Sex change for a Ruger 10-22

[Allen in MT]

Picked up this little pink Ruger 10-22 awhile back. Got to looking around and found a mint near new Elysium 16 1/2" .920 bull barrel in black.Then I have been watching e-bay for a nice stock, didn't find anything that appealed to me so I kept looking. Went to a gun show the other day and found a Ruger Carbine stock with the barrel band. After looking at it I thought that there appeared to be nice wood grain under all that dark walnut stain they put on these things, so I gave the guy $25.00 for it. When I got home I was anxious to start stripping it and found what appeared to be Curley Maple under the factory finish. WOW what a suprise. Got it completely stripped and sanded and shortened it by cutting the front end off just behing the barrel band and reshaped that and then had to cut a bunch more of the barrel channel down to accept the bull barrel and now that is free floating. Hand rubbed a few coats of Ballistol into the stripped stock . Put it all togeather, installed a bi-pod and topped it with a cheap Simmons 3-9x40 that I had setting around. Now it looks like my little girl gun has been transformed into a big boy gun.
Should have taken pic of stock before refinish

 

[kyhunter]

Man that thing was hideous. Youve done mighty good work there if i do say so. Shes rather Hes a beauty. Take care of it that gun is way too pretty to beat up

 

[nwilliams]

Nice! Looks like a proper rifle now, well done sir!

 

[Texan Scott]

Pretty sure that only makes it transvestite... now, if you'd added a protruding pistol grip...
... I'll see myself out...

 

[jim243]

I like that pink stock, nice. If you still have it around PM me and let's see if we can do a deal on it for my daughter.

Jim

 

[Chris-bob]

You interested in selling that pink stock...?

 

[Redlegvzv]

Much better unless you wanted to march in certain parades.

 

[squarepants33889]

Jim243; you'd trade your daughter for that ugly pink stock?
Just kidding!
Btw, that turned out beautifully. I can't believe that wood made it to a factory stock. I have one of those in a closet at home myself. Makes me really curious about what it might look like after a stripping.

 

[stubbicatt]

The finished product is really a beautiful rifle.

How does she shoot? (Ooops... how does HE shoot?)

 

[Allen in MT]

Well I got it sighted in at 25 yards yesterday using the bi-pod, here are the results of my best 2. 7 shots each. Going to do the 50 yd as soon as I get some bags.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Nice. I like the woodgrain.

 

[Red Tornado]

Nice job, but that stock needs some BLO or Tung oil.
RT