Ruger 10/22

[Chrome]

I LOVE my 10/22. Absolutely love it. Only had one failure that wasn't ammo related, and that was my fault for not reassembling the trigger group correctly.

That said, when my girlfriend decided it was time for her to buy a rifle, I steered her towards the Marlin 60. Why? Because they are easily had for cheap and look "like pawpaw's guns." (Marlin 60DL with walnut checkered stock) We practically stole it from the pawn shop for $66.

I have to say, I was surprised at how accurate the rifle was. That and the fact that it chewed through four different brands of cheap ammo with no hiccup. It even fired the Remington Yellow Jackets my 10/22 is picky about.

Later,
Chrome...

 

[ArmedBear]

not reassembling the trigger group

Why did you have to reassemble the trigger group?

 

[Ghost Tracker]

Much more money is spent trying to make a Target Rifle out of a Ruger 10/22 than it would cost to buy a nice .22 Target Rifle. That having been said...I've owned & built-up several myself. Great Fun!

 

[ArmedBear]

it will be a 5050 shot, that it wont be accurate, and it will not be reliable , out of the box. You can tighten up the bbl, then buy about 40 dollars in aftermarket parts, then do a trigger job, either yourself, or send you unit to mr. H, here in houston, or randy at cpc, and get them to do your tirgger job. So for about 100 extra bucks, you will have an accurate, dead solid reliable 10.22.

So for $300 and a bunch of screwing around, you have a gun that shoots almost as well as a Marlin 60 out of the box for $120; the Ruger's stock drop is still wrong for a scope and the Ruger's controls STILL suck (safety is too far forward for hunting use, so you're tempted to just leave it off -- not cool if I'm your hunting buddy!, and the bolt release SUCKS to high heaven.)

Sign me up.

Okay, I already DID sign up. And the 10/22 was not the best use of my money, nor was the second magazine. Yeah, you can get them everywhere. For $18-20 each. Since the only place to get them for a better price is mail-order, availability doesn't matter. You can mail-order just about any magazine you want and have it in a few days.

Yeah, I can stuff my 10/22 under the seat, but I wish I had the money back so I can buy a Marlin Papoose for that purpose. However, everyone talking up the 10/22 made me think I should buy one.

I found out that what they were calling 10/22's were guns with with aftermarket stocks and barrels, with aftermarket ejectors and most of the trigger group parts swapped out and/or heavily gunsmithed.

How is THAT a 10/22?

That's like saying a Yugo Mauser is good for 1/2 MOA, when you have a high-end all-custom rifle that uses the action from the old Mauser, with a bunch of gunsmithing, a new trigger, a different stock and barrel.

Now it's true, if I wanted to build a rifle, a 10/22 would be a great place to start. It's not cost-effective, but it's a hobby unto itself.

So I guess it depends why someone is asking. If you just want to buy the best little rifle for not a lot of cash, I'm with dfaugh all the way!

(And if you have a bit more cash, and want to have a lot more fun, skip the 10/22 and get a Marlin 39 lever gun. Cleans easily and quicklly, from the breech, action doesn't get fouled like a semiauto, it's a takedown, it's got pretty checkered walnut, it comes with a heavy barrel that's dead-accurate, and it's all-steel.)

 

[foghornl]

"Straight-out-of-the-box" trigger is a bit rough, but usually wears in some.

The stock doesn't fit some people well.

Can be 'persnickety' about the ammo it likes.

Plusses...Decent for what it is...a basic semi-auto .22LR

Can be customized as much as you like...It is the "Chevy Small Block Engine" of the rimfire rifle world.....run it from 'out-of-the-factory-box-stock', or tune it up as much as your budget & time allow.

 

[augustus_01]

The 10/22's are sure fun to mod.....

10/22 converted to 17HM2:



Benchrest 10/22:

 

[ArmedBear]

Is there a single Ruger part in the lower pic?

What kind of accuracy do you get from it?

 

[augustus_01]

Is there a single Ruger part in the lower pic?

What kind of accuracy do you get from it?

The trigger guard is still factory Ruger.....

That gun will shoot 1/4" and less at 25 yards.

 

[Ghost Tracker]

I (eventually) went the "cheaper" route & bought a complete Volquartsen Superlite. It looks just LIKE a 10/22 but nothing needs tweaking or replacing for it to shoot like my Anschutz Super Match 54 (no kidding!).

 

[Chrome]

Why did you have to reassemble the trigger group?

After 8 years and countless rounds without a cleaning, it was getting gritty. I just took it down to give a good cleaning at the advice of a message board (don't remember which one it was...rugerforum maybe?) which looking back was overly excessive.

Later,
Chrome...

 

[hksw]

Augustus, what stock do you have on that BR 10/22? Is that one of the GM special run 28"er? Very nice.

 

[dscottw88]

I dont personally understand all this mumbo jumbo about marlins being better. To answer your question, yes I have bought a Ruger 10/22, everyone I know who's had one seems to work fine.

 

[frankcostanza]

mine is basically the same as it was out of the box, with the exception of an upgraded stock and scope that i put on it. never had any problems with anything and the accuracy is great for killing pop cans and various little critters (which is good enough for me)

 

[Ala Dan]

Great Little Plinking Rifle

I have a brand new syntheic/stainless 10/22, just for that purpose~!

 

[Ala Dan]

Winchester Commerative U.S. Border Patrol model 94 30-30

Sorry folk's, wrong thread- please delete at posters request.

Thanks,
Dan

 

[doberman]

The 10/22 is in my "top ten outa the box guns everyone must own" catagory. I love mine, and also is in the "would I have two on hand?" catagory.

Great gun. Comes only 2nd to the Marlin 39 class.

As always IMHO of course.

 

[ConfuseUs]

Funny, I have a 10/22 and love it. Of course like many many other 10/22
fan(atic)s I have steadily eliminated the parts that Ruger made because the ugly truth about the 10/22 is that right out of the box it sucks.


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What I didn't like about the 10/22 (and how I fixed it)

1) Too PC, so I put it in a folding stock and got banana mags for it.
Plus I can fold it up and cram it in a gym bag to go to the range and the neighbors won't know a thing.

2) The bolt hold open: only its designer could love it. Well I didn't design it and I hate it. So I borrowed a friend's Dremel and ground out the bit of metal that the Ruger engineers forgot about. Now it works like it should: intuitively.

3) The open sights: replaced them with the Zephyr peep sights. If only I'd known about Tech Sights. Oh well. When I rebarrel it I'll have to put the scope back on anyway.

4) The mag release: since it fits flush it is hard to manipulate. Replaced it with a Volquartsen unit.

5) the trigger: it would work for a shotgun, but this is a rifle. Took apart the trigger group and used the diamond file on the Leatherman to smooth out the hammer.

Unfortunately Ruger still does not see fit to simply sell the receiver and trigger group in kit form because in the end, those are the only parts of the 10/22 that are worth having Ruger manufacture. They would sell even more like hotcakes if the receiver and trigger group came unassembled in a baggie (so the end user can throw away the last bits he/she doesn't want) for oh, say, $100 or less. Ruger could still sell the complete rifles configured the way customers don't want them to the people who don't like to tinker.

We find ourselves in this position because 10/22 enthusiasts have built entire industries dedicated to replacing the poorly made/designed Ruger parts because the one thing that Ruger did right with this rifle was making it a modular platform.
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