What do I need to build a 10/22?

[B_Scott]

I have got an itch to build a gun and I think it should be a 10/22.
So I get on GunBroker and see that I can get a complete Ruger receiver for $134...
or...
I can get a Volquartsen SuperLight receiver only for $180, a VQ trigger guard 2000 (complete) for $180, and a VQ bolt assembly for $143 = $503.

Is the difference of $369 worth it?

If I get the regular Ruger receiver I can order parts from Brownells or Midway and save money. But, will it be an inferior rifle??

If I don't get the complete receiver how do I get ahold of all the pins and such that I will need? Speaking of needs - Does someone have a complete list of parts needed to build a 10/22 from the ground up?

 

[mattd]

I bought a 10/22rb modified the trigger for a lighter pull, chamfered the bolt for better reliabilty, took away the trigger over travel and fixed the extractor for tighter fit. Cost a whole 170 with taxes. To make it a benchrest rifle, all I would need to do is get a bull barrel and buy a new stock or modify my stock for the .920 barrel.

Stick with the factory 10 round mags unless you want a hicap, I'm waiting for awban to sunset.

You forgot the stock and the barrel, thats another say 280 easy.

The Ruger 10/22 receiver isn't that good but its good enough for what I use it for (shooting).

It would take to long to cover everything but www.rimfirecentral.com has about everything.

 

[admar2]

just go to walmart or Dicks, or Galyans and get a whole 10/22 for 139 or 149 and work from there, wouldn't that be easier.

unless you just have to build it from scratch.

 

[bigmtnman]

$134.00 for just the reciever!!!!! Around here you can get the whole rifle for $139. When I was building my last one I was in the store buying one when I mentioned that I just needed the receiver. The guy standing next to me offered me $50 for the stock and barrel!! So new receiver for $89 and it felt really weird leavving with my new rifle purchase in a small bag.

From there on, building your 'personal' 10/22 is just a matter of money and imagination. I still can't believe that I own a $800.00 22lr. :banghead:

 

[B_Scott]

The 10/22 in the case at my Walmart is $189
134 is pretty steep when I think about it.
More opinions needed / wanted on Volquartsen vs. Ruger

 

[stipilot]

$134.00 for just the reciever!!!!!

Their is quite a bit of difference between a stock Ruger 10/22 receiver and the precision aftermarket ones. If you're building a precision rimfire rifle, a high quality receiver is necessary.

B_Scott, you might want to look at the STI "The 10-22" and/or its components. They're relatively new to the 10/22 market but they've been building premium 1911 guns and components for over a decade and are one or the top OEMs in that market. The receivers have a variety of scope rails. The triggers are the Kidd trigger and is available in several adjustment ranges as low as 6 oz.!

I've seen some of their trigger groups and receivers and they're as good as or better than anything on the market.

http://www.stiguns.com

You might contact Chuck Bradley at Shooters Connection for prices. He's advertising he'll meet or beat anyone else's price on STI guns or parts. Chuck's a good guy to deal with too.

 

[ElToro]

i built mine in fits and starts... started witha plain 10/22 then i got a volq extende mag release and auto bolt release... then i got a heavy .92 inch butler creek barrel but that weighed a ton with my fajen laminated stock. then i got a carbon sleeved volq lightweight barrel and sold the butler creek for almost what i paid. plus a volq trigger innards.

now i need glass.. talk about a $10 horse and $40 saddle... imn about 400 into it, got most of my parts a steep discount through my gun shop buddy. its a tack driver.

then i saw somebody take a dremel to the factory stock and made it fit a .92 barrel... looks like a great job.

10/22 is one of the coolest, modular guns for cheap out there... AR's are modular i know but $$$, plus not taht tough to work on

 

[hksw]

then i saw somebody take a dremel to the factory stock and made it fit a .92 barrel...

Before the aftermarket for DIY 10/22 build-ups really got started, I sent out a 10/22 to get worked over by Chief AJ's Tribal Workshop. The 10/22 was my second and had an excellent tigerstripe pattern in the stock. The stock I wanted to keep and CAJ did work using the stock wood. they just cut off the tip at the point where the barrel band would be, round it off, and mill out the channel for a .920 barrel (which has the Workshop logo engraved into the end).

(Second from the front.)

