Last winter I built up a Ruger 77/22, mainly because I like Rugers. Yeah I could have bought something else for the same $$$ and had the same or better accuracy. BUT it would not have been a Ruger, it would not be Stainless-Steel, it would not have the Ruger Magazines etc.
I started out with a Ruger K77/22 Stainless-Synthetic. I sold the original scope rings, barrel and stock on the net. I then acquired a Clark Custom Guns 20" Stainless-Steel .22 LR Bull Barrel. Clark evidently makes their barrel shanks larger than Rugers as to get the barrel onto the action I had to put the barrel in the freezer and the action in the sun light on the window sill and that did the trick. No wiggle to this one.
I then set this barreled action in a Volquartsen Custom Laminated Wood Stock. I was not overly impressed with the shape of some areas of the Volquartsen Stock, so this summer after shooting it all winter & spring I set out to do some reshaping. The first thing I did was remove the roll over portion of the monte carlo on the right side of my buttstock, rasping it down flat and straight blending it into the side of the buttstock. I then rasped out a hollow area for the fatty portion of my thumb to sit in at the rear of the pistol grip on the right side. Lastly I lowered the top of the pistol grip and radiused it more. Once I had the shape I was after I then sanded everything super smooth and applied a new finish (actually my nephew did the finish for me).
Mine has all the factory Ruger Trigger parts & springs in it, I just reworked everything until I had the trigger breaking like an icecycle at 1 1/4 pounds. I then drilled & tapped the front of the strirup for an overtravel stop.
Lastly I used Ruger High 1" Stainless-Steel Scope Rings to mount my Weaver V-16 4x16x42mm AO Riflescope.
As I said at the onset I could have bought a totally different rifle that may or may not shoot as good or better for less $$$, but I would not have ended up with what I wanted. For me I wanted a Custom Rifle and since I shoot the .22 LR Cartridge the most at our Indoor Shooting Range every winter I just decided my Custom Rifle would be a .22 LR.
Larry