Beginner to a Ruger 10/22

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[faris1984]

I shoot it as is and find nothing wrong with it , the extractor is good , trigger not bad at all . I'm planning use it for hunting .If I was going to use it in range only then I would do mods.

[aczrad]

As said, shoot it, get used to it, then start on a fun journey. You can upgrade it for relatively cheap if you look around and wait. Before I started messing with my last one (#5), I bought a stock from cwp on clearance for$20, and floated the barrel, no band, no bedding, huge improvement in accuracy. The BX trigger is great for the low price, or just change the hammer, huge difference. I be done all of mine with inexpensive mods and couldn't be happier. They are my go to guns for squirrels out to about 125 yards, maybe a little more if lucky. Enjoy it, shoot it. CCI mini mags and cheap aguilla shoot well. CCI SV shoots great. Have fun, pm me if you want more info on easy, inexpensive upgrades

[Ron-Solo]

Good choice on a starter gun. Before you know it, you’ll have two. Great guns right out of the box, but I put the Volquartsen bolt release on mine and my grandkids rifles, as well as my son’s and daughter in law’s rifles. Yes, there are 7 in my safes. My 10/22 goes on every range trip that involves rifles. The other rifles have to take turns going out.

[aczrad]

First shot at adding a pic, this was last week, 10 shots, 50 yd, CCI MMHP. Total investment in gun is sub 400, probably closer to 350, including purchase of the gun. Start playing with the 10/22, very addictive

[Ron-Solo]

First shot at adding a pic, this was last week, 10 shots, 50 yd, CCI MMHP. Total investment in gun is sub 400, probably closer to 350, including purchase of the gun. Start playing with the 10/22, very addictive

Nice shooting. Those things are addicting and tons of fun.

[bigboarstopper]

Scope. I put a Nikon rimfire bcd on mine and it beats the hell out of ironsights

[newbutold]

When you do buy a scope, I recommend full size. Have fun

[TAS]

The one upgrade I do on all my 10/22s is the volquartsen extended mag release. The stock flush version drives me nuts. Having said that though, I usually end up changing out the trigger/trigger group and barrel as well, but not until I’ve shot it a few times. Other items such as stocks or internals might come later too.

[Joezamboni]

Mine always jammed with a lot of ammo until I put a Kidd barrel on it. I’m still debating buying an entire Kidd bolt, seems like a better value than upgrading parts of the factory one like the extractor and firing pin.

Upgrading the buffer makes a notable difference in noise as already mentioned. Even if I’m not beating the bolt up less I feel like I am.

The BX trigger seems like the best value, but the Kidd trigger job kit is hard to beat.

[Garandimal]

So, I just bought a Ruger 10/22 for me and my son, wood stock, I liked the classic look.

I ordered a few extra Mags. Doing to poking around I'm reading that a few good starter mods are the Volquartsen Automatic Bolt Release, and the Volquarsten Bolt Tune-Up Kit for Ruger 10/22.

Any recommendations other than those?

- Tech-Sights aperture sights.
- Cut/square the stock down to 13" Length of Pull (LoP), including a 1/2" hard rubber grind-to-fit recoil pad.

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[RNE228]

- Get a set of Tech Sights(for less than 50 yards, I like iron sights even with my bifocals).

- Take your son, and the rifle, to an Appleseed

Any recommendations other than those?

[RNE228]

The factory sight are mediocre. Tech Sight(or similar) make a nice iron sight setup.

Scope. I put a Nikon rimfire bcd on mine and it beats the hell out of ironsights

[RNE228]

10/22 is mediocre off the shelf. Other rifles, new and old out-shoot it out of the box.

The nice thing about the 10/22 is it is easy to mod. So it will shot as good as other rifles that shoot good out of the box.

I have one set up for Appleseed. Tech sights, mag release, trigger, sling, bolt release. My Dad's old Mossberg 142 bolt action that he got for Christmas in 1950 will outshoot the 10/22 all day long.

Great gun off the shelf.

[beardog308]

I picked this up for $99 at a pawn shop. It's a 1970 model in new condition. It's too bad it didn't have the original stock. I added the Nodak sights that co witness the red dot. I also added an extractor, buffer and the larger charging handle. Trigger was sent out to Brimstone.

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