ReadyontheRight
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A used Marlin model 66 can be found for under $100. Even with a scope. 18 tubular rounds of sheer fun fun fun.
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ReadyontheRight
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Nice choice on the 10/22! Enjoy!
Now start saving up for a Garand while they are still around. www.odcmp.com
Nice choice on the 10/22! Enjoy!
Now start saving up for a Garand while they are still around. www.odcmp.com
Mike;
Congrats on the 10/22. I've had several & gone several different routes with them. Here's some tips.
Don't be anxious to spend another $100.00 on a cheap bull barrel. I've seen more than one stock 10/22 barrel be capable of excellent accuracy, given you do the necessary ammo testing. Twenty-two's are notoriously picky about what they want to shoot accurately. You need to do a fair amount of testing to learn what your gun likes. Just because your buddy's 10/22 likes SuperPhlemSpitter ammo doesn't mean that yours will, even if it's the next serial number up. If your stock barrel doesn't produce, sometimes somebody who has bought a bull barrel will give you the old one. Try it. Don't pay more than $10.00 for a stock 10/22 barrel, even if new & unused. They're everywhere, they're everywhere!
Midway sells a perfectly adequate little plastic front rest tripod for low bucks. Also buy a leather bag for it & fill 2/3ds full with clean sand. You're good to go. A rear rabbit ears bag and you're solid for accuracy testing. Try the rest & bags before buying a bipod. The bipod will be more expensive.
Just me, but I'd put in 1.25" sling swivels & get a good sling before I'd get a bipod. A sling is far more than a carrying strap if you learn how to use one. Go to Turnersling.com & look the site over. Their products are very much worth the money.
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Congrats on the 10/22. I've had several & gone several different routes with them. Here's some tips.
Don't be anxious to spend another $100.00 on a cheap bull barrel. I've seen more than one stock 10/22 barrel be capable of excellent accuracy, given you do the necessary ammo testing. Twenty-two's are notoriously picky about what they want to shoot accurately. You need to do a fair amount of testing to learn what your gun likes. Just because your buddy's 10/22 likes SuperPhlemSpitter ammo doesn't mean that yours will, even if it's the next serial number up. If your stock barrel doesn't produce, sometimes somebody who has bought a bull barrel will give you the old one. Try it. Don't pay more than $10.00 for a stock 10/22 barrel, even if new & unused. They're everywhere, they're everywhere!
Midway sells a perfectly adequate little plastic front rest tripod for low bucks. Also buy a leather bag for it & fill 2/3ds full with clean sand. You're good to go. A rear rabbit ears bag and you're solid for accuracy testing. Try the rest & bags before buying a bipod. The bipod will be more expensive.
Just me, but I'd put in 1.25" sling swivels & get a good sling before I'd get a bipod. A sling is far more than a carrying strap if you learn how to use one. Go to Turnersling.com & look the site over. Their products are very much worth the money.
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rangerruck
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you should not spend over 100 bucks for a used malrin, and not over 150 for a new one, unless you are getting a 795, or a 2000. and yes, you should get a 22 rifle first, second, last, and forever. after you have that down, then a nice centerfire, in 223, would be the next, most cheapest , step.
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