ruger 10-22 essential upgrades?

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I just bought my friends 10-22 takedown. it's my first rifle, I have a pistol and shotgun. the purpose is mainly for plinking at the local metallic range , 50 yard -100 yard targets and a BUGOUT gun, something both my wife and I can shoot. I'm over welcomed with the accessories/upgrades. I don't want to get 1911 crazy, been there done that, I have purchased an auto bolt release. but what is considered "essential" upgrades? Extended bolt? Red dot? rail barrel clamp? trigger group?
 
I've had my 10/22 for 40 years, and the only modification I have made is a cheap scope (with see-thru mounts) for my aging eyes. Shoot it for a while before you mod it. Familiarity with the rifle will help you decide if, and what, you want to modify.
 
Congratulations on the 10/22.
A good trigger is nice to have. I've done trigger jobs on all of mine so I guess for me it's essential. I have used a VQ trigger on one rifle. Nice but expensive. Mostly the trigger and seer need a little clean up. Save your money for ammo.

Since I've replaced all the recoil buffers with nylon buffers. Makes a big difference, to me at least, and it's cheap. You can make your own out of a 1/4"x3" nylon bolt for $0.77 plus tax from Home Depot.

Just about any ammo will do. Get lots of it. I like the cheap stuff. For 50 to 100 yards standard velocity ammo may be essential for the best accuracy. This is the range where a descent scope will help. A 3x9 with AO would be awesome for this but I use a basic Rimfire 4x Nikon.
 
As pointed out a scope is nice and it doesn't need to be expensive, I've had good luck with Tasco & BSA scopes.
I also like a nicer/lighter trigger ... Brownell's & Midway carry a hammer, sear & spring kit for about $30 IIRC ... If you shoot mini-mags you might consider a recoil buffer to protect the receiver but I don't know how necessary it really is ... I don't use one but I mostly just shoot subsonic or standard velocity, seems I have better accuracy with them than hyper-velocity or mini-mags.
 
A 4x32 scope fits nicely on a 10/22. Only other add-on I would classify as a need are some BX-25 magazines.
 
Best bang for your buck and probably the best essential thing you can do it take your new 10/22 and your wife to an Appleseed to learn to shoot it like a real rifle.
 
The 10/22 I had was beyond bad on accuracy with the factory birch stock. That changed when I bought a used hogue stock from a buddy. It went from coffee can groups at 50 yards to golf ball groups at 50 yards. I think that stock was warped and was pushing on the barrel. Beyond the stock and a cheap scope that rifle needed no further "upgrade". But it still wasn't quite what I expected so I went back to my trusty marlin tube - fed wonder.
 
The only essential step I had to do with my 10/22 was to figure out, through experimentation, which brand of ammo would be both reliable and accurate. I tried Remington, Federal, Winchester and CCI, and I found CCI Blazers to be absolutely reliable and fairly accurate. No other bulk brand gave me excellent reliability (no failures yet after 5+ bricks).
 
The only thing I consider essential is a sight upgrade. The tiny low factory sights are horrible in my opinion. Hard to get my face low enough to get a good sight picture with them. I've put tech sights on both my takedown and carbine model and they are awesome and easy to be very accurate with.
 
Ammuniton, and time to shoot it.

The rest is really just a waste of money and an interferance in what's important: Experience shooting it.


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I would get a number of extra Ruger Factory BX10 and BX25 magazines.

After that, if you have plenty of good .22LR ammo and money left over, I have found that a Red Dot Sight can be a nice 10/22 Takedown upgrade.
 
If I could only choose a single add-on that really made a huge difference in the accuracy/enjoyment of my 10/22 it would be Tech-Sights. While the factory sights are not all that bad, the Tech-Sights really made a difference IMO.

I've also worked on the trigger and put on a new stock. Both have helped with accuracy too.
 
VQ extractor. I would consider this part essential as the stock extractor can round off.
 
Don't waste your money on anything other than KIDD parts. KIDD really does make the very best 10/22 parts.

I'd get KIDDs charging handle kit...the springs in the kit are very nice compared to the OEM.

Of course KIDD trigger as well...I bought the drop in kit and I couldn't be happier. I'm sure his single/two stage is even better, but that's a lot of coin for a trigger.
 
Everything needs replaced except the receiver which is why I bought a 795. Not trolling thats honestly the way I see it.
If I had to buy and use a 10/22 essential upgrades are the trigger and extractor. That stock trigger is only to be tolerated. It needs to extract and cycle even when dirty.
 
Agree - I see folks laud the praises of how great their 10/22 is and then you see that the only original part is the aluminum receiver shell - everything else has been replaced. Sure does make one wonder WHY those bazillion add-ons are selling so well and why folks think they're necessary. I added a scope so my eyes could see 100 yards - that's it; otherwise just get a Marlin 60 and call it good
 
Interesting thread. I guess there is a need for two. One original and one hot rod! Midway was running a sale, one Adams and Bennett barrel and a Fajion adj. stock. Would like a better trigger.
 
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