Anyone ever seen a 10/22 with a factory stock like this?

[slowr1der]

A member is posting a 10/22 for sale on a local site and says this was made in like 69-70 and that he has been told it's a rare factory target stock. I'd never seen one like this and saw a lot of other similar comments, but I though it was cool. I wondered if this is really a factory stock, or of it's aftermarket as I know soo many aftermarket parts were made for this gun.



There it is. Anyone know anything about this? Also, what's the approximate value on this?

 

[grumpy66]

Red X.
Try again.

 

[35 Whelen]

Is that the new Ruger emblem?
35W

 

[slowr1der]

Hmm, it works for me, but give me a few minutes and I will upload it again.

 

[slowr1der]

Does it work for you guys now?

 

[Big_E]

Works, but I know nothing about that stock.

 

[35 Whelen]

Works now! And worth the wait. That's a very unique and gorgeous stock.
35W

 

[benzy2]

I've seen them like that at the local Cabela's in Dundee MI from time to time. They are I believe called finger groove stocks and were a factory item at one time. They may have been a special run for a given chain/distributor, but I do believe them to be factory.

 

[ms6852]

Kind of reminds me of the Remington 513T stocks.

 

[9mmepiphany]

Now I feel really old.

That is the old 10/22 Sporter stock, before it was replaced by the current one

 

[natman]

Those are known as a Fingergroove Sporter. It's factory. They were made in the 60's. Very nice.

 

[Sam1911]

That was the version my grandfather had. Those stocks by themselves often go for nearly the cost of a new 10/22 these days.

VERY nice.

 

[slowr1der]

So what would one of these things be worth? I'm kind of interested in it, but don't know what it's worth, and I'm not sure if I want it or not.

 

[CraigC]

Yep, that's an old factory walnut "fingergroove" stock. Collectors and shooters alike go nuts for them but I have yet to even handle one. That one looks to have some nice figure in it. The place to find info on stuff like that is RugerForum and RFC.

 

[Cop Bob]

Yup, its a Walnut Factory Finger groove from the late 60's, haven't seen one in a while... It's a keeper!

 

[CajunBass]

The last one I saw for sale was a couple of years ago, and they were asking $400.00 for it. Too much? I don't know. I passed on it, but it was gone less than a week later.

 

[rcmodel]

You might also notice the one in the photo has a nice anodized aluminum receiver unstead of a painted one like they use now!

Lots of things to like about those older 10/22's!

rc

 

[Slamfire]

Friend of mine had one, looked similar. His was a Canadian Centennial, about 1967 vintage Ruger 10/22.

 

[CraigC]

You might also notice the one in the photo has a nice anodized aluminum receiver unstead of a painted one like they use now!

Not if the `69 -`70 date range is correct. They were only anodized `64 -`68, then switched to a teflon coating.

 

[rcmodel]

Don't know?

That one sure looks anodized to me.
You can almost see the aluminum gleaming through it.

I have 10/22 serial #113,xxx, which I believe was made in 1967, and it is annodized and looks just like the one in the photo.

I also have a 1967 Shooters Bible, which lists:
The 10/22 Standard carbine at $54.50.
The 10/22 Sporter with the finger-groove stock for $64.50.
And the 10/22 International Mannlicher stocked one for $74.00.

Maybe the seller is off a few years on the date that one was made?

rc

 

[CraigC]

Looking more closely at the picture, you might be right.

Funny how Ruger switched to teflon coatings for the 10/22 in the late 1960's but anodized revolver parts until the 1990's.