Grayrock
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Has anyone used one of these? How did it work out? Would you do it again or use something else?
Brownell's 10-22 receiver
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No they are aluminum
BROWNELLS BRN-22 STRIPPED RECEIVER FOR RUGER® 10/22® | Brownells
The Brownells BRN-22 Receiver is ready to be the foundation of your custom rimfire rifle build. Each BRN-22 receiver is precision-machined from 6061 aluminum billet to exacting tolerances. Why machined instead of forged, like most commercial recei...
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General Geoff
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The only finished steel 10/22 receiver I know of is made by Volquartsen
CraigC
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Been thinking about trying one, just because I had some ideas for another 10/22. No hesitation. IMHO, if you're going to use mostly aftermarket/premium parts, you're better off starting with an aftermarket receiver.
Dave DeLaurant
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I bought two shortly after they were introduced and still have them. I got both the D&T'ed and integral Picatinny rail versions. Here's my builds:
This has the separate scope base with a very low-mounted Hawke scope with an objective bell that just barely clears the barrel. Green Mountain barrel, Magpul Hunter stock, Ruger BX trigger and internal parts. Heavy sucker.
Integral Picrail receiver. Magpul's T/C stock, Kidd lightweight barrel (fluted aluminum with steel liner), Ruger BX trigger and internals. Nodak front sight, Chinesium rear, RDR on QD mount. This rig weighs under 5 lbs. with optic and loaded magazine.
I ordered the two Brownell receivers because they were on sale at the time. They work just like a factory Ruger receiver. In addition to the integral rail option, they feature a hole at the rear to permit cleaning the bore from the breech with the bolt removed. Pretty basic otherwise.
On the subject of steel 10/22 receivers, I also have a target-modded AMT 22 Lightning from the early 1990s that's an almost totally interchangeable clone of the 10/22 in stainless steel. It features an integral .22 dovetail scope base. I've owned it from new and it shoots great. Another heavy rig.
This has the separate scope base with a very low-mounted Hawke scope with an objective bell that just barely clears the barrel. Green Mountain barrel, Magpul Hunter stock, Ruger BX trigger and internal parts. Heavy sucker.
Integral Picrail receiver. Magpul's T/C stock, Kidd lightweight barrel (fluted aluminum with steel liner), Ruger BX trigger and internals. Nodak front sight, Chinesium rear, RDR on QD mount. This rig weighs under 5 lbs. with optic and loaded magazine.
I ordered the two Brownell receivers because they were on sale at the time. They work just like a factory Ruger receiver. In addition to the integral rail option, they feature a hole at the rear to permit cleaning the bore from the breech with the bolt removed. Pretty basic otherwise.
On the subject of steel 10/22 receivers, I also have a target-modded AMT 22 Lightning from the early 1990s that's an almost totally interchangeable clone of the 10/22 in stainless steel. It features an integral .22 dovetail scope base. I've owned it from new and it shoots great. Another heavy rig.
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Gary W. Strange
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I bought a Tactical Innovations 10/22 receiver that is made of coated stainless steel, in 2019. It is the best 10/22 receiver I have ever seen or found. It is very well made. They are really worth looking into.
General Geoff
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Yeah unfortunately they appear to be out of stock with no backorder date. Not sure if they're still making them.
Gary W. Strange
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Looked myself after I posed. I didn’t see the steel 10/22 receivers listed. Real shame if they no longer offer them. They are the best I have ever seen and make a great custom build rifle.
Riomouse911
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They do have a habit of collecting new parts, and sometimes they’ll even multiply when you aren’t looking.
Stay safe.
General Geoff
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Yeah not sure if you can get to the product listing anymore from their home page. This is it:
TACTICAL INNOVATIONS® ELITE22S™ 416R BILLET STAI - Tactical Innovations
ELITE22S™ QPQ BLACK NITRIDE 416R STAINLESS STEEL 10/22® STYLE RECEIVER If you're a shooter that demands excellence and precision, we have raised the bar again for 10/22 style receivers. Our latest receiver that continues to push the limits of perfection
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Speedo66
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In their ad, they say the price of stainless has gotten so high that when existing stock of the receiver runs out, they will no longer produce them.
CraigC
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The top is not particularly thin but all aluminum is relatively soft. If you're stripping screws, you're way over-torquing them. I've built a dozen and rebuilt several of them. Never stripped a scope base hole. That said, Nodak did it right when they upgraded to 8-40 screws and a Marlin 336 pattern base.
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It is difficult, but it can be done:
-> ALL (drops "shop all categories")
-> 10/22 PARTS & ACC
-> ELITE22 Receivers (in the left menu! - the one on the right does not have the steel ones)
-> ELITE22S™ STAINLESS RECEIVER (now on the right)
This is what happens when a company has no money to hire a web designer and hand-roll the whole thing, without a CMS to boot. Although in many cases, inability to make a decent website goes hand in hand with expertise in the product, but maybe it's okay.
Dave DeLaurant
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According to their specs, the Brownells BRN receivers are machined from 6061 T6.
AR-15 receivers have been made from a number of alloys over the years, including 6061 and 7075.
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FYI -- I know next to nothing about metallurgy.
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CraigC
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I also know that Nodak used to be a real anodized type III hardcoat on their receivers, like the standard AR finish. This goes a long way towards the durability of the finish over regular anodizing.
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General Geoff
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Legit question, has anyone here actually experienced a cracked or broken aluminum 10/22 receiver? Beyond just stripped out threaded holes
CraigC
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Never seen or heard of one.
I think the main (maybe only) advantage to a steel receiver is that the barrel can be threaded into it and that it more rigidly supports a heavy bull barrel. Personally, I'd rather have a KIDD Supergrade and still have the ability to swap barrels with hand tools.
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I stripped out a 10/22 scope base hole like it was made of play dough. So I put it on the drill press and redrilled and tapped all holes to just the next size bigger cap screw at ace. Then I drilled and countersunk the base to match. In the end it was much nicer than factory.
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