Tricking out your Ruger 10/22

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 8/11/2016 | Tom Claycomb

[advertising guy]

I love my Henry Golden Boy repeater

Drop dead beautiful

[Ancient Man]

No matter what - no matter how much you spend - in the end it’s still a .22.

[NorthMountain]

in the end it’s still a .22.

The most versatile caliber of all.

[antidisestablishment]

That’s a Ruger 10/22 with a Muzzelite Bullpup Stock and drum magazine. It’s not mine, but that’s where I’d do if I ever go aftermarket.

I love the 10/22 second only to my Ruger 44 magnum carbine. The 44 is virtually the same configuration as the 10/22, but it is a bit heavier, has a tube magazine, and the barrel is “slightly” larger. If they made the 44 with a detachable magazine, it would simply be the best gun in the world.

[Carriage Hill]

So does the 40mm canon on an AC-130, but a 10/22 uses a magazine, not a clip.

[antidisestablishment]

Sweet setup. Your boys are lucky to have a dad like you.

[Carriage Hill]

LOL.

[Carriage Hill]

I know, I know. I’m trying, really I am.

[mountainlion]

10/22 uses a magazine, not a clip.

Do the miniguns still use a 50,000 round ammo can?

[Carriage Hill]

I have a friend (Captain pilot of AC-130 Spectre or Spooky, can’t remember) who was in PANG in Afghanistan, and he/his wife gave me a 105mm howitzer shell casing and clip of 4 40mm cannon shells. Still have them. I don’t know what the minigun can capacity was. As fast as they fire, 50k was probably not near enough.

[lurk]

They get you just like printers. Sell you an inexpensive gun and kill you on the price of cartridges.

[clamper1797]

I have one of each

[ebshumidors]

A Marlin 795 will outshoot it out of the box for half the price.

[mountainlion]

I have a friend that said he had the last 105 round form Puff fired in Viet Nam. It has been made into a mug.

My bother said thy had an M60 fed with a 50,000 round minigun ammo can. That was almost 50 years ago so I would expect improvements.

Gun trucks in Viet Nam had 50 caliber cans packed in the bed three layers deep. Kinda makes a 22 seem quite small.

[kitchen]

If you're going to pour money into a 10/.22 build, why not start with something like a Kidd action?

[DuncanWaring]

... 45 Auto revolvers ...

???

[Hugh the Scot]

But the Ruger 10/22 has so many ways that it can be modified... Hundreds of companies that make barrels, triggers, furniture, etc., so that it will be as accurate and reliable as a Remington 522 Speedmaster.

[Carriage Hill]

[NorthMountain]

Note the cartridges held in spring-steel clips.

Clips are far more common than many shooters realize.

[JamesP81]

I’ll be honest, the 10/22 is not the most accurate rifle ever made. It leaves much to be desired in that department, though it’s generally still good enough for squirrel and rabbit at short range...which is what it was designed for to begin with.

With that said, it’s very easy to tune these little rifles up. Even an inexpensive replacement barrel can shrink groups to a level you would expect for a decent quality semi auto 22lr.