Ruger 10/22

Sam Salvati

Sam Salvati

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Tonight, on recommendation by EVERYONE, I picked up a Ruger 10/22. Black synthetic stock black barrel, it matches my 870 real nice! I cannot wait to shoot it!!!!
 
I want to say a big thanks to Taylor from Lifeblade.net for his kind gesture of joining me up to the NRA for a year, Thanks dude!
 
Sam, wait till you see all the add on goodies you can get for your 10/22 you can make it look wicked, i built alot of the 10/22 in my days just to resell,they are sweet ill see if i can dig up some pics
 
I'm not one for modifying my guns, but seeing all the stuff you can do to these little fun rifles is incredible!!!! Yes please pictures!
 
Sam, congratualtions. You have joined the ranks of owning one of the most popular if not THE most popular .22 ever made. I have 3 right now, one that I have had since the late 60's. My wife just bought me the 10/22 target model a few years back w/ the laminated stock & hammered blue barrel. The only thing I have had done to all of them was to have a "trigger job" done by a gunsmith. Could not believe how much of a difference it made. Congrats on the gun, but also on joining the NRA.
Merry Christmas,
Be safe.
 
You could go forever adding mods to the 10/22 !! Keep it simple ! Get extra mags and find the most reliable and accurate that the gun likes. Learn to shoot one shot at a time , not bang,bang,bang,bang !!
 
Sam Salvati said:
Tonight, on recommendation by EVERYONE, I picked up a Ruger 10/22. Black synthetic stock black barrel, it matches my 870 real nice! I cannot wait to shoot it!!!!
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If you need it Cerakoted, let me know! I just got my FFL.

Congrats on the buy. It is a terrific rifle for young and old alike.
 
another one Sam . You getting ready for the revolution ??:D

Of course , you can never have enough .
 
10/22's are great. I have the stainless and black synthetic carbine model, it's a fun gun. I really like mine. The only mods I consider just about required for it are a magazine release that doesn't require a kid's fingers to operate and a bolt release that works normally.

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=428233
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=688102

I haven't tried the mag release, mine was a previous generation. Both parts combined take about a half hour to do if you're careful, it's getting it back together smoothly that's a pain the first time.

Past those two (or similar items) it's wide open. Better trigger pull, different barrels, sights, stocks.... I upgraded my sights to some fiber optics because I shoot in dim light a lot, but the stock ones worked just fine in normal conditions.
 
Remy, I was advised on the Volquartsen ectractor too, the mag release on mine is good size, they upped the length I think in the past year or two.
 
I have a stock 10/22 and put a holo red dot sight on it and purchased a few 25 round mags. It is really fun to shoot, but it choke's on cheap ammo. It works great with the standard velocity CCI's.
 
Sam Salvati said:
Remy, I was advised on the Volquartsen ectractor too, the mag release on mine is good size, they upped the length I think in the past year or two.
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heheh, it's about time. I could operate mine, but it was a pain in the butt and forget doing it smoothly or quickly. I'm glad to hear it improved. I just took a look at the ruger site and they REALLY changed it, impressive. I guess even ruger pays attention to their customers, it just takes a decade or two.
 
When it came time for me to get a .22 a while back, I almost went with a 10/22, but opted against it due to PA State regs that say you can't hunt with a semi-auto... :rolleyes: Seeing as how most of what the .22 is for around here is a groundhog gun, I went with a Savage bolt action instead. There are days I want a 10/22 just for fun though...

Good on ya' Sam! Have fun with it!

My latest gun purchase was an old surplus Mosin Nagant (chambered in 7.62x54R) that was on sale for $79 at a local sporting goods store around Thanksgiving. Haven't gotten to the range with it yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

-d
 
People keep telling me about those old Moisin Nagant rifles, If I find one for that price you can bet i'll pick it up.
 
The big thing to keep in mind with old rifles is the ammo. Sure, lots of it around in this case, but how much of it isn't corrosive? I just did some checking and it seems that most of the mil-surp for the Mosins is still corrosive, which is a pain in the butt in my opinion. Not the end of the world, but it adds another layer of complexity and hassle.

I've got a very nice 8mm rifle that I almost never use because getting inexpensive ammo's a pain. Decent stuff is not an issue, hunting ammo's no issue, but plinking is a pain. It's a very nice rifle, so I'm not running corrosive through it. I regularly think about adding it to my reloading list, but the overhead to start reloading for it is not insignificant and it's not like I'd be shooting it a LOT even if ammo was dirt cheap. Maybe ten or twenty rounds every few weeks.
 
Remy, ammo played a big part in my getting the 10/22 :D.

Hit up the PA gun show over the weekend, did not have alot of dough so no new toys but I did pick up a muzzle break for my little gun:

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It was a pretty good show, the class 3 table was pretty cool!
 
The 10/22 is a nice rifle and can be built anyway you want. I didn't realy care for it personaly though and went with a TC 22 clasic. Very nice gun and very accurate. Doesn't like remington ammo though, chambers a bit tight for it. In some ways I wish I'd gotten a 10/22 though, I've seen some nice solid target set-ups. If I had my way though I'd love to get my hands on a new/mint remington 550, it's got the tube mag under the barrel, trouble is they stoped making them before I was born.

I've got 4 mosins at present, one is a Finn capture and rebarrel, the rest are russians. One I'm putting a new heavy barrel in and a new walnut stock just to have a target quality mosin. The corosive ammo is no big deal, just clean like you would with black powder, get the primmer salts out and your good. Or you can buy new non corosive ammo or reload, but good accurate surpluss runs around 18-20 cents a rounds.
 
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