How many of you keep your 10/22s stock?

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I know how much these guns can be customised - to the extent that they no longer have any Ruger parts in them - but I assume that most people just keep them stock.

Am I wrong?
 
I have 2 stocked ones.. and i plan on modding one of my rifles and keeping the original rifle, original..cant go wrong with that!
 
Mine's stock, and only partly because it came in Mossy Oak Break-Up from the factory and would look like a frankenrifle with most aftermarket accessories. I'm thinking about adding an aftermarket extended mag release (it's from '04 and has the steel trigger guard), but so far it's a pretty good plinker as is.
 
I left mine stock but I have the target model (stainless bull barrel with laminate stock). It's a great shooter and I find the aesthetics to be really nice. I did replace the extractor and recoil buffer with Volquartsen parts but those totaled maybe $15 so I don't really consider that to be modding it too much.

If I were to start a 10/22 build, I think I would go for the cheapest model and work up form there. Of course, since a build would cost me as much as a Volquartsen, I might just go for one of those at that point. :D
 
Two are modified and one is stock (International model) except the rear sights. The newer models that have the mag release oem don't need much other than trigger work.
 
I only own one Ruger 10-22 and the only thing I've done to it was replace the birch carbine stock with the classic walnut stock with the cut checkering. Being a big guy, it fits me much better and looks like a 1000.00 too. :)
 
I have 2. I put a scope on one but other than that, totally stock. I love them both but I am contemplating getting another one and bulding a custom rifle.
 
I have 2. One is stock, the other is only slightly modified. It only has a vol. hammer. It is the oldest one I have too, and should really have the barrel replaced.
 
i upgraded my kids to look more tactical with the tapco stuff, he's starting 2-gun - pretty soon hell be costing my money!
 
Mine is stock. I put an extended mag release on the wife's. That thing works so well I am kicking myself for not doing it to mine sooner. Good to see that Ruger finally took the hint and is doing this now too.
 
I put an aftermarket barrel on mine with 1:9 twist so I could shoot heavier bullets; it is the standard sporter profile. I also swapped the hammer and trigger for a lighter pull. Everything else is stock.
 
Bought this new in the early 1980s. Had it over 25 years without nary a bit of customizing. Why change anything? Damn thing shoots 1/4" groups at 50 yards.


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With the millions sold since 1964, I'd have to assume that the vast majority are stock or close to it. I kept my stainless laminate carbine stock for a while. Then built it up with a heavy barrel and laminated thumbhole, because it was the thing to do. It was highly accurate but handled like a railroad tie and was too heavy for field use. Parted it out and returned it to stock for another ten years. Until two years ago when I built it into my tacticool midnight marauder blaster.


it's from '04 and has the steel trigger guard
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It's aluminum.


Damn thing shoots 1/4" groups at 50 yards.
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Hate to call anybody out but if true, you have a one in ten million carbine. Most folks have to do some tuning and add a decent barrel to get a half inch at 50yds and that's with good match ammo. Getting a quarter inch requires a premium barrel like Lilja, KID, Shilen or Clark and a lot of tuning with match ammo.
 
i've had mine since the early 90's, built in or around 1972, and with the exception of scope or no scope (currently no scope) it is unmolested.

trigger pull is probably around 8-9 pounds, and on a good day it will do 1" or so at 50 yards with federal bulk pack ammo.

the gun has been rode hard and put away wet, no doubt. but it has always been reliable and has killed, probably literally, a ton of game.

don't shoot it much anymore, but i think i'll keep it around.
 
The 10/22 is what it is, a good .22 rf work horse. One can put a 300 dollar saddle on a 20 dollar horse, but you still just have a 20 dollar horse.

Wife bought hers about forty years ago for 60 bucks, never made any changes to it and still good as out of the box.
 
I restocked with a Hogue synthetic. I keep my Wal-Mart, checkered pistol grip stock for standard barrels (without barrel band) in case someone needs/wants it.
 
CraigC- Would you like to see the target? If I recall correctly there is one ragged hole that best as I can measure actually goes .251" (I just say 1/4" because it's faster). I framed that target and had it on the wall for about 20 years. Best group I ever shot at any time with any gun (2nd best was a .502 group with an Interarms "Mini Mauser" in .223 but since that was at 100 yards maybe the two are a tie). Pretty sure it's in a cabinet downstairs if you want me to drag it up and photograph it.

Want to hear the kicker? This was rapid fire. Five rounds in about four seconds. It was the first 5 shots fired from the rifle. When I saw the group I was so stunned I shot several more trying to duplicate it. Came close, but not quite as good. All the groups were under 1/2", which is excellent, but that first one, fired fast, was not repeated.

Remember, the range was 50 yards, not 100. But still way better than I would expect.

That was the last time I fired that rifle at paper. I bought it as a plinker.

One in 10 million? Maybe. I am usually a mediocre marksman at best. Perhaps the sun and the moon and the stars all aligned that day for me.
 
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