22 long rifle has gotten hard to get here, or at least it's hard to stock up any kind of volume on.....
17 HMRs though are on the shelf and comparatively reasonably priced. Since I've wanted another one for a while and I already had a few hundred rounds on hand I figured I might as well take advantage of a deal my FFL buddy had and pick up a Ruger precision rimfire.
They've been out for a while so there's not a whole lot to talk about.
I stuck a cheap eBay break I had on it to make the barrel look longer, swapped out the pistol grip for one with a little less rake off of my AR, and stuck the random Weaver Kaspa Tactical scope on it in Monstrum AR mounts.
I also broke all the sharp edges on the action and bolt, and did a trigger job.
The bolt runs smooooth...ish now. Youll never mistake it for a nice feeling action but its got no wierd glitches. Ill do more polishing when i feel like it.
The triggers got the slightest amount of creep, but is polished smooth and breaks at 1.75lbs.
Over all I like the way the rifle feels and for less than 400 bucks im impressed....even the plastic stock adjust well and locks up tight, with surprisingly little flex.
I did also notice something interesting. The stock is inletted to take the magazine retention block (no idea if thats the actual name) in two positions, allowing a standard 10/22 mag to fit and hold perfectly.
Im guessing the gun could pretty easily be converted to .22lr or .17M2 with a barrel and mag swap. It's something I might try since shaw barrels are pretty cheap.....or maybe ill get lucky and get ahold of a take of .22lr barrel.
Anyway here she is....gonna go shoot her and get better pictures this weekend hopefully.
Gun before the pistol grip change.
Set up as ive got it now.
And the regular mag installed.
17 HMRs though are on the shelf and comparatively reasonably priced. Since I've wanted another one for a while and I already had a few hundred rounds on hand I figured I might as well take advantage of a deal my FFL buddy had and pick up a Ruger precision rimfire.
They've been out for a while so there's not a whole lot to talk about.
I stuck a cheap eBay break I had on it to make the barrel look longer, swapped out the pistol grip for one with a little less rake off of my AR, and stuck the random Weaver Kaspa Tactical scope on it in Monstrum AR mounts.
I also broke all the sharp edges on the action and bolt, and did a trigger job.
The bolt runs smooooth...ish now. Youll never mistake it for a nice feeling action but its got no wierd glitches. Ill do more polishing when i feel like it.
The triggers got the slightest amount of creep, but is polished smooth and breaks at 1.75lbs.
Over all I like the way the rifle feels and for less than 400 bucks im impressed....even the plastic stock adjust well and locks up tight, with surprisingly little flex.
I did also notice something interesting. The stock is inletted to take the magazine retention block (no idea if thats the actual name) in two positions, allowing a standard 10/22 mag to fit and hold perfectly.
Im guessing the gun could pretty easily be converted to .22lr or .17M2 with a barrel and mag swap. It's something I might try since shaw barrels are pretty cheap.....or maybe ill get lucky and get ahold of a take of .22lr barrel.
Anyway here she is....gonna go shoot her and get better pictures this weekend hopefully.
Gun before the pistol grip change.
Set up as ive got it now.
And the regular mag installed.
