I brought the 10/22, Now what?

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CarbineKid

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After listening to everyones advice, I am now the proud owner of a Ruger 10/22. I don't want to go crazy with all the aftermarket accessories. I do have a few things I want to get, and I would like to here your views on them. I am looking for a decent scope, mainly used for plinking....any suggestions. Also I may want to get an aftermarket stock(pistol grip, or dragnaovstyle).....I have seen Choate and fiberforce stocks...Are they arny good? If not, do you have any other suggestions.
thanks
 
A 22 will teach the shooter quite a bit about bullet drop. I'd stay away from a scope for now. The effective range of a 22 is well within the distances a competent shooter can employ with open sights. Learning your gun and the compensations needed for bullet drop should be the key factor right now.

I once had a 10/22 with an over-folder stock. I suggest holding out for an over-folder, as opposed to side-folding, not only for looks, but for ambidextrous handling purposes too.
 
I brought the 10/22, Now what?
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In my opinion... Shoot it.

Hold off on getting a scope and after market stock for a while. Enjoy what you have now. Put a boat load of rounds through it in it's stock configuration. This will not only improve you shooting, give you a "bench mark" on what you/the rifle is capable of but also make the future additions more enjoyable in reflection to "the way it use to be".
 
Schmidt
I agree with you. I will be shooting my stock 10/22 for quite awhile. I am not planning on getting any accessories just yet, but I am starting to research them now. I really look into things before I spend my hard earned money
Thanks for the replies
Brian
 
As said, the 10/22 is a load of fun with even iron sights. I sometimes wish I hadn't had a scope mounted on mine.
 
I agree with PreserveFreedom. The 10/22 with iron sights is just plain fun. Allthough you may want to upgrade them to an aftermarket set. In my opinion the "stock" ones are just not very good. Go to www.brownells.com , they have a good selection of all sorts of 10/22 goodies (or any gun for that matter) including some iron sights that will fit in the factory location. Allthough I believe their prices are pretty high, their catalog is worth the 5 bucks just to have on hand and look through for all sorts of good stuff. One of the little addons you might want to look into is a extended magazine release. It makes dropping the mag. out simple and fumble free. Another little goodie is a recoil buffer. This is basically a rod made of high strength rubber or some such material to replace the factory metal bolt stop pin. It will quiet the action a little bit as well as extend the life of your receiver.

Good Luck
 
Upgrade the trigger group.

The only thing worth upgrading on the 10/22 is the trigger group. I kept my 10/22 completely stock with an upgraded trigger group. The Ruger barrels are fairly accurate [mine easily keeps 10 rounds in under an inch at 50 yards] but the old trigger was terrible [breaking at a crisp 9.25 lbs :(] I literally got a tired trigger finger from firing so many rounds through the gun with that crappy trigger. The Vorquartsen trigger assembly is excellent and the trigger will improve your accuracy more than putting on a nicer barrel or changing the sights.
 
My 10/22 has passed thousands of rounds through it. Most of those rounds were heading for gophers. The ultimate gopher gun is what you have there. What they lack in accuracy you can make up in volumn. I put a scope on mine so I can hit the smart ones that only come out of the hole a little ways. The 25 round mags from buttler creek are great too, if you can still find them. Just don't wear out your thumb fillin' the mags up.:)
 
I didnt put a scope on my 10/22. First I bought the Eagle peep sight setup, the front (HK style) sight is great, but the rear was not well made so I discarded the rear for a williams peep sight, and discarded the elevated bead that was for the Williams, in favor of the HK style post. Now I'm happy with it.
 
BMCNEIL
Hi, I brought the 10/22 with the blued barrel and the hardwood stock. I was tempted by the stainless, but I liked the hardwood stock. IMO the hardwood stocks look good with blued barrels.
 
I highly recommend a Volquartsen hammer (no need to replace the entire trigger group, imho), a quick bolt release (aftermarket part or modify the stock part) and some sort of trigger overtravel device.

The hammer is about $30, the bolt release is free if you modify the stock part, and the overtravel can be addressed by gluing a pencil eraser to the rear of the trigger.

Lots of other things you can do, as I'm sure you'll learn. Have fun!
 
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