Market for a "do it all" 10/22?

[CraigC]

2lbs is too light for a "do it all" gun.

Hell, most of my revolvers have a 2lb trigger. It's all a matter of what you're used to.

 

[drsfmd]

Revolvers and a "do all" semi auto are VERY different creatures.

 

[CraigC]

Revolvers and a "do all" semi auto are VERY different creatures.

Exactly, most people believe that hand held firearms should have HEAVIER triggers than rifles. My "do-all" rifle pictured above has a 14oz trigger. My other "do-all" 10/22 has a 2lb trigger. There is nothing unsafe about a two pound trigger IF the shooter is accustomed to it. If the shooter is used to heavy factory triggers then yes, it 'may' present a problem until he develops proficiency with the rifle.

 

[DesertFox]

my ruger 10/22 is an lvt which comes closest to what I though one should be.

Agree. Have one of these and it is sweet. It is indeed a tack driver out of the box.

 

[Domino]

There isn't really any money in building "custom" 10/22's unless it was to be done on an order by order basis. Its like custom bikes, the aftermarket sucks for them and everyone wants to do thier own "original" thing. But hey, who am I to dictate the the free market? There are always suckers out there waiting to be robbed and no shortage of people trying to figure out a way to do it.

 

[hardluk1]

drsfmd 2lbs might be to light for you but not for folks building an accurate rifle. Mine is 1lb and safe as heck. Just don't put your nose picker near the trigger unless your read to put a hole in something. Guess you never touched a set trigger on a old muzzle loader rifle that people used for better than 150 years to feed there family's with. Nice and very lite.

It's all about your skill level .

 

[Charles S]

I think the one of the appeals of the Ruger 10/22 is that you can make it what you want. Adult Lego



This is my all purpose Ruger - or one of them. The other is a take down.

 

[Cee Zee]

What you're talking about doing has been done by other companies like Volquartsen Custom, which makes modified versions of the 10/22 although I think they don't use any Ruger parts at this point. I really am not sure about the exact history of their company and how they evolved. I just know they have built Ruger based rimfire rifles for quite a while. They are VERY expensive. I know they also make other rifles so how long they have been doing what is not something I know. But they do build both Ruger parts and Ruger based rifles.

What you're talking about doing is buying a perfectly good rifle and replacing 90% of it. You'll end up tossing away a whole lot of functioning parts. It seems like it would be very hard to make money like that. That's why Volquartsen and other companies essentially sell a 10/22 based rifle and / or parts that they made. Who knows how they worked out the patent infringement stuff. My guess is they paid a bucket of cash to
Ruger for the rights to sell stuff Ruger designed originally. Again I'm just guessing here. I do know it would be a problem somehow.

The thing is they are an established company that produces excellent rifles and unless you have the means to compete with their research staff and their fabrication department and you have a way of getting a name for yourself I'm afraid you missed the boat you're wanting to get on. I'm not saying it would be impossible. You might be able to do it cheaper or better than they do. But unless you can do one or the other of those things I think you will have a very hard time selling very many rifles especially at the inflated price you sold your first creation for.

BTW I'll pay the shipping if you want to send me all those spare parts you'll be taking off those 10/22's. I could find some use for them I'm sure.

 

[Onward Allusion]

You got lucky in selling it for $1,200. Not to say you can't do it again, but 10/22's have so much aftermarket parts available that folks make it a DIY project. We have one for each family member and they range from all OEM to mall-ninja'd out with about $500 worth of aftermarket parts. They don't shoot that different from one another BTW.

 

[Roadking Rider]

I have a new stock 10/22 carbine that I'm more then happy with. I put a 2 X TRU GlOW red dot scope on it and that thing is plenty accurate for anything I might shoot with it.