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ruger 10/22

sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
edited April 2004 in Ask the Experts
Recently sold a new 10/22 wood stock for over 900.00. It did have a box that had 50th anniversary emblem on it. Why was this gun so hot? Was it the box or what. It looked like every other 10 22 I see.
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looking for someone that can tell me how old the gun I was just given is. It's a ruger 10/22 Carbine with a serial number that starts 113-21XXX.

    If anyone can give me an answer or if they can send me in the right direction to find out i would appreciate it.

    Thank you,

    Travis

    tnbmartin@hotmail.com
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am ready to buy a Ruger 10/22 auto. It is cheap, but look great. What do I get with this firearm? Does it last, decent accuracy?

    How does it compares with a Marlin 60 model? for instance?
    Thank You.

    Breech
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    What should one expect to pay for an original, 95% barrel
    and stock (walnut) for a four digit Ruger 10/22 Carbine?
    Thanks in advance for any help.
    Paul
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    How does the marlin Model 795 compare to the ruger 10/22and can you get clips that have more than 10 rdsthanks david
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know the ruger 10/22 retail is about $250 i was wondering where i could get them for cheaper or buy them used.

    "A good scope can end a bad situation"
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am building a 10/22 and would like to know which brand/s are best for triggers, barrells, etc.?

    Joe Williams Jr.
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I currently have a stock 10/22. I was considering putting a different barrel on it. Cabelas sells a composite barrel. Is this a good barrel and will it improve accuracy, or should I put a regular heavy barrel on it? Also how difficult is it to remove the barrel and install a heavy barrel?? Do new 10/22's come from Ruger with scope rings I bought mine used and it didn't have them.
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have had my 10/22 since I was 19. I'm now 46 and have a little more time to shoot. It's worked great for all these years with whatever ammo I feed it. I have this wild hair to install a different barrel and stock(to improve accuracy)and have been looking toward the Butler Creek thb01 combo. I use it mostly for plinking and shooting paper. My questions are am I crazy to mess with it or does anyone have any feedback regarding this product. Thanks. Pete
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was at the range Sun. with a 10/22 i just purchased from a friend. It is practicly unfired.Is their any reason why the bolt lock/release operates so stiff.When the rangemaster chilled the line and asked to see actions open i would cringe knowing how hard that little button had to be pushed up..Thanks
    Jeff
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi all..

    Just bought me (finally) a plain vanilla 10/22... Any tips or suggestions as to its care and feeding..? What upgrades are actually useful and which are junk? I was thinking of making a little project out of it.

    Thanks in advance...
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    this may seem like a really stupid question but can i turn my 10/22 22lr into a 17 HMR...and if so what do i need and where can i find it
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a Ruger 10/22 carbine .22 LR in excellent condition. What would a good resale price be?
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a Ruger 10/22 the has a crack on the left side of the receiver that runs up to the s/n can this be welded. if welded part of the s/n will be missing will it be legal to weld over the s/n.
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    10/22 serial No. 287-12975 I cannot remove the breach block to clean it.
    All pins removed, etc. of all the 10/22s I have worked on and cleaned
    I have never had this problem.
    Any special procedure required? Thanks.
    Must come out some way, other wise how was it installed.
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    A lady gave me her deceased husband's 10/22. So far, she hasn't been able to find the magazine for it. I have a 77/22 with a couple of magazines and they seem to fit and feed OK. Are they supposed to be the same? I seem to remember that, originally, there was a difference.
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have been having trouble with it lately. Sometimes the firing pin won't fire the shells, sometimes it will fire but won't eject the brass, sometimes it won't cycle another shell into the chamber. I think I have shot it enough that I am starting to wear it out. Was are some suggestions for me to try to fix my problems.Thanks,Joshua Becker
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thinking of buying one. It is said to be the best simi auto .22 rifle. What is your opinion?
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    took mine up to the range today just to get some plinking in and ran into a couple problems.

    #1. Remington golden bullet 36gr hp cycles the rifle fine but wont hold a group at 50yds. im not claiming to be a great shot but when i switched to federal the pattern shrunk by more then half.

    #2 federal value pack 36gr hp shoots much more accurately in my rifle but had a lot of feeding issues. stovepipes, fte, short stokes. rifle has been cleaned recently should i put a bit of grease anywhere inside the receiver?

    also i had 4 factory 10rd mags with me and the issues with federal happened with all 4 so i don't think they were the issue. any ideas?
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey guys,

    Not too long ago, I bought my son a 10/22. This was, just a couple of months ago, at Cabelas, in case you're wondering.

    Anyway, here's my concern:

    his trigger group is plastic

    his clamp, that holds (or helps) keep the stock and the barrel together, is plastic, as well.

    Also, his receiver seems...... well.... different, if you know what I mean?

    I have a 10/22, that I bought about eight years ago, IIRC, and the above parts are metal; and the receiver seems to be... better made... perhaps?

    So, anybody know when Ruger shifted gears and started to use plastic in for the parts, described above?

    Also, if you know of a document, that details the 10/22 and its changes, over the years, I'd love to see/have/whatever.

