Mine is like @PapaG's. Ruger 10/22 with a Midway accuracy barrel (years old), Fajen laminate stock, Volquartsen internals. Receiver and bolt are original. Shoots well, and really fun with a suppressor.
I have a few guns like that, when you finally get them back out to the range, they make you smile again like they were brand new to you again.I've had my 10/22 longer than any other firearm I own. I might let it set for a few months, but whenever I get it back out to the range, I remember why I still have it.
I recently replaced my old scope (brand now found only on 'collectors' sites) with a Nikon Prostaff Rimfire II, and I've been very happy with it.I cant figure out what scope I should put on mine. NIB 10/22 deluxe sporter from about 30 yr. ago.
They feel a bit like old friends, as illogical as that sounds.I have a few guns like that, when you finally get them back out to the range, they make you smile again like they were brand new to you again.
I've only ever owned one, but I need to fix that.I don't know how one just owns one 10/22
My 10-22 didn't come with a "fuel line" to buffer, so used the shank part of a nylon bolt the right size for a bolt buffer. I didn't think the buffer would last, but it's been in there for about 10 years or so and still in good shape.Here's a little jewel for ya:
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My wife bought this gun for me a few years ago, on our anniversary. I put a little 1.5x4.5 Bushnell on top of it, and it shot .5" at 40 yards (the furthest my homemade range allows me). A little later, I found a NOS Williams peep set for a 10/22, and mounted it on the little carbine. I felt like the scope just didn't "belong". Still, at 25 yards the little rifle will put 10 shots in a dime, box stock other than a home-brew trigger job and a fuel line buffer. I can honestly say I've never had an ounce of trouble from this rifle. Its always fed, fired, and ejected. Over the years, its claimed a lot of squirrels, rabbits, and varmints.
Mac
I only have one 10/22, it is an AllWeather.I don't know how one just owns one 10/22
My 10-22 didn't come with a "fuel line" to buffer, so used the shank part of a nylon bolt the right size for a bolt buffer.
Since you hunt squirrels with a scoped rifle, at what distance is your rifle zeroed? How do you compensate for the vertical angle of the shot?Here's a little jewel for ya:
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My wife bought this gun for me a few years ago, on our anniversary. I put a little 1.5x4.5 Bushnell on top of it, and it shot .5" at 40 yards (the furthest my homemade range allows me). A little later, I found a NOS Williams peep set for a 10/22, and mounted it on the little carbine. I felt like the scope just didn't "belong". Still, at 25 yards the little rifle will put 10 shots in a dime, box stock other than a home-brew trigger job and a fuel line buffer. I can honestly say I've never had an ounce of trouble from this rifle. Its always fed, fired, and ejected. Over the years, its claimed a lot of squirrels, rabbits, and varmints.
Mac
The nylon bolt probably cost me about 50 cents at the time, and it's still good about 20 years later.A small piece of rubber fuel line slipped over the stop pin works quite nicely in my opinion. While I've heard of the nylon bolt trick, I've never tried it. Might have to one day. So far though, the fuel line is holding up nicely, and hasn't given me any problem. Plus (and maybe best), it didn't cost me a dime. Give it a try sometime, you might like it too.
Mac
Since you hunt squirrels with a scoped rifle, at what distance is your rifle zeroed? How do you compensate for the vertical angle of the shot?
The nylon bolt probably cost me about 50 cents at the time, and it's still good about 20 years later.
Since you hunt squirrels with a scoped rifle, at what distance is your rifle zeroed? How do you compensate for the vertical angle of the shot?
The nylon bolt probably cost me about 50 cents at the time, and it's still good about 20 years later.