Is the 10-22 really just a rimfire shooter's equivalent of the Toyota Corolla?
- Thread starter steelgray
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Kinda like a Toyota Corolla. The odd shot of 10/30 and good to go.
canadian hunter312
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Yeah, more like a civic. A boring POS that does an average job from the factory and requires substantial modification to make it fun and useful.
10W30 oil or a 10/30 round mag?
It is in my house . Every season , for the last 6 yrs , mine has been THE dedicated gopher gun .....on the typical Alberta cattle farm . Only God knows how many my 1022 has taken ....id guess 8000 and upwards ....probably wayyy upwards . It's set up just the way I like it after changing stocks , scopes , and other accessories multiple times to get MY perfect field vermin gun . I just bought a brand new trigger pack for it so come spring it'll be like an old friend with a new spring in its step .
I would think eventually the barrel WILL wear but since it's stainless steel I have no idea how far in the future that will be . I've taken most of my guns from shotguns to hunting to fun poodle shooters out to the fields but when I want to seriously cut the gopher numbers down it's always back to that little Ruger.
I will never sell that one .
Rod B
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.22 rimfire barrels very rarely wear out.
northerndad
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- Northern BC
I guess I haven't found a reliable 10/22 yet - I was given a vintage one that we couldn't get on paper (didn't try too hard, moved on to other guns). Was just shooting with a bud and he pulled out a brand new stainless 10/22 he just bought, and it didn't impress - finicky to load, jammed every once and a while -
hmm. I'm open to finding and holding and shooting one that works as well as people say, but it just hasn't happened yet. To my they are more like volkswagens - a loyal following, but not the best car on the road.
hmm. I'm open to finding and holding and shooting one that works as well as people say, but it just hasn't happened yet. To my they are more like volkswagens - a loyal following, but not the best car on the road.
I bought two 10/22 a couple years ago. Pins fell out of trigger group when taking it apart for initial cleaning and both were jammomatics with 10 rd ruger rotary mags and pinned 25 rd butler creek with metal lips. I tried 9 different kinds of ammo 3 different extractors and a Cnc machined bolt. Stove pipe 2-3 out of ten with all mags involved. I had about 10 mags work correctly out of around 1000 rds that it
Got a Marlin 60 and 795. 60 went through 525 rd bulk pack with no problems 795 seems about same for reliability. I shoot Marlins now
Got a Marlin 60 and 795. 60 went through 525 rd bulk pack with no problems 795 seems about same for reliability. I shoot Marlins now
I sold my first 10-22 - which I'd bought in Saskatoon, in 1992 - sold it in New Zealand, to a friend (had a silencer installed on it, couldn't bring it back without changing the barrel and was offered a decent price). Killed lots and lots of gophers when it lived in Saskatchewan, and lots of possums and rabbits in NZ - and still going.
A lot of the accuracy problems in stock 10-22s can be fixed by properly snugging the barrel block and action screws... and THEN zeroing the sights.
Now it's probably banned in NZ thanks to the over-reaction to that Aussie nutbar in Christchurch.
A lot of the accuracy problems in stock 10-22s can be fixed by properly snugging the barrel block and action screws... and THEN zeroing the sights.
Now it's probably banned in NZ thanks to the over-reaction to that Aussie nutbar in Christchurch.
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My problem is that I am old enough to remember when the Corolla first came out - and what a goofy piece of crap it was.
My eyes cannot un-see what I have seen.
As for the 10-22, it has earned its chops - from the start. It didn't have to wait until a new generation people forgot how bad it was originally - unlike the Corolla.
Styling wasn't what north americans were used to but in terms of quality the corolla was mechanically sound and economical. A pretty good car, reliable but a bit ugly, not unlike a 10/22.
