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What's the issue with the rear sight in case I ever buy one?

Bought my only 10/22 about 22 years ago because the guy wanted $100 for a used Deluxe in very good condition.

Didn’t shoot well at all. Changed the trigger and full length glass bedded the receiver and barrel. It shoots sub MOA at 100 yds these days. That is why I kept it.

I dumped my last 10-22 when I got the TC Classic Silver Lynx.....

I spent about 13 years gunsmithing for a busy retail outlet. They sold truckloads of Ruger 10/22's; along with some others. I never had a 10/22 in the shop because it didn't work. The only time one would fail to feed was when it was used with a faulty aftermarket magazine. Just like the Ruger 22 semi auto pistol, it was built to work and it did. GD

Least interesting .22 out there...Everyone has one.

I had a RSI that was crazy accurate, but sitting next to my old Glenfield bolt there wasn't a whole lot in the rabbit fields that the Ruger could do that the old bolt could not. Plus, the Glenfield was more comfortable to hold so I sold the Ruger for something I wanted more.

A dozen years later my mind is in a slightly different place. I love my Ruger revolvers when I go out into the woods, but carry Glocks every day for the proven tools that they are. That's why I picked up another 10/22 this year - in this case, one of the Magpul take-down models. It's a proven tool that sits in one of my utility bags with 65 rounds loaded in magazines, and another 350 or so sitting on a screw-top plastic jar that used to hold my woodworking biscuits. I've thrown it in the truck on a few trips and it has yet to come out of the bag. If it ever needed to though, I would expect it to work as-intended and get the job done.

FWIW the OP joined this forum to scam people. Go to his profile. Open his post in the classifieds.

If marlin got a nickel every time a model 60 jammed the wouldn’t have went under

I bought my stepson a 10-22 when he was young. It shot well enough to hunt with. LOP is short for an adult. I wouldn't buy one for me to use.

Nope. Not a chance

Of all the guns I've owned, I didn't buy a 10/22 for probably the first 25 years of my hobby.

Finally bought a couple & was unimpressed. Maybe the older ones were more so, but the dependability of mine weren't all that great. Here, never fail Nylon 66s had me spoiled. A friend told me to get a Volquarsten or Kidd ground extractor. I did & while in there I installed a lighter recoil spring in each gun. That would normally batter the gun worse with HV ammo, but I also removed the steel bolt stops & installed shock buffs. Huge difference. Palm smack to forehead, why didn't I do that sooner.

Not bad guns, light, handy, accurate enough for a platform like this. Some just need a little tuning.

Paid $75 for my first one many years ago. Used, like new, made in the late 60s and came with extra mags.

Handy little rifle to toss in the truck for trips to hunting camp. When my son was in second or third grade, he more or less took charge of it. Little pizzer would go through a brick of Winchester Wildcats in one weekend at camp.

Got even worse as he got older, at burning ammo in it. As Jim noted earlier, also once put it through a torture test for over three years and multiple thousands of rounds. Nothing other than a dry patch down the barrel now and then. It never faltered, although accuracy eventually went down hill a bit. No failures to feed or extract in all that time.

Only ammo that ever gummed it up (after the torture test period),, was Remington Golden Bullet crap.. But that ammo did the same thing if the Ruger was freshly cleaned and ready to roll. One summer Granny got my kid a milk carton box of Rems, that jammed the rifle pretty quickly. Gave him a 50 round pack of Mini Mags and he shot them off in less than a half hour, no issues.

That original 1022 now has a .920 A&B barrel and is in a synthetic Fajen adjustable thumb hole stock. Only 22 I own that loves Wolf Match Target. Bought another 1022 some years ago that's still pretty much original. Far more accurate than the older one was, with original barrel. Had two Marlin 60s over the past 55 years. Good rifles, both gone. Like the 1022s better.

I bought my fist 10-22 in 1964, because it looked a LOT like an M1 carbine, and it was cheaper to shoot.

Virgil B.

Ruger actually makes a m1 style 10/22. I've looked at them a 1000 times but never pulled the trigger. Bet you can't find one now.

I picked up this one at Rural King for cheap.





Only mods are the bolt release job I did on it and the scope rail mounted directly to the barrel.

My other 10-22 is from 1976 when they put them in actual walnut stocks. Really need to shoot that more

Marlin also made an M1 kinda replica years ago, with box mag. Girl that used to shoot indoor CMP matches with us, had one.

Getting ready to build a 10/22. Will not have a single Ruger part in it.

Easy to find, can be what ever your wallet will support. Not my " CUPPA TEA" however.

Have 2, first one is a carbine my dad bought for $35 new in 1970 at an AFB overseas. I shot all kinds of game with it, squirrels, rats, rabbits, coyotes, raccoons, beaver, muskrat and a bunch of others. Beat the schit outta of it, it's walnut stock has been refinished once and it's on its second barrel.
Second one is a 10/22 stainless in hogue stock with Nikon scope. Fun to shoot.

They are affordable, they go bang when you pull the trigger, you can buy extra mags almost anywhere. They aren't particular about ammo. you dont have to worry about when you drop it or leave it in the boat, you can buy big mags iffin thats yer thing, you can accessorize it as you please easily, they shoot pretty damn good and can be made to shoot as good as anything else.. And every new shooter can buy one, whats not to like?