Posted on 08/11/2016 5:56:15 AM PDT by w1n1
I'm convinced that the Ruger 10/22 is the most popular .22 rifle of all time. Not only is it a great little rifle right out of the box, but there are probably a million aftermarket items available that enhance its functionality even further, making it the most “trick-out-able” gun on the market.
Not bad for a rifle that first hit the market in 1964.
The 10/22 became my go-to rifle pretty quickly. How could I not love it? It’s extremely dependable, accurate and, as I mentioned, you can trick it out as much as you want. But it was my quest to hunt the elusive whistle pig (which in southern Idaho, where I shoot, refers to a Townsend’s ground squirrel) that led me to desire a higher level of accuracy, which in turn led to this article.
I love hunting varmints in the spring, and on good days I’ll shoot 400 to 500 rounds at these ornery targets. But if you’re like me when shooting hundreds of rounds using a gun with a small capacity clip, you’ll get frustrated, and I mean fast. In fact, it’s easy enough to get frustrated if you don’t have two or three fully stocked 25-shot banana clips on hand.
As my experience progressed, it got to be fun to see how far out I could hit whistle pigs. I hit one a year or so ago at 197 yards, and then another at 207 yards. If they hold still and let you get three shots to zero in, you can hit them out there. Of course, the gale-like winds we encounter regularly out on the high plains here in Idaho don’t help with long-range shooting. Read the rest of the story here.
I love my Henry Golden Boy repeater
Drop dead beautiful
No matter what - no matter how much you spend - in the end it’s still a .22.
The most versatile caliber of all.
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.
So does the 40mm canon on an AC-130, but a 10/22 uses a magazine, not a clip.
Sweet setup. Your boys are lucky to have a dad like you.
LOL.
I know, I know. I’m trying, really I am.
Do the miniguns still use a 50,000 round ammo can?
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.
They get you just like printers. Sell you an inexpensive gun and kill you on the price of cartridges.
I have one of each
A Marlin 795 will outshoot it out of the box for half the price.
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.
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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.
Note the cartridges held in spring-steel clips.
Clips are far more common than many shooters realize.
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.
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