[UniversalFrost]

Well,

was browsing ebay last night looking for a factory take off stock for my 10/22 (I just sold the bull barrel and matching stock) and was attempting to restore it to factory original.

Well, I wandered upon an MG-42 kit for a 10/22. I have a carbine barrel on my 10/22 right now and asked the question of what barrel length was needed (looks to be a long barreled kit). got a reply this evening that it took a carbine 18" or the 20" barrel. I was like oh no, this will work with my gun :uhoh: I kept trying to talk myself out of buying and kept saying to myself I really don't need this. I even attempted to do some googling on it and hope to find that it was a POS, but all i found was thread after thread of folks saying how cool it was or how cool it would look.

well before i knew it I was htting the buy it now button and paying for it through paypal before I even could realize that I need this like a hole in the head.

well now I got a MG42 clone kit for my 10/22 on the way.

Here is what it looks like (pics from another identical kit on gunbroker):

http://pics.gunbroker.com/GB/134645000/134645602/pix3361795828.jpg
http://pics.gunbroker.com/GB/134645000/134645602/pix3361795562.jpg

will get pics of it on my 10/22 and a range report when I get a chance to hit the range (wife is due with our 2nd kid in the next few weeks so might be awhile before I get to the range). I am sure this is gonna turn a lot of heads when I pull it out of the case next time at the range.

[Foofles]

OK. That's cool. :D I'm always amazed by what people do with 10/22s.

Best of luck with the kid to be, by the way!

[MarineOne]

I have a buddy that owns one of those Ural motorcycles. I have dared him multiple times to buy one of these and mount it on the sidecar. Guess its time to remind him about it.


Kris

[THE DARK KNIGHT]

Yeah, that is AWESOME. You got one cool 10/22 now! Too bad it's got that "flash suppressor" on the end or I'd buy one too :(

[Speedo66]

Yeah, that is AWESOME. You got one cool 10/22 now! Too bad it's got that "flash suppressor" on the end or I'd buy one too :(

Probably nothing that about 30 seconds with a hacksaw wouldn't take care of. It's only plastic.

[Norinco982lover]

I saw those at the last gunshow. Pretty sick for a plinker:D

[UniversalFrost]

yeah we'll see how it works out. i have heard that the rear sight moves a lot when rapid firing, but i think i can tinker with it and stiffen the thing up a bit (i am thinking of loctite or a glue gun).

now i just need to get one of those trigger cranks that they sell at cabelas.

and ya, i had a bone stock 10/22, then dropped in all new internals and a bull barrel and stock and made it into a long range plinker, then I went out rabbit hunting with a buddy and only had the 10/22 and it felt like I was lugging around a boat anchor :cuss: after the end of the day (i have had to lug a m249 on patrol before and the 10/22 I would have swore that it felt heavier at the end of the day, but i guess dehydration and 12 hours in a blazing AZ sun will do that to ya). So I wanted to turn it back to stock, well now I guess I am as far away from stock as you can get. Oh well at least I have an old marlin mod60 to use on rabbits and other small critters now (man imagine the looks the game warden (buddy of mine) would give me when I pull out my mg42 -10/22 next time we go hunting). :evil::p:D

[AULefty]

If you still want a factory 10/22 stock, I'll send one to you for shipping costs.

[UniversalFrost]

ok, got the kit in the mail last week and had some time on sunday to put it together.

one major hiccup was that the kit I received was made for a 16" barrel 10/22 and mine was an 18", so I broke out the dremel and cut off wheel and chopped off the extra 2" inches of the barrel (barrel was just a spare take off from another build). after that everything went together fine. on the receiver portion you need to get a 1/2 longer buffer dowel and that is what holds the rear portion of the kit on the receiver. I stopped by the hardware store and they didn't have any dowels long enough so I went with a steel pin with a cotter key on the end for a positive retaining of both ends and no chance of the pin coming loose and sliding out under rapid fire.

only thing I need to do now is get the crank on once cabelas decides to ship my order :mad: and need to either shim up the front sight to prevent it from moving left or right and am thinking of installing a spare rail on the top of the receiver for a red dot since the iron sights are really large and would be almost useless for actual aiming, but this thing isn't going to win any accuracy contests to begin with :p

also, the front portion had a hole for a sling swivel mount so i grabbed a spare mount and threw it on and grabbed one of my bipods and put it on.

will get pics up soon.

[UniversalFrost]

got some pics up here is the link http://s448.photobucket.com/albums/qq207/josephroby/mg42%20kit/

and also here is a pic

http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/qq207/josephroby/mg42%20kit/DSC02370.jpg

[rangerruck]

Well, I am certainly no 10.22 fan, but i do kinda likey that!!!
Some guys, can just think of anything for a 10.22, but for some reason, not a Mod 60!!! wonder why...