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I love the Ruger 10/22
JTH:
--- Quote from: shooter on October 29, 2014, 09:30:32 PM --- one thing I do not like about them, are the plywood stocks some come with, you can call it laminate if you want, but its still plywood
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Have to admit, I don't worry about the stock much---because I know I'm probably going to be replacing it almost immediately. :)
The only one I kept the wooden stock on is the one I'm going to turn into an Appleseed gun. (Got the AR-style sights already, and the sling. Just need to put them on, and I've already dropped in a Volquartsen hammer and sear to make the trigger easy.)
http://appleseedproject.blogspot.com/2008/02/liberty-training-rifle.html
--- Quote from: feralcatkillr on October 29, 2014, 09:18:15 PM ---I've never liked cleaning them (cleaning from the muzzle and pushing gunk into the receiver) and much prefer my Savage single shot, which was "minute-of-cat" at a hundred yards right outa the box, but the "takedown" model might change my mind. That has to make barrel cleaning easy.
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Cleaning is certainly simple. And if you set up the Takedown correctly (follow the instructions when you first get it!) it stays accurate no matter how many times you take it apart and put it back together.
That being said---while single-shot guns are fun, I like semi-autos WAY better. :) (Can't get away from that action shooting background!) Cleaning is annoying, yes, but then again, it is still much better than cleaning a Ruger Mark II pistol. It just makes me cringe to drill a hole in the receiver (even though I know that done properly it isn't an issue at all) and truthfully, I don't see a real need to clean the 10/22 that much.
I know, I know, sacrilege!
Every once in awhile I wipe down the breechface and the bolt face, and run a bore snake through the barrel---and that's almost all it needs. (The benchrest guys are having heart attacks right now, I know. But they throw away barrels if they don't put the bullets through the same hole at 25 yards with a .22, and I just don't shoot in that mode.)
--- Quote from: bkoenig on October 29, 2014, 11:29:17 PM ---Actually, I believe there are a handful of converted, transferrable 10/22's out there. Think how much fun that would be.
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I'd run out of ammo in about 30 minutes. And then I'd be poor, because I'd buy as much .22 ammo as I had money.... (kinda like what would happen if I had that Gatling, with the two 100-round drums...)
--- Quote from: bkoenig on October 29, 2014, 11:29:17 PM ---Not only are they versatile, they're probably the easiest gun out there to work on yourself. A screwdriver and an Allen wrench are pretty much all you need to do everything up to and including barrel swaps.
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Yep. Though a couple of wooden matches makes working with the trigger group a lot easier, too.....very expensive tools there!
SO easy to modify. And taking it from a basic decent shooter to something outstanding just takes a hammer and sear from Volquartsen, a little bit of polish, and a decent scope. That's it.
bkoenig:
If you go to Rimfirecentral.com there are instructions on how to stone your hammer to the correct angle and greatly improve the trigger. I did it on mine and it made a big difference. It's not on the same level as a Volquartsen, but it was free. I don't recommend doing trigger work yourself unless you're fairly mechanically inclined and know how to test a trigger for safe operation, though.
Another place where you can really improve upon the factory setup is in the barrel and action bedding, especially if you add a bull barrel. From the factory the action is just held in place by a single screw at the front of the action. I added a pillar in the screw hole and bedded that area with epoxy up to the first inch or so of the barrel. I also bedded the trigger group and the rear of the receiver, since it can shift around without a screw to lock it in place. When I did all that my groups tightened up significantly. Just be sure you don't screw up and permanently glue the action into the stock!
As far as cleaning goes, I've found mine will go about 4-500 rounds before it starts to have problems extracting and chamfering new rounds. I rarely clean the bore, though. Hosing the action out with brake cleaner and then squirting in some oil does the trick for me....
mott555:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on October 29, 2014, 08:59:22 PM ---Maybe drop the action into a bullpup stock configuration because while it is useless, it was too much fun to pass up?
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That is very interesting.
JTH:
Mott555 said about the bullpup version....
--- Quote from: mott555 on October 30, 2014, 01:44:34 PM ---That is very interesting.
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It is ridiculous, actually. But the stock was on a quarter-price sale, and it looked like too much fun, and I was much younger and more impulsive than I am now.
I have left the red dot sight on it to leave the icing on the stupid cake. :)
(What, you mean that the sights SHOULDN'T be 6 inches above the barrel?)
.....it is silly fun to shoot, though. Full-size silhouette targets at 5-10 yards, rapid fire--you can get all of your Tactical Timmie out in one magazine. :D
I'll note: you have to be right-handed for this to work, darn it. Every time I shoot this gun (which is pretty rare these days) I have to act like I'm wrong-handed.
JTH:
--- Quote from: bkoenig on October 30, 2014, 01:39:40 PM ---If you go to Rimfirecentral.com there are instructions on how to stone your hammer to the correct angle and greatly improve the trigger. I did it on mine and it made a big difference. It's not on the same level as a Volquartsen, but it was free. I don't recommend doing trigger work yourself unless you're fairly mechanically inclined and know how to test a trigger for safe operation, though.
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Rimfirecentral has a ton of great info if you like .22s. Excellent stuff there.
--- Quote ---Another place where you can really improve upon the factory setup is in the barrel and action bedding, especially if you add a bull barrel.
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...I don't like working that hard.
I tend to be more of an armorer type than a gunsmith type. So I like Glocks and 10/22s where I can drop in parts really easily and won't screw up something important with a dremel. :)
Now, if I had something called "free time" or alternatively less hobbies, I might actually go further into the gunsmith-y type stuff....when I win the lottery, a LOT of things are gonna change around here....
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