10/22 new vs the old

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alright if you hang on my every word and read all of my posts as all of you should youll notice i had a ruger 10/22 stolen from me a few months back
this 10/22 was purchased new dec 1997 exactly 12 years ago it was the standard carbine version

today i received a new 10/22 for my birthday i got the allweather carbine version
there seems to be a whole lot more plastic on this gun...
trigger gaurd, barrel band other places too

Is this 10/22 any better or worse than the old one?
 
Just different. I bought a new 10/22 and it shoots just like the previous version I owned. $65 for the VQ match hammer and sear plus 20 minutes of my time turned it into a shooter. My major dissapointment is the faux stainless finish. I'm going to replace the barrel with a Green Mountain target barrel, and Hogue stock, so I might strip and polish the reciever.
 
A lot of people gripe about the plastic trigger guards and the painted recievers, among other things.

Personally, those issues don't bother me one bit. I have several guns with plastic trigger guards that have never given me an issue. I have guns that rely on plastic magazines.

What is often ignored is that Ruger has made some improvements, too. An extended magazine release and, IIRC, a wider trigger.


I'm not the kind of person that gets worked up over the finish of a $200 gun of any type, so long as it works well. Even the older so called stainless 10/22s, for example, had clearcoated, matte aluminum recievers and polished stainless barrels that did not match up and look "correct" together. My guns are made to be used and run hard, and there is nothing functionally wrong with the new or old Ruger 10/22s. It would be a very different story if we were talking about the lots more expensive rifles from Ruger, such as the 77/22.
 
It just looks dull gray to me. I know from posts on the RFC that the receiver is just painted aluminum and polishes up pretty well. The barrel will get replaced anyway.
 
The polymer parts like the trigger housing seem to be very consistent in size, I've done a few trigger jobs on the new models and they come out nice. I know the aluminum housing would wear at the pin holes from a lot of disassembly, maybe the poly ones well be better.
 
Mine was different from my dad's (bought in the 1970's) in that it didn't work when I got it. But after $12 for a VQ extractor it is VERY reliable.
I don't plan on selling it. ;)
 
I noticed a big change in the metal finish and the wood of the older walmart 10/22's versus the new ones. Old ones were much better but I bet they shoot about the same. I got rid of my Ruger and got a Kel-Tec SU22. No regrets baby! Factory stock 10/22's are OK except for the bedding, trigger group, firing pin/bolt design and extractor. Other than that they are OK.
 
The only difference I have noticed in quality is the trigger pull is alot lighter and crisper on my 1970s model then on the one I just bought. They are both standard carbines.
 
That's why they are the best selling .22 rifle ever produced.
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huduguru, beat me to it, the Marlin model 60 is the best selling .22 rifle by far.

I don't feel that there is any appreciable difference between the current 10/22s and the ones made ten years ago other than cosmetics. They both shoot about the same.

The only difference I have noticed in quality is the trigger pull is a lot lighter and crisper on my 1970s model then on the one I just bought. They are both standard carbines.
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Now that's true. I have one of the old ones with a Walnut stock. That one never needed the VQ extractor or hammer.
 
...can anyone confirm or deny?
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Confirmed, new ones are painted.

I don't think there is anything wrong with the new ones, but I don't like the idea of the plastic bbl band and trigger group housing on a traditional looking gun, nor do I like the Krylon finish. I also can't imagine that the trigger could be improved as the older alloy models (though most, new and old, have poor factory triggers IME).

:)
 
A corrected version would be,"That's why they are the best selling Semi Auto Detachable Magazine .22 rifle ever produced.
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True..............but it won't fit on a bumper sticker. :D
 
I had one of my newer 10-22s apart today and wondered what that trigger housing was made of - is it Zamac?
 
I had one of my newer 10-22s apart today and wondered what that trigger housing was made of - is it Zamac?
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Its Polymer, Ruger has done testing and proved the polymer is more impact resistant than the older aluminum trigger guard.
 
Its Polymer, Ruger has done testing and proved the polymer is more impact resistant than the older aluminum trigger guard.
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Read.....

It's more cost effective, and allows Ruger to make more money......same reason Matell(spelling?) started making the Tonka trucks out of plastic! lol hehehehe
 
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