    Sorry for this question but, I just don't even know where to start.
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well I finally am getting one of these with a nice barrel and a Hogue stock and Leupold scope. The only thing I believe it would need is some trigger work. Volquartsen is the likely choice but I was wondering if someone has some experience with another brand?

    Also, did anyone make a reliable hicap mag for this gun? I can stick with the Rugers but I would like a couple of hicaps for fun.

    Three Precious Metals: Gold, silver and lead
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    hi i am trying to find out some info on two specfic guns a kintrek .22 and a kpk 38 knife pistol and i cant but if i was looking for info on a 10/22 every one would be full of it where are you gun experts with all of the knowledge "not sarcastic" realy some one knows please tell me somthing. sorry i spell like crap. thanks [:p]
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    LOOKING FOR A COMPLETE TRIGGER AND RECEIVER FOR A RUGER 10/22 IN STAINLESS CAN ANYBODY HELP?
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have been thinking about a 10/22 for awhile now. I stopped in to the gun shop today and they had a SS very heavy barreled one. The barrel has like a spiral hammer pattern on the outside with the hammered flats being about 1/16" wide. This barrel is approximately .800" in Dia.

    I had to be in a hurry today but I would appreciate your opinions on this gun if you know it.

    They are asking $439.00 for it with no sights.
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  • sp306sp306 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've never been a real fan of the 10/22, but when I'm at the range with friends & they have their semi autos with 20 & 30 rd mags, nice scope and I'm plinking away with a Win 52, peep sights and 5 rd mags, well, the 52's more accurate but maybe not as much fun.

    Saw & bought a Ruger 10/22 Target today for good price (heavy bbl & laminated stock) and am looking for some help on those little accessories Ruger fans seem to load up on. I don't want to go wild, just make the thing a little more convenient to shoot & accurate. Specifically:

    1) I want to replace the trigger - any suggestions?
    2) Is there a device that will hold open the bolt after the last
    round?
    3) Auto bolt release - is there a bolt release that allows the bolt
    to go forward by pulling the bolt to the rear instead of having to
    play with the release on the underside of the rifle?
    4) Mag release - is there one that protrudes out so I don't have to
    press the stock one in?

    Finally,any feelings on whether the Ruger benefits from glass bedding either the action or barrel or both? How about free floating the barrel?

    I don't want to go wild on this project - just put together a nice shooter.

    Thanks.
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  • InvictaInvicta Member Posts: 262 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    10/22's don't come with scope rings (except for the 10/22mag). They only come with a tip-off scope base.
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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,045 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    put in a custom sear and hammer first.
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  • mauser_centralmauser_central Member Posts: 733 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cant say about the cabelas barrel never saw one in person. the heavy barrel i have on my 10/22 is a green mountain 20'' s/s fluted and it improved accuracy alot.
    to change the barrel loosen the stock retaining bolt put the saftey in center position [ between safe and fire ] pull action from stock. then remove the two barrel block retaing bolts, slide the barrel straight out of the reciever, slide the barrel block out of the barrels dove tail and insert it into the new barrel. put the barrel into the receiver Align the extractor in the center of the extractor slot cut in the barrel. reinstall the barrel block bolts amnd torque to specs[ i just go by feel remember the receiver is aluminum ]. hope this helps sounds more complicated than it is, takes about 20 min.


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  • Contender ManContender Man Member Posts: 2,110 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No personal experience w/ Cabela's.

    Butler Creek's are good, so's Midway's Adams & Bennett are Green Mtn. are excellent ... as an fyi I've heard from multiple sources that Midway's A&B are very closely related to Green Mtn.[;)]

    Trigger improvement will also go a long way as you can have the best barrel in the world and a "crappy" trigger and your accuracy will suffer.

    Then don't forget the stock ... you'll need a new one to handle the .920 barrel.

    If you really want to tune your 10/22 up and your pretty handy with tools and stock finishing you can put together a pretty nice one for $300-500

    If you want to know more about conversion kits drop me an email by using the mail icon at the top of this reply.


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  • valududevaludude Member Posts: 66 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    After you email C.M. send me one and I'll hook you up with a wealth of information on 10/22's too.
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  • allamericanskeetallamericanskeet Member Posts: 48 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i just bought a new ruger 10/22 T and put a scope and rings on it. also put lightened trigger springs in it and it is a tack driver. very consistant on shots. remember if you put a target barrel (.920) then you have to replace the stock also.

    jake lineberger
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  • bambihunterbambihunter Member Posts: 10,792 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There are carbon fiber barrels that are specifically made to fit the factory contour stocks. I am going to get one for my 10/22. It also still has open sights on it (fiber optic). I like that since I use raised scope mounts for distant targets and open sights for close-in work.
    Whether it gains you anything, it's hard to tell. My main 10/22 was pretty accurate and my factory 10/22T (target) with heavy hammer forged barrel was very accurate. You might be able to find more accurate results by simply switching ammo. Some of them seem to really like certain ammo.
    Good luck.
    Fanatic collector of the 10mm auto.
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  • grdad45grdad45 Member Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bambihunter is correct about the ammo preference. I have a 200th year 10/22 that will only shoot CCI Minimags, and a newer stock 10/22 that likes Winchester ammo. Even after modifying your rifle, you should take as many different brands and types of shells as you can find to the range and give 'em a try.
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