 

[ksnecktieman]

Scott? What are you going to do with this rifle? IMHO, you should buy a complete rifle, (169$ at my Walmart) and a good scope, and see what you can do. Then maybe a trigger group. How good are you? My ruger with a little trigger work will shoot a lot better than I can make use of.

If anyone has a leftover Ruger reciever, I would consider buying it. It is the serial numbered part, but I have a ffl that will recieve it and do paper work for me. I bought a garage sale ruger for fifty bucks that some idiot had messed up the scope mounting holes on. (email me at [email protected] )

Does anyone know of a way to mount a scope forward of the reciever on a 10/22? In the scout style? That would also solve my problem

 

[mattd]

You should drill out the screws and tap new ones.

 

[Sharpshooter223]

In my opinion the best thing to do would be to buy the 10/22 at wal mart, jack the reciever out of it, then sell the stock and barrel for 40 or 50 bucks over ebay. Then as far as barrels and stocks there is a very wide variety out there. Two good places to check would be http://www.rimfiresports.com/merchant.mv and www.midway.com. After getting a barrel and stock I would get a trigger kit (agian it depends on what you want, I got one off ebay for about 15 bucks it lightened the trigger a little, had a mag extender, bolt buffer, and made the trigger much crisper). Also the rimfiresports link^ has pillar bedding kits for a 10/22 and that also helped mine out a lot. On mine I just had the houge stock with clerke barrel for $110 and threw the trigger and bedding in it slapped a leupold 2-7 on it and it was awesome.

 

[mattd]

If you wanted a project instead of buying the parts you can do all the trigger work and stock work and everything so you would just need to buy is a new barrel to have a fully custom 10/22. Because of course aftermarket parts are just modified stock parts.

 

[MiniZ]

What do you want this 10/22 to do, and how much do you want to spend?

You can perform a trigger job on a stock 10/22(the minimum I would personally go), all the way up to a "full house" completely custom model.

 

[444]

If it was me, I would start from scratch and buy an aftermarket STEEL receiver and a Kid Trigger and go from there.

 

[B_Scott]

I want a light walk-around carry-through-the-woods tack driver with a great trigger.

My real question is...Is the non-Ruger receiver worth the price compared to the Ruger receiver?

 

[Sharpshooter223]

^^ I would like to know that also. I have a 77/22 I'm selling that shoots really good groups. I like it a lot more than a 10/22 i'm just into larger calibers now. It's the heavy barreled version and has been fluted and has a target crown on it. Also has a 3x9 redfield scope. 24" barrel fairly light also. [email protected] if you are interested.

 

[zahc]

I would just use the ruger reciever for any sort of hunting rifle. Buy a garage sale or classified ad or gunshow special (well broken in), change hammer, change stock+barrel, slap some glass on there and you're good to go.

 

[mattd]

If you want something light, you want something like a carbon fiber barrel and a hogue overmolded stock.

The Aftermarket made receiver might look better on the inside of the receiver but I'm sure it has the same reliability. Same, with the trigger guard, you can buy a after market hammer, and you will have a nice trigger pull. Really all you need to make your Ruger a lightweight tack driver is a scope and new barrel, you can customize everything else to work better yourself very easily.

 

[444]

"My real question is...Is the non-Ruger receiver worth the price compared to the Ruger receiver?"

Ask yourself this question: I am going to put a fair amount of money into a custom or semi-custom rifle. I want to get the best performance possible out of it. The whole rifle centers around the receiver. Every part that I buy is attached to this cornerstone of the whole project. Is this the place I want to pinch pennies ? Do I want to get a world class barrel and attach it to aluminum using the factory Ruger block or would it be more befitting of a custom rifle to have the barrel threaded into the receiver ?.........................

Let me tell you what I did. I decided to build a super duper 10/22. I didn't want a bunch of bolt on parts. I wanted this done right. I sent it away to CPC and had a lot of work done................................... After getting it back, I tried several scope mounts/scope rings/and scopes - looking for something really special which would be just the ticket for a custom rifle. After installing and removing the scope base several times the aluminum screw holes stripped out. I now have a scope base glued onto the top of the receiver with stock bedding compound. It is probably stonger than would be possible with screws. It will never come off. But, this isn't the way I should have gone with this project. One of the only factory parts left in the whole gun is the weak link in the chain. If you are going to replace basically every part on the gun, why not go ahead and replace the receiver also to one that is steel, and one that you can thread the barrel into - like any other seriously accurate rifle in the world ?