Rare Ruger 10/22 ??

[DArBad]

Rimfire gang,

I saw a Ruger 10/22 rifle yesterday at Guns,Fishing, & Other Stuffs in Vacaville.

It has a wood laminate stock, straight cut stainless heavy barrel of around 18 inches with NO BARREL BAND,a bipod, and scope.The rifle itself cost around the low to mid $400s, the scope and bipods costs are seperate. The rifle was kinda heavy for a 10/22 comparing it with a friend's rifle.

I liked the looks of this rifle(the absence of barrel band coupled with the straight barrel vs tapered made it enticing for me) and would like to know what you all think of it. Is it a special kind that is why the more expensive price? All the store clerks were busy at the time so I was not able to ask. I would assume it is more accurate that the " ordinary " 10/22's.

Money is tight, but I am on the fence if I should get that Ruger 10/22 OR the beautiful Browning Buckmark UDX with the full picatinny rail and nice wood grips.

Feedback on that Ruger please.

[SlickmisterN]

10/22 is a rifle...Buckmark is a pistol FYI

[Spyder]

None of my 10/22's, except for the first year production one, have barrel bands.

[DArBad]

10/22 is a rifle...Buckmark is a pistol FYI

Pretty obvious, isn't it.

Forget then the Buckmark, lets concentrate on the Ruger.

[ojisan]

Not rare, but likely a custom build.
The heavy barrel is an add-on worth $125-200.
The laminate stock may be special, too.
So this runs the price up to $350-400 for the gun.
Used, unless it's a high-dollar scope, for $400 the scope should be included.

[DArBad]

Not rare, but likely a custom build.
The heavy barrel is an add-on worth $125-200.
The laminate stock may be special, too.
So this runs the price up to $350-400 for the gun.
Used, unless it's a high-dollar scope, for $400 the scope should be included.

I am going by not so good memory, the scope cost around the mid $300.OOs, just was not able to find out if it is a Leupold or what. The rifle is out of the box, "new".

[manini]

10/22 is a rifle...Buckmark is a pistol FYI

There is a Buck Mark .22LR rifle but it looks very different from a 10/22. It has a pistol grip and thumbhole. It is based on the Buck Mark pistol and to me it looks like a Buck Mark pistol with parts slapped on to make it look like a rifle. Here is a link.

http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/firearms/finder.asp?f1=004B

[mnichols]

My guess is used/consignment, but it could be a distributor exclusive
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http://www.ruger.com/products/1022Target/models.html

[DArBad]

My guess is used/consignment, but it could be a distributor exclusive
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http://www.ruger.com/products/1022Target/models.html

Hey "mnichols", YES, YES it looks like that^^^^^^^ only with scope and bipod, which I assume was an after market install by the dealer.

[roushstage2]

I was just getting ready to post the same thing about the Target model; glad I scrolled up! I've been considering buying one of those myself.

[M1NM]

I've had a lot of 10-22s with barrel bands. Early ones were metal and later they were plastic. Find yourself an earlier 10-22 with the metal trigger group. Later 10-22s have painted receivers and plastic trigger groups. In the last few years Ruger has had quality problems so I look for something at least 5 years old. They have made over 6 million of them so they are easy to find at a descent price.

[eduart22301]

I have a late 1980s 10/22 model I bought right when I turned 18. Hands down the best gun I have ever owned. I have probably 10k rounds through it. Shoots really accurate with a scope - the gun shoots better than I can - so I don't really see a need for a heavy barrel version. My vote would be for a nice older version 10/22.

[duckman1]

It's a factory configuration I have the same rifle. It shoots very well but I could not resist tricking it out after visiting the Kidd website.

[Axeman08]

your first mistake is walking into that store..they are rude and very over priced and were the first to start gouging people a few years back.....would never consider giving them my money......

[DArBad]

your first mistake is walking into that store..they are rude and very over priced and were the first to start gouging people a few years back.....would never consider giving them my money......

I was just killing time basically and not looking to buy at that point. I did not talked to anyone so I don't know the rude part either.

As to price gouging, since I didn't buy anything I was not gouged, really.

Thanks for the feedback though.