RJ Renner 10/22 Rhinelander - 05/19/18
Posted on this before but the weather finally let me get out and take some pictures of a 10/22 that RJ Renner turned into a pretty neat design based on a German pre-war Sporter style. This started off as a Ruger Model 1150 Sporter with 22" barrel and birch wood stock. I wanted the longer barrel since I'm enjoying shooting with peep sights again but need to get the front sight out far enough for these old eyes. The birch stock certainly wasn't worth investing in so I found an older style Ruger walnut factory Sporter stock on gunbroker priced very cheaply since it had a lot of dings and overall wear.
Roger and I exchanged emails about how to incorporate the slender pre-war design around the rather fat receiver, especially blending gracefully into the narrow forend. In the end I just said, "do your thing", and he did, which was definitely the right choice.
In addition to making the forend much more slender, he did his usual bit of lowering and narrowing the comb for open sights and really thinning out that fat pistol grip.
The rifle looks good in the pics and that's fine, but the main reason for doing this kind of project is the change in handling. I really wish there was some way to convey what a delightful little wand this turned into. Not that a Ruger 10/22 is a club, but their stocks do have a lot of wood. The finished product weighs 5 pounds even as you see it but feels a pound or more lighter, it comes up and mounts perfectly with the sight picture centered and looking right at your target. The difference in handling and the "feel" of that svelte forend and pistol grip in your hands is just incredible.
Not going to waste much more time so on with the fence post pics.
Right and left profiles.
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Some perspective that shows off the long barrel - that was really the key that let Roger do this. A shorter barrel would have looked too chunky with the stock design. More on that shark fin front sight later.
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Ruger used to use some nice wood, but I will credit Roger's finishing to really bring it out.
![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/72581.jpg)
Continued....
Roger and I exchanged emails about how to incorporate the slender pre-war design around the rather fat receiver, especially blending gracefully into the narrow forend. In the end I just said, "do your thing", and he did, which was definitely the right choice.
![wink wink](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/default/wink.gif)
The rifle looks good in the pics and that's fine, but the main reason for doing this kind of project is the change in handling. I really wish there was some way to convey what a delightful little wand this turned into. Not that a Ruger 10/22 is a club, but their stocks do have a lot of wood. The finished product weighs 5 pounds even as you see it but feels a pound or more lighter, it comes up and mounts perfectly with the sight picture centered and looking right at your target. The difference in handling and the "feel" of that svelte forend and pistol grip in your hands is just incredible.
Not going to waste much more time so on with the fence post pics.
Right and left profiles.
![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/72580.jpg)
![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/72579.jpg)
Some perspective that shows off the long barrel - that was really the key that let Roger do this. A shorter barrel would have looked too chunky with the stock design. More on that shark fin front sight later.
![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/72577.jpg)
Ruger used to use some nice wood, but I will credit Roger's finishing to really bring it out.
![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/72581.jpg)
Continued....