Ruger 10/22 coming soon

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Going to get a Ruger 10/22. Trying to decide between the carbine, new model RR or Wally World Special. Someone mentioned that the WW Special is a full size stock. Is the RR not full size?

Recommendations? I probably won't be customizing it much.

Scott
 
I don't have any experience with the others, but the standard carbine model served me very well. The only modification I made to it initially and out of necessity was the $30 Vulquartsen competition hammer to lighten and improve the trigger pull and even with the ridiculously heavy trigger it came with I was still about to bounce spent shotgun shells across a frozen pond leaning over a friend's car about 60 yards away on a regular basis. I have admittedly started to upgrade it simply because I couldn't resist the urge and it is addictive. But the classic and simple carbine will do most of what you need a .22 to do for under $200.
 
Get the standard version. They are probably cheaper, and mine has served me great, even though it is secondhand (have you considered looking at used rifles yet?). In the year I've had it, I've put about 7000+ rounds through it without a hiccup (well, the occasional dud round and failure to feed from an aftermarket mag, but oh well). No complaints, other than that the barrel gets toasty after a few hundred rounds at the range.
 
May I respectfully throw in a word of caution? Over the past six to eight months, I've helped a number of individuals and families buy .22 rifles. The build quality of the Ruger 10/22's I've examined has been uniformly very poor indeed... I've been extremely disappointed. It's almost as if their factory QC personnel are asleep on the job! I've ended up recommending any other .22 rifle, rather than the Ruger. I don't know what Ruger is thinking (or doing), but I've now moved to actively recommending against a Ruger .22.

Anyone else had a similar experience?
 
Preacher----what flaws have you been finding???

I've purchased 2 new 10/22's in the last 6 months---both have been just fine.
 
I too would like to know

more about what you have been finding Preacherman. I just purchased a LNIB 10/22 a few weeks ago and have already put a 1000 or so rounds through it and have been pleased.
 
Went to a local gun shop at lunch. Thought I'd inquire about the 10/22RR. He said he could order one for me. I asked the price and he said 10% off MSRP. I said I can get a much better price elsewhere. He said "I understand". I had cash in my pocket. He wouldn't even negotiate. His loss!

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In agreement on the 22 with Preacher.
The plastic bb gun hollow stocks,sites seem somewhat different and the wood stock seems lighter and cheaper,the triggers are worse than ever.
How ever i still buy them and love the 3 0r 4 around here.
Mostly gotten from 2nd hand source and have 1 nib stored since 94.
Plus is high cap mags and endless options.
Have not noticed much with the bolt or safety issues.
 
The problems I've found include the following (number of incidents - i.e. number of different guns I found with the same problem - are in parentheses after each incident):

Wood stock poorly fitted to receiver/barrel (2);
Synthetic stock ditto (1);
Very heavy trigger, mushy, gritty and almost unusably bad (3);
Sights mis-aligned (2);
Chamber not bored fully "round" - more like an oval shape (1);
Rifling not cut properly, with a lot of "frosting" and jagged edges (1);
Butt-plate not aligned properly, screwed on crooked (1).

I know that older 10/22's didn't exhibit these sorts of problems much, and if you find an older rifle in stock somewhere, that's great (Wal-Mart often has older stock, as they'll take in 10 at a time and wait for these to sell before ordering more). However, based on what I've seen, I'm no longer recommending 10/22's - and I'm sad about this, as they were at one time probably the premier small semi-auto .22 rifle out there.
 
The main difference I noticed between my Ruger 10/22 I bought a few months ago compared to the one I bought back in 1995 is the receiver finish or coating. The receiver on my 1995 10/22 has a very nice , even , smooth matte finish. The finish on my new one has a coating that is obviously sprayed on and it displays the "orange peel" effect you see on some cars these days. It just looks cheap compared to the old receiver.

Although most of the the receiver sits in the stock so I guess it is not that big of a deal. The trigger is kind of stiff on the new one . The old one was the same. There are far worse triggers on 22s that I have experienced including my Marlin 39AS , Winchester 9422 and Marlin 17V.

The walnut stock on my new 10/22 Deluxe is one of the nicest I have seen on a Deluxe. Looks better than the 1977 vintage Deluxe I once owned. I looked the new one over very thoroughly before buying it.
 
I picked up a Ruger 10/22 WW Special this afternoon. I like the looks of it with the SS barrel and checkered stock without the barrel band.

Scott
 
I agree with Preacher about the 10/22 quality declining. That's the real reason I got a used one--the stock was a better fit, of a higher-quality wood and finish, etc. The new ones the shop was offering looked cheap--there were noticably wider gaps in between the stock and the metal parts, the wood itself seemed to be the same quality as an unfinished 2x4 (and yes, the stock was unfinished). After picking up my "used" future purchase, I didn't even glance at the "new" weapons--except to remind myself why I was willing to pay a few bucks more for a better-quality rifle. Just seems that it's more logical to shop around in the older .22's than the newer ones if you want quality.
 
Txgolfer45;

I recently picked up a 10/22 deluxe that I'd had on lay-away since the first of the year. They even let me put a sale gun on lay-away! $189.95 & I'm as happy as a hog in high mud.

True, the trigger is typical Ruger, but that's easily changed. The rest of the gun is really pretty good.

900F
 
the 10/22 standard model i bought in 2001 was a champ. no issues at all, but then again i dont go over a $160 gun with a magnifying glass like some of you guys. if it shoots good i dont really care. i put a bushnell 4x12 on it and rocked out. it was so accurate at 50 yds it was boring.
 
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