10/22 Ruger

[papafloyd]

1st off let me start by saying I don't know much about rifles, so I will be asking a few dumb questions! I was at a gun show in Reno, Nev. over the weekend and bought a stock/barrel as well as a scope and bipod to assemble a 10/22 lr. I thought this would be a fun project for me. To complete the gun I need to purchase a receiver, was told to just buy a cheap gun for the parts. Do to my lack of knowledge of rifles I have a question, is the 10/22 Ruger just a brand name or is there a difference between it and a regular .22 rifle?

Thanks for any help, Ken.

 

[TedP]

A Ruger 10/22 is a model of .22 cal semi-auto rifle. To be more specific, Ruger is the brand, 10/22 is the model.

To complete your project, you could either buy any Ruger 10/22 and change out the pieces you wish to or you can buy a receiver made specifically to fit like a 10/22. I am sure others could chime in with brands and links.

 

[papafloyd]

Thank you TedP, I appreciate the help.

 

[Sheepdog1968]

A receiver from any 10-22 should do just fine for what you want to do. There is an excellent book by House on Customizing Ruger 10-22s with lots of shooting data w lots of mods done w different bullets. I highly reccomend getting the book.

 

[philpost]

This is actually the rifle I'd like to get for my daughter's 10th birthday (yes, she wants one). Just wondering why you got the parts first - for a fun project, or are they custom super-duper cool?

 

[papafloyd]

Well was at a gun show and got a little carried away. I had just purchased a handgun for the wife so I have to wait for 30 days before I can buy again, so I thought I would buy the pieces and be ready. When we pick up her pistol she will take the test and then I can proceed with the project. I know I could've boughten a really nice .22 rifle alot cheaper than it will cost me for this but I can tell the g-kids that the gun they're shooting Pop put together! The stock is a Revolution Yukan Extreme, barrel is a Fluted Tactical solutions, a Harris Bipod, and a Leapers scope, all I need now is the receiver! I'm pretty sure I paid too much but damn I was excited!

 

[philpost]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but what kind of test does your wife need to take?
And wait a month between purchases? That's just wrong.

 

[AKElroy]

Walmart has great deals on a new base 10/22. Grab it for the parts, they are super simple to put together. I am a freak when it comes to screw heads & proper torque, so please invest in a good torque wrench / driver set to properly torque barrel block & action screw.

Midway sells a FAT wrench, check it out. Also check out rimfirecentral.com for torque recomendations & suggestions on how to throw away your life savings on these damn things.

 

[mljdeckard]

I would cruise the pawn shops and look for a used one, if all I wanted to do was strip the receiver.

Or yeah, you can go all out, go to Midway and look at 10/22 receivers. You might swallow your gum when you see the prices, I'm not in a position to assert that a premium aftermarket one will seriously outperform a stock Ruger one.

 

[papafloyd]

I live in California where we have a 10 day waiting period before we can pick up our gun purchases and 30 waiting period before we can purchase another gun. So if my wife takes the Handgun safety test she can purchase under her name. Used to be Rifles fell under different guidelines....I need to check on this, I may not need to wait to purchase a rifle.

Unfortunately Ca Walmarts no longer sell guns or ammo, some years back a bunch disappeared from a store and they just decided to pull the product. Without going to a shop my only choice for purcahse would be from an individual or Big 5 sporting goods.

Thanks for the tips!

 

[Sediment]

Actually the 30 day limit applies to only handguns. You can purchase and take delivery of as many long guns as you like (including the 10 day wait) but your purchase limit of handguns is 1 per 30 days. I live here and I agree is sucks but that's how it is where we both live.

P.S. I buy shotgun ammo from Wally World when I see it for a good price. They still sell ammo for popular calibers, but it's usually out of stock by the time you get to it.

 

[papafloyd]

Thanks Sediment, I'll have to check around at my local Walmart to see if they carry any ammo. Also thanks for the update on the law, I thought long guns might be different but didn't know for sure.

 

[Dookie]

to make it easy, or very expensive, for you www.rimfirecentral.com they have more 10/22 knowledge than anywhere else on the planet, that includes Ruger.

 

[cal74]

to make it easy, or very expensive, for you www.rimfirecentral.com  they have more 10/22 knowledge than anywhere else on the planet, that includes Ruger

Best advice given so far, if you want to keep things on the cheap though stay very far away from that site

The Ruger 10/22 probably has more aftermarket support than any other gun ever produced. More than likely you bought the left overs from someone elses project. As it was mentioned, your best bet is to look for a reasonable used rifle as you'll spend just as much on a receiver.

There are several aftermarket receivers, but they will be more money than just buying the whole standard rifle. Depending on what you do with it, or how deep your pockets are will determine if a custom receiver is worth the investment.

Keep in mind you'll also need a trigger group, pins to assemble and a v-block assembly

Here's my Ruger 10/22, or more accurately the only thing that came from Ruger was the magazine. Everything else is aftermarket.

X-Ring Receiver
Tactical Solutions barrel & compensator
Volquartsen Trigger group
Raptor Stock
Presently wearing a Leupold VXII 4-12





Good Luck with your project and have fun

 

[winchester '97]

They are really fun to build into something cool, but horrible little guns out of the box IMO.

 

[MacTech]

Actually, it depends on the gun itself, many 10/22's are horrible from the factory, with a heavy trigger (8#+), and middling accuracy (2" groups at 50 yards), but occasionally, you get a good example

My first 10/22 was horrible, a mid-'90's vintage, 9+# trigger, so bad that I had to keep checking if the safety had been pushed back on, and average accuracy, I sold it back to the store, traded it for a Savage Mark II-G bolt action .22 with AccuTrigger, nice, crisp 2.5# trigger

A few weeks ago, I got the urge for another 10/22, there was a nice used one at my local gunshop, early '80s vintage, nice, *real* walnut stock, and *this* one is stellar, trigger's a bit heavy (6# or so, but with a crisp pull), and if I do my part, I can shoot one-holer to dime-sized groups at 50 yards all day, I've put almost 1,000 rounds through it so far with ZERO failures, and that's almost exclusively with a Butler Creek Steel Lips 25 round banana mag, this one's a keeper

I think you'll find that a good condition early vintage used gun (mid '80s and back) will have a better trigger pull and may be more accurate, Ruger has cut too many corners on the new guns, plastic trigger group housing and barrel band, cheap "crinkle-finish" paint on the receiver, painted, not blued barrel, cheap Birch stock, etc...

 

[natman]

Well was at a gun show and got a little carried away. I had just purchased a handgun for the wife so I have to wait for 30 days before I can buy again....

The 30 day wait in CA is between HANDGUN purchases. You can buy a rifle whenever you like.

 

[CraigC]

Another solution would be a Nodak/Spud receiver, they're $130 shipped. Then all you need is a bolt and trigger group. Mine, coupled with a Rimfire Tech accurized bolt, Clark mid-weight barrel and factory trigger group with Power Custom parts has turned in some ¼" groups at 50yds with match ammo.

The new barrels are not painted, they are matte blued. The stocks on the carbine models have been birch for years and years. The polymer trigger housing works just fine and doesn't show dents and dings like the previous aluminum housing did. I don't know what folks expect out of a $200 plinker that has not even gone up in price equal to inflation. In seven years the 10/22 has gone up 16%, while inflation is 19%.

 

[tc54]

my old (73' or so) 10/22. still very accurate today.