Building 10/22s like AR 15s?

[The War Wagon]

I would go with a dedicated .22LR AR. I run a TacSol upper, on an Aero lower.


If the poop hits the fan, and I NEED another lower, I pop the pins & VOILA - instant 5.56 lower ready to go!

[stevebla]

Just do it! Get a Kidd trigger.

[Robert1234]

Isn't more like assemble?

Too bad Ruger doesn't make a really good 10/22 out of the box.

I got one with the wood stock, tapered bull barrel and no sights. Only thing I did was install a scope (Nikon or Pentax, can't remember and too lazy to dig it out and look) and an el-cheapo bipod.

Shot a 50 yard target, had a cat at the range spotting for me. First shot was like .25" off the center, next shot right on center. Next shot about .25" off center, right next to the first shot. Next two shots I and my spotter thought were misses. We were perplexed that a gun shooting such a tight group @ 50 yards would throw two shots off paper (a 24" wide target!!). As cease-fire, we walked downrange and saw one slightly larger hole at the center of the target and two smaller ones just above it, maybe .25" away. The two "lost" shots apparently went through the first hole.

I still have that target hanging from my fridge in the garage.

My other 10/22 is in an TacStar Adaptive Tactical stock, fancy name for a really ergonomic pistol grip stock. It has the skinny, threaded barrel with no provision for sights (Ruger barrel), and some trigger work. Shoots more accurate than it needs to (it's a Steel Challenge gun) with a Bushnell TRS25 red dot optic.

Ruger's generally speaking seem to be pretty accurate, at least out to 50 yards. The ammo I use is CCI Blazer, nothing special, but it works, feeds, and fires as reliably as any other ammo.

That said, make it as fancy as you see fit. Cool guns are well, cool.

[AR22]

As stated above, just assemble a real AR22..It is your money, but I do not see the point of doing a 10-22 look alike when you can have the real deal..

[Bullets&Whitewalls]

As stated above, just assemble a real AR22..It is your money, but I do not see the point of doing a 10-22 look alike when you can have the real deal..

[ZX9ALLDAY]

Building a 10/22 is like legos. Easy af ... only somewhat difficult part is figuring out the trigger assembly if you were to tinker with internals. If your doing a drop in, its all plug and play. The hardest part is picking what parts you want to run!