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[Ishootforblood]

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[Remus]

I have not attempted this myself, but I found a similar thread at Rimfirecentral. If you haven't come across it yet, that forum is really good for anything 10/22.

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=517018

[RawHP]

I picked up a 10/22 deluxe, with a Walnut stock, no barrel band, etc. If you have one, you know that it comes with the sling swivels with fixed sling loops. It's a nice touch, but I'd like to have the Q.D. feature. I have not removed (cut or pried) the attached sling loops, but I believe they are not the standard size as used by Uncle Mike's and Groove Tech. Has anyone attempted to change out the sling studs? Perhaps drilled out the Ruger studs to accept the standard size QD Sling Swivels? I might just leave it factory, and attach a leather sling, but I'd really like the QD option. Thanks in advance for any feedback.

I did it using the push button style QD mounts, so that I could quickly take off my sling when shooting off of a rest and rear bag, and not have anything protruding to interfere with the bags. The Ruger mounts unscrew, like any other sling studs. If you go this route, be careful because the factory mounts may not be perfectly centered, and if you're picky like me, you want you end result to be dead centered, even though nobody will ever see it:

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8693218&postcount=18

I'm using a 1" leather sling on mine:



P.S. Sadly mine's not walnut. Looks OK compared to some other birch stocks I've seen though.

[newbutold]

I bought my new Deluxe in 1991. A friend, now gone, made a leather sling for it that I've used all these years with the original rings.

All my other rifles have detachable rings, just never changed the 10/22.

[RawHP]

I'm not big on Harris Bipods, but I've seen them on 10-22s before. That's not an option with the 10-22 Deluxe. I considered changing out the studs with Groove Tech or Uncle Mike studs, but I'd probably strip the treads in the wood, and just create problems for myself.

Bipods just don't look right on a sporter stock anyway. Plus, usually better to use the type of stud that uses a countersunk nut to increase the strength.