Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires looking to buy a Ruger 10/22

Thanks guys. I'll check out rimfirecentral.

Nice mannlicher stock btw.

Brett (Mac)

I like to play with mine just a bit. There were some cheap boyd stocks on e-bay for a while. I still have 2 of the 3 I bought. You want heavy get the bull barrel. You want the look without the weight, tactical solutions barrels may fit you better. Prices do keep creeping up on these rifles though. I picked up 2 a year ago for $140 each and they were in great condition. Got ready to pull them apart and noticed one with a metal butt plate. Ran the number and it was a second year production. I'm leaving that one stock. Picked up #7 today. She was rough, but for $90 what can you say.

Top one is now finished and looks better. Has a lot of green in it.

The heavy barrel 10/22's shoot so much better than the factory skinny tubes. If you want an accurate 10/22, you have to go with a target tube.

I've had two target barrels on my 10/22. First was a low dollar one, I believe it was a green mountain. Accuracy wasn't nearly what I expected, and lots of ammo would fail to fire due to not fully seating in the chamber. The barrel was sent back to Brownells, and I ordered a Clark ss. I'd wanted the shorter barrel, but all they had in stock was the 21" tube. With the right ammo and me doing my part the gun will shot 1/2" 10 shot groups at 50 yds. Also the Clark functions very reliably with both target ammo and bulk plinker ammo. I will be cutting the tube to 16 1/2" to make it handier, and am thinking I'll fit the stub to a MKII pistol.

The upside of 10/22's is no special tools are required nor skills, so don't be afeared to swap parts. It seems like the sporting goods stores often have 10/22's on special, and you can get a couple bucks for the factory stock and barrel. I'd say that route is dollars ahead of the factory target model, with perhaps a higher quality barrel.

Appreciate the info 'Lott. I'll take a look. I work a little bit at a pawn shop, maybe I can catch one coming through there on the cheap.

Brett (Mac)

I bought a rugular 10/22 and put a Whistle Pig (aluminum with a stainless insert) bull barrel on it. It's extremely accurate and actually weighs a little less than a bone stock model.

It's funny when I hand it to someone who's never seen it before. When I let go of it the rifle usually raises in the air because they're expecting it to be much heavier than it is.



Terry

Yankee Artifacts have a few 10-22s. Worth looking at.
Allan
http://www.yankeeartifacts.com/22%20Rifles.htm