SwampWolf
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To Robert Mueller: Bobby, we've found the witch!
So nobody bought my 10/22 build.......
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To Robert Mueller: Bobby, we've found the witch!
CoalTrain49
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The same reason you can't build a 56 Chev custom and get your money out of it. Somebody else already had all the fun.
Yup when you change it around for you....then it is for you. The chances of finding a person that wants just that are pretty slim....then on top of that everyone want to play pretend gunsmith and screw parts onto a 10/22 the reason the things are so popular is people love to fool with them.
Then on top of all that if someone does want the exact same rifle you have....well where is the fun in that....he is going to want to "build" it himself.
When you do sell it, usually is is not going to be worth it for you to part with as you will get a penny on the dollar and it becomes a safe queen while you start on another 10/22 to sit in the back of your safe.
berettaprofessor
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The same reason you can't build a 56 Chev custom and get your money out of it. Somebody else already had all the fun.
Very eloquent, Coaltrain49!
I'm not going to discuss the number of 10/22's I have except to say that the majority are modified and I've got the "accuracy" and "folding 10/22" bases covered. There are two left more or less stock; An older stainless Walmart rifle, which I left alone because of the longer barrel and just plain sexy look to it, and a recently acquired synthetic sporter purchased for $124 during the heyday of the AR15.com Walmart thread. The latter has become my favorite plinker/beat around rifle. Synthetic stocks always leave me with that "I don't have to worry about damaging it" feeling.
I didn't pimp mine, just used decent stuff.
BTW, I don't consider assembling stuff building.
And there is no fun in either really, AFAIC.
It's either done right, or isn't.
Most do the latter.
Of course today I run into a guy that wants my build gun.
I have 400 in it.
Think about that.
GM bbl runs around 165
Titan stock is 165
Weaver base is 10
Volq hammer is 30
So the gun's aftermarket parts are at.........370 new.
Not counting an alloy trigger group and receiver.....of known good quality (some receivers not bored straight for bbl- or have scope base holes not lined up right).
So the big Q is..........how much is a used bit clean receiver, bolt and alloy trigger group worth?
Alloy trigger housings complete, go for 50 plus shipping on Fleabay all the time.
Bolts are 25-40.
Then there's the receiver............and 4473 if purchased new.
My rifle at 400 was a good deal and nobody took me up on it. Guy wants it, and my fingergroove too.
Too late, sold the CZ 455 so am keeping the 10/22's.
And here's another one............how does one know how the look and feel of certain parts in combination? You can order stuff, good stuff, and still not like the end result. There is risk ordering things and never having actually felt them, in combination.
Yes, the average 10/22 fan is a clueless shmuck and things tinkertoys is engineering.
Goody for them.
A .22 rifle shooter in the know would have seen the savings, and if he wanted something along those lines, bought it.
The guy wanting my rifle is of some experience. Proly why he wants both of my rifles.
Told him too late (he did buy one of my Leupolds a while back).
BTW, I don't consider assembling stuff building.
And there is no fun in either really, AFAIC.
It's either done right, or isn't.
Most do the latter.
Of course today I run into a guy that wants my build gun.
I have 400 in it.
Think about that.
GM bbl runs around 165
Titan stock is 165
Weaver base is 10
Volq hammer is 30
So the gun's aftermarket parts are at.........370 new.
Not counting an alloy trigger group and receiver.....of known good quality (some receivers not bored straight for bbl- or have scope base holes not lined up right).
So the big Q is..........how much is a used bit clean receiver, bolt and alloy trigger group worth?
Alloy trigger housings complete, go for 50 plus shipping on Fleabay all the time.
Bolts are 25-40.
Then there's the receiver............and 4473 if purchased new.
My rifle at 400 was a good deal and nobody took me up on it. Guy wants it, and my fingergroove too.
Too late, sold the CZ 455 so am keeping the 10/22's.
And here's another one............how does one know how the look and feel of certain parts in combination? You can order stuff, good stuff, and still not like the end result. There is risk ordering things and never having actually felt them, in combination.
Yes, the average 10/22 fan is a clueless shmuck and things tinkertoys is engineering.
Goody for them.
A .22 rifle shooter in the know would have seen the savings, and if he wanted something along those lines, bought it.
The guy wanting my rifle is of some experience. Proly why he wants both of my rifles.
Told him too late (he did buy one of my Leupolds a while back).
SwampWolf
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For me, the best 10/22 ever is/was the variant having a s/s action and a full-length ("Mannlicher"), checkered walnut stock.
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