I Asked, W&SS Answered! The 10/22 It Is!

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The Ruger 10/22 has been paid for! The 11 day wait begins! Thanks to all for the recommendations and advice. This looks to be a great little survival firearm with a TON of different after market upgrades and modifications available. I think I might already be thinking of a second one to trick out with a folding stock and tacticool modifications. We'll see how this one does.

I'll definitely be buying another rifle this year in a larger caliber in bolt-action. There just isn't any getting around having more than one. At least, thats what I am going to tell myself :D

As a starter gun, the 10/22 is reputed to excel. As I am no expert, I decided to start there. Any advice or recommendations for a new 10/22 owner would be appreciated. I plan to put a lot of rounds through it when they let me pick it up and see just how reliable it is out of the box. This picture is going to have to tide me over until I can bring it home! I hate the 11 day waiting period!

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I had two of these years back. Put thru at least 10,000 rounds of the cheapest ammo on the shelf thru each one. Just keep it clean.
The HC mags they sell are fun but they have feed issues after they get dirty. Never a hiccup with the stock magazine.
 
Go to www.rimfirecentral.com and sign up. That is the best forum for 10/22's and all other rimfire guns I've found. Tons and tons of good info, lots of pictures, and more reviews of parts than you could ever possibly hope to finish reading. Go ahead and find a decent buffer to put in it. There are plenty to choose from. I don't remember what mine is but I know it's blue and translucent. If you start looking at aftermarket stocks, most of that stuff is worthless and adds weight EXCEPT the Hogue overmolded stock. However, the factory stock is fine if you're ok with it. If you want to start switching out parts to improve accuracy and such, I've found nothing beats Kidd Innovative Design. Volquartsen makes badass parts too.

One more thing: several places like sportsmans guide have Eley Sport for killer prices right now. It's some decent stuff.
 
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Definitely stick with the stock mags. I haven't found an aftermarket hi cap that works consistently.

Ammo's cheap, so get out and use it and wear that barrel out. Once the barrel's accuracy starts going down hill you can get heavy barrels for it that really shoot well.

It's easy to go nuts with a 10/22 because of all of the aftermarket accessories, but if you want it for survival then I would try to keep it simple.
 
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I love my 10/22. I got it in 1992 or so as a gift, and it has had thousands of rounds through it with barely a hiccup. I've kept mine totally stock, although I did pick up a few extra mags. :cool:
 
My wife has one and it's the gun I break out when I want to hook novices on shooting.

A pretty much non gun person can pick one up and hit stuff with regularity right off the bat.

This leads to a feeling of success and to more shooting and then often into buying their own!:thumbup:;)

Here's a couple of my Rugers. I have a 77 International in 243 too.

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nice.. i recently scored 10/22 also.. i love it... they're such cool guns.. you can trick them out pretty good too... there are also a few really cool books out there on them as well..:thumbup:

just noticed you're in central Cali... where abouts are you at??
 
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11 DAYS...good lord. Here it takes about a half an hour. Anyway, you made a good choice. A website you should checkout is rimfirecentral. You can learn just about everything you ever wanted to know about the 10/22 there. I would recomend a Volquartsen polished hammer to smooth and lighten the trigger. If you go to the VQ website click on the blemish tab. You can find hammers that are just as functional as the other ones only have blemishes on them so they give you a discount. Why a blemish makes a difference for a part that is INSIDE the gun is beyond me.:rolleyes: But it's a good deal.:thumbup:

Edit: I forgot to add something about mags. If you go to the rimfirecentral website, there's a sticky somewhere that shows you how to tune your magazines. The reason a lot of people dislike their factory mags is because they weren't tuned right from the factory and thus have had issues with them. It's very simple precedure. I just forget how many times you twist the spring or I would tell you here.
 
I was born in Butte Mont and raised in California.In Calif.any kind of firearm transaction is a joke.I hate that state.
 
I'd recommend that you buy the lowest quantity of several different .22 brands and bullet weights. Your 10/22 may love the Winchester type and hate the Remington and put all shots in one hole with the Aguila while the CCI is just middle of the road...... meanwhile my 10/22 just loves the Remington Bulk .22 ammo - cheap stuff but works great.

My point is don't get swayed by someone saying this is the best brand or that one should be avoided. Get out and try some different brands but most of all have fun. The .22 is the most inexpensive round to shoot but can bring the biggest smiles from all who shoot it! :D

Best of luck with it and good shooting!

Randy
 
Yellow Lab said:
I'd recommend that you buy the lowest quantity of several different .22 brands and bullet weights. Your 10/22 may love the Winchester type and hate the Remington and put all shots in one hole with the Aguila while the CCI is just middle of the road...... meanwhile my 10/22 just loves the Remington Bulk .22 ammo - cheap stuff but works great.

My point is don't get swayed by someone saying this is the best brand or that one should be avoided. Get out and try some different brands but most of all have fun. The .22 is the most inexpensive round to shoot but can bring the biggest smiles from all who shoot it! :D

Best of luck with it and good shooting!

Randy
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True. I have a Ruger Mark 1 Pistol and the accuracy radically varies with the brand.

The match ammo of course shoots good but amazingly the low budget Federal shoots better than like Remington.
 
I cant remember what brand I have but they are 30 rd bannana clips couple thousand rounds thru them and never a hiccup.

I think he is limited to 10rd mags anyways being in CA


kage said:
Definitely stick with the stock mags. I haven't found an aftermarket hi cap that works consistently.

Ammo's cheap, so get out and use it and wear that barrel out. Once the barrel's accuracy starts going down hill you can get heavy barrels for it that really shoot well.

It's easy to go nuts with a 10/22 because of all of the aftermarket accessories, but if you want it for survival then I would try to keep it simple.
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nifrand said:
I was born in Butte Mont and raised in California.In Calif.any kind of firearm transaction is a joke.I hate that state.
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Butte rules! Haven't been there in many years, but it's one of my favorite cities, truly a fascinating and unique place. :thumbup:
 
hollowdweller said:
My wife has one and it's the gun I break out when I want to hook novices on shooting.

A pretty much non gun person can pick one up and hit stuff with regularity right off the bat.

This leads to a feeling of success and to more shooting and then often into buying their own!:thumbup:;)

Here's a couple of my Rugers. I have a 77 International in 243 too.

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There's a single action Ruger that takes .45 ACP? How does that work - interchangeable cylinders?
 
Sweet! Thanks for sharing your decision with us, and obviously more pics will be required when you get your hands on it. I'm sure it will serve you well.
 
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