What is your #1 10/22 upgrade?

grandmasterP said:
everything should be tossed in the garbage and replaced with Kidd parts.....just kidding. that's just how I feel with the lemon I got

1. bolt release mod
2. bolt buffer
3. extractor upgrade
4. extended mag release if you have the old 10/22

I find the first three to be mandatory upgrades to any 10/22 and I don't know why Ruger doesn't do these from the factory to begin with

it only took 50 years for Ruger to put an extended mag release on it. and Bill Ruger had to die for the BX-25 to happen
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"Mandatory" upgrades? Why? I've owned my 10/22 since about 1980, never done any of those four upgrades you mentioned and never felt the slightest need for any of them either -- or any of the ones Brocolt mentioned in the post above this one either.

What mods have I done?

1. QD swivels and a shooting sling

2. Sights. I first put a scope rail and scope on it, but within a couple of years, I removed both again. The rifle has been wearing a Williams FoolProof receiver sight and a slightly higher front post to match (with a nice highly visible gold dot) for over 30 years now.

That's it. Nothing further needed for a reliable gopher gun.
 
Iron sites on both 10/22's ive bought have been a little bad, the diamond not painted dead center under the little scoop on the rear site. Tires the hell out of my eyes trying to keep things lined up. So I would vote for an optic of some kind, or a set of actually decent sites. Shame on ruger for that.
 
1. bolt release mod
2. any bolt buffer
3. KIDD bolt
4. KIDD firing pin
5. KIDD extractor
6. KIDD 2 stage trigger with long mag release
7. KIDD receiver
8. KIDD 20" bull barrel
9. Archangel stock
10. MAG (still have to research what mags are best)
11. KIDD charging handle

This is what I want to build in that order. Having a hard time getting KIDD parts.
 
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a j cave said:
1 is a barrel, then stone the hammer. much more accurate. If you want to hit small little targets this is the 1st step. If all I was doing was pop cans at 25 then factory may be OK.
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I shot this today using factory trigger pack, cheap simmonds RDS, rem golden ammo, at 100 yards . I think I'll do better with some magnification. Upgrades so far #1 bolt mod #2 Tac Sol aluminum barrel #3 Kidd extracter #4 Kidd bolt buffer # 5 CTR Stock #6 S&J linear comp, lol ( does stock and comp count as an upgrade?) I've noticed that sometime the charging handle do not close all the way, I kinda have to help it a little, can you get a stronger spring for that?
 

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1. higher capacity magazines(+ Extended magazine release if older model)
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2. tech sights

Internals were fine on my 07 model, but I did install an auto bolt release(largely useless to me) & vq extractor just in case.
Stock was changed too, that's preference.
 
1. Wolff performance spring kit upgrade
2. If you are using irons, i like to replace the front blade with the highest one available...

I have feed my 1022s 10's of thousands of rounds problem free. Never had a bad experence.
 
I'd say... the auto bolt release. Then the extended mag release, Volquartsen extractor and of course the Troy Sport stock.

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Mine (I'm on my third)
Clark custom trigger kit
bolt release modification
bull-barrel
barrel channel gouged out and devcon epoxy steel bedding for 2 inches past the chamber/barrel clamping bits
press-fit bloop tube (4") slides on muzzle to protect shooter's ears (made on a friend's lathe)
bore hole through rear of receiver to clean from breech without dismantling barrel
"quiet" plastic bolt buffer
for New Zealand use, threads cut in muzzle, recrowned inside, and a screw-in adapter with 1/2-20 thread for attaching silencers which are legal in New Zealand (but not here in Canada, so I sold them before returning)
BC steel lips.
In NZ this is a possom and bunny gun - there, you shoot over a spotlight, at night, with a silenced .22, from the bed of a ute (pickup truck)... In Canada it's a gopher gun.
 
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Well, besides all the upgrades you can do by yourself without buying anything, ie trigger job, polishing bolt release etc. The most essential (for me) would be the stock, it just changes the rifle completely.

Then the next step would be trigger...certainly more now than ever with all the plastic. It will always be KIDD brand products for me...they are just bang on.
 
Seems like all of 6 of my 10/22 ended up with Nordic / SR chassis, so that would be my #1 upgrade. Followed closely by 10" threaded barrels (4 of them so far).
 
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