Thread: T/CR22 bolt hold open... why?

@Ben Waimata

The bolt hold open for me has two big advantages - it lets you know the magazine is empty so you don't line up another shot and hear a "click" of an empty chamber and also slightly faster reloading as you know it is empty, change magazines and then just release the bolt back into battery - rather than the 10/22 which is (unless you have been counting rounds and know you are out), click and lose the shot you wanted as you have no remaining ammo, change magazines and then have to fully work the action with a round off the new magazine.

Essentially the action on the 10/22 functions like an AK and the TC more like a M14 etc.

It is a something that 10/22 owners like myself have wanted for years.

There is a company called CST I think who produce a kit for bolt hold open for the 10/22 but you have to make all sorts of changes to the rifle including swapping the bolt out. I have read mixed things about the CST reliability.

TC has done it from factory with a rifle that does it reliably and still takes all the 10/22 aftermarket things like triggers and stocks etc. (Though if you use the 10/22 mags and not the TC ones you lose the bolt hold open - as you can't have more than 10 rounds it makes no sense to use 10/22 mags anyway)

@Tooks 10/22 magazine handle extensions would probably fit the TC mags as they are similar to the 10/22 ones, or he may be willing to make some that do which would allow for even faster mag changes I would think.