First, thank you all for your support. I asked for support because I thought it was a design that would be both practical and affordable.
Second, the stock is directly from the new American Rimfire bolt action that Ruger recently came out with. I handled one in a store and thought "oh man, that stock needs to be on a 10/22". The end of the butt stock is interchangeable with ones that makes either the comb higher or lower, or longer or shorter. That rifle comes in two configurations, a rifle and a compact, so I thought I would submit the same options.
Third, interestingly enough I actually submitted three designs. I wasn't trying to stack the deck I just had three different ideas. One was wood and steel carbine that actually had M1 carbine sights on it. I like military peep sights and the newer M1 carbine (rear adjustable) sights are actually pretty good sights. You can buy them from Auto Ordinance pretty reasonably. It wasn't really a replica but had that basic classic carbine look.
Another was my version of what a real Anniversary Model should look like. It was actually a 20" bbl rifle with a walnut finger groove stock, nice trigger job, gold lettering, classic sights, metal trigger group. It was a classic adult sized rifle.
They didn't pick those.
The last was my version of the best all around, 10/22 to 'shoot like a real service rifle' rifle. Much of it is based on my experience as an Appleseed instructor. The criteria was I wanted good out of the box adjustable peep sights. I wanted a stock that is convertible for both adults and kids and iron sights or scopes. I wanted it to be all weather and resistant to scratches and dings from handling it while transitioning to and from standing, sitting and prone or out in the bush. I wanted to protect the muzzle from damage and debris when new shooters dip it into the sand, mud, snow or bang it on the cement. Hence the threaded barrel and flash hider which we call a "mud guard" . Finally I wanted to make it marketable at a reasonable price so I specified parts the Ruger already make. They seemed to like it and so do the people voting.
I said before that I probably should have made it a take down as well. That rifle would be kinda cool as a take down. On the other hand several of our instructors have take downs and we can't seem to make them work well for our purposes. Don't get me wrong, if I win I'm going to get a take down simply because they are cool.
I hope that helps explain things more. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Second, the stock is directly from the new American Rimfire bolt action that Ruger recently came out with. I handled one in a store and thought "oh man, that stock needs to be on a 10/22". The end of the butt stock is interchangeable with ones that makes either the comb higher or lower, or longer or shorter. That rifle comes in two configurations, a rifle and a compact, so I thought I would submit the same options.
Third, interestingly enough I actually submitted three designs. I wasn't trying to stack the deck I just had three different ideas. One was wood and steel carbine that actually had M1 carbine sights on it. I like military peep sights and the newer M1 carbine (rear adjustable) sights are actually pretty good sights. You can buy them from Auto Ordinance pretty reasonably. It wasn't really a replica but had that basic classic carbine look.
Another was my version of what a real Anniversary Model should look like. It was actually a 20" bbl rifle with a walnut finger groove stock, nice trigger job, gold lettering, classic sights, metal trigger group. It was a classic adult sized rifle.
They didn't pick those.
The last was my version of the best all around, 10/22 to 'shoot like a real service rifle' rifle. Much of it is based on my experience as an Appleseed instructor. The criteria was I wanted good out of the box adjustable peep sights. I wanted a stock that is convertible for both adults and kids and iron sights or scopes. I wanted it to be all weather and resistant to scratches and dings from handling it while transitioning to and from standing, sitting and prone or out in the bush. I wanted to protect the muzzle from damage and debris when new shooters dip it into the sand, mud, snow or bang it on the cement. Hence the threaded barrel and flash hider which we call a "mud guard" . Finally I wanted to make it marketable at a reasonable price so I specified parts the Ruger already make. They seemed to like it and so do the people voting.
I said before that I probably should have made it a take down as well. That rifle would be kinda cool as a take down. On the other hand several of our instructors have take downs and we can't seem to make them work well for our purposes. Don't get me wrong, if I win I'm going to get a take down simply because they are cool.
I hope that helps explain things more. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
