10/22 for the field

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Thinking about getting a 10/22 to play around with. It would probably be used for hunting and plinking. Hunting would most likley be walking around the farm. Part of the reason for the 10/22 is so I can play with all the extras out there for it.

Whats a good set up for a field rifle?
 
Low budget -
Take off barrel band
Add a VQ hammer
add a williams aperture sight

High budget -
slim Clark/VQ barrel
kid trigger
Leupold RF compact scope
burris low rings
mcmillan fiberglass sporter stock
 
I would say the two most important things for a field rifle like you want would be accuracy, reliability and portability, in that order. There are some excellent alternatives to the standard 10/22 (which IMO, would do just great in it's stock setup for what you want), it all burns down to whether you want to be a do-it-yourselfer or not. I've done all the work on my 10/22s myself and never had any problems. They are simple to work on, the parts are cheap (well some parts are) and pretty well drop in without much fitting. I've even done the finishing your own stock thing, which I want to do again soon.The 10/22 is the undisputed king of rimfire DIY rifles.

Might I direct your attention here for some lightweight alternatives...

Lightweight for the Do-it-yourselfer(strongly recomended)
http://www.eabco.com/102208.html

Lightweight for the Non-do-it-yourselfer (only if you have money to burn)
http://www.magnumresearch.com/Browse.asp?Category=MagnumLite:Rifles
http://www.volquartsen.com/product.asp?pid=6

Beware...you're getting ready to get in to something that you can sink a lot of money into. First it's one bone stock 10/22, then you add a barrel, oops, gotta have a new stock to go with it. Then you need another one to try another stock/barrel combo, and so on and so forth. Next thing you know you have half-a-dozen of the buggers and you can't figure out which one to take out with you! :)

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jobu, it is for free floating the barrel (well kind of). You probably need to take some material out of the stock as well.
 
Just take your std 10/22---mount a scope----sight it in----go shooting.

No need to mess with the 10/22 unless you have the desire for some cool looking uber target rifle-----for hunting and plinking the std 10/22 is just fine.

I have 3 10/22's and the only mods done are scopes and slings----but I have seeked out some non-standard variants---that you'll never see in the catalog----but are still all stock Ruger.
 
Omaha:

Main reason I want a 10/22 is to play with all the goodies out there for it. I've got a few 22 that would do the job now but aren't as "fun".

Thanks for the help guys. I've been reading over at rimfirecentral and they have a TON of stuff :what:
 
Omaha said:
I have seeked out some non-standard variants---that you'll never see in the catalog----but are still all stock Ruger.
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Do you care to elaborate? You've definately got my interest. We don't like secrets. ;)
 
Let's see:

1. Stainless 10/22 International---black/gray laminated stock---Wally world special by Lipsey's.

2. Stainless 10/22 Rifle---22in barrel---hardwood DLX Sptr style stock----another Wally's special.

3. Was one I made up-----bought the std Dlx Sptr----and a stainless/plastic model---switched actions and sold off the excess----so now have one of the few stainless Dlx Sptr's in existance----with a beautiful WALNUT stock.
 
Mine went like this:

started with a used blued, wood stock, carbine.


.920 Butler Creek Co-Polymer barrel and stock ($185 for me, I've seen these barrels for $110 lately in SGN, that means you could do this now for $150ish)

Volquartsen Grand Master Action Kit

titanium trigger, firing pin, spring guide, hammer, (I think its titanium) extra power springs. Lowered trigger pull to 2 pounds, no overtravel (adjustable). I gave 198.99 for the kit from Brownells, local smith installed for about $75.

Weaver rail.

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This gun weighs the same as my Nylon 66 (less than 5 pounds scope and all)
All I would change is I'd like to have some iron sight provision, but I can always swap on a red dot with the Weaver rail. Anyway, you can tote it all day, it will group <3" at 100 yds, and less than an inch at 50.

Optics are kinda particular, and with the Weaver you can always swap them, so I won't even get into that.
 
titanium trigger, firing pin, spring guide, hammer, (I think its titanium) extra power springs. Lowered trigger pull to 2 pounds, no overtravel (adjustable). I gave 198.99 for the kit from Brownells, local smith installed for about $75.
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:what:
I helped a friend install his GM kit in under 10 minutes. :)
 
To start with just pick up a 10/22 and at least one spare factory mag, put a decent scope on it, and see how it shoots with several different kinds of ammo. That way, you can get a better idea of what it makes the most sense to spend your money on.

I'm keeping mine pretty much stock since it's mainly a plinker. I did replace the factory hammer and sear in order to improve the trigger pull, which was simply awful. I used parts from Power Custom and the improvement was amazing.

The other thing I want to do is put a scope on it. I had a Weaver 4x28mm rimfire scope on it but that got moved to my Savage Mark IIGL. So, I'm trying to figure out what I want to replace the Weaver with, another one or just get a $50 .22 scope. (Since I live in PA I cannot hunt with it; no hunting w/semiauto rifles in this state.)
 
For field use, you don't need to do a darn thing to it. Right from the box, most are 'field accurate', and very reliable.

Sure, spend money if that excites you, or you want to make your Ruger special, but its not necessary from a practical point of view.
 
The fun part about the 10/22 for me is that you can do most of the stuff for it yourself.

Check out this place:
http://www.perfectunion.com/forums/index.php?showforum=49

Look in the "Tips and Tricks" section.

They show you how to: free-float the barrel, do-it-yourself trigger job, bed the action, make an adjustable barrel tuner, among other things.

They also will let you know which after market barrels are the ones you should buy, and why.

Or, you can go the Whole Hog route and just buy a Volquartsen target rifle ready to go.
 
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