybody ever had such an issue? Any ideas? Advice?

 

[Bozz10mm]

You might find this some help.

http://guntoters.com/blog/2017/01/22/gunsmither-10-22-safety-takedown-tool-product-review/

 

[acorneau]

Sometimes the button will rotate and cause the internal notch to not line up the way it's supposed to. Try rotating the button an eighth of a turn one way or the other to see if it helps.

Also, grit from the blow-back design can easily make it's way into the trigger group. If you haven't taken it apart and cleaned it lately that may be another thing to look into.