wayupnorth
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- Northern Alberta
so my youngest kid has a birthday coming up.
I had planned ahead and decided to buy him a Ruger 10/22 and I picked one up when they were on sale last summer for a really good price.
It's been like 9 months and his birthday is drawing near and I went out and took the 10/22 out of the box and I forgot just how cheap the base model 10/22 actually is.
i have..... more than a few 10/22's in my collection.
all of which I've heavily modified.
some of them have zero actual ruger parts on them.
and I LOVE those rifles.
but they are expensive!!!
so here I was, out in my shop looking at this base model 10/22 and feeling like I wasn't a good dad.
a good dad would give his son a nice rifle.... a rifle that his son can enjoy for years to come.
something he can show off to his friend when they are out plinking.
so I asked my wife if I could change up the rifle and build our son 'the perfect' 10/22 instead.
she said if I sold the one I bought last year I could roll that into buying our son a nice one.
so I listed the rifle for what I bought it for and it sold in 3 minutes.
I guess it was a good price!
then off to Dlask I went, ordered a receiver and a 12.5" barrel, and asked them to put them other for me.
while there I decided to pick up some extra stuff for the build as well.
Kidd bolt, kidd threaded cross pins, Dlask charging handle. Dlask extended mag release.
the list goes on.
well, the hit to the Credit Card was around $1,000 which the wife was not overly happy about but she understood.
i already had a Hogue stock here at home in my parts pile.
also had a full trigger pack out of a Ruger from one of my rifles of mine that got a Kidd or Timney.
so I put the rifle together and oooooh my does it feel NICE!
I'm not going to lie, its pretty near the perfect 10/22.
perfect length, solid and cycles smooth as 2 bricks of butter sliding together.
now I'm thinking to myself - I made this rifle that will last him a lifetime maybe I should add a little 'flair' to it as well?
so I called Black Box out of Calgary and asked them about Ceracoating a couple of parts his favourite colour - Orange.
they said it would be no problem but ill have to wait until after his birthday to do it as they would not make it back in time.
i think that will take this rifle to the next level.
I'm thinking of the trigger boot, compensator, extended mag release and the pic rail and charging handle.
just give it a little accent of orange to make it pop some.
my wife asked me if I thought I went a little overboard on this rifle.
but I don't think I did.
he will own this rifle for probably the next 70-80 years and every time he shoots it he will think of me.
every time someone says "damn that's a nice-looking rifle!" he will think of me and how I put this all together for him.
I think it's worth it.
i think it will pair up nicely with the bolt action 22 he has that he got last year from me and the wife.
a nice start to his collection.
here is a quick pic of the rifle initially when I put it together, not all the parts are on it and the accent parts will be getting sent down to Calgary next week after he gets it for his birthday to get that colour added to them, so for now its a pure black rifle.
I also have a wood stock from a Ruger that I'm thinking about stripping, burning, then trying to dye orange to see what that would look like.
here is the beast!
I had planned ahead and decided to buy him a Ruger 10/22 and I picked one up when they were on sale last summer for a really good price.
It's been like 9 months and his birthday is drawing near and I went out and took the 10/22 out of the box and I forgot just how cheap the base model 10/22 actually is.
i have..... more than a few 10/22's in my collection.
all of which I've heavily modified.
some of them have zero actual ruger parts on them.
and I LOVE those rifles.
but they are expensive!!!
so here I was, out in my shop looking at this base model 10/22 and feeling like I wasn't a good dad.
a good dad would give his son a nice rifle.... a rifle that his son can enjoy for years to come.
something he can show off to his friend when they are out plinking.
so I asked my wife if I could change up the rifle and build our son 'the perfect' 10/22 instead.
she said if I sold the one I bought last year I could roll that into buying our son a nice one.
so I listed the rifle for what I bought it for and it sold in 3 minutes.
I guess it was a good price!
then off to Dlask I went, ordered a receiver and a 12.5" barrel, and asked them to put them other for me.
while there I decided to pick up some extra stuff for the build as well.
Kidd bolt, kidd threaded cross pins, Dlask charging handle. Dlask extended mag release.
the list goes on.
well, the hit to the Credit Card was around $1,000 which the wife was not overly happy about but she understood.
i already had a Hogue stock here at home in my parts pile.
also had a full trigger pack out of a Ruger from one of my rifles of mine that got a Kidd or Timney.
so I put the rifle together and oooooh my does it feel NICE!
I'm not going to lie, its pretty near the perfect 10/22.
perfect length, solid and cycles smooth as 2 bricks of butter sliding together.
now I'm thinking to myself - I made this rifle that will last him a lifetime maybe I should add a little 'flair' to it as well?
so I called Black Box out of Calgary and asked them about Ceracoating a couple of parts his favourite colour - Orange.
they said it would be no problem but ill have to wait until after his birthday to do it as they would not make it back in time.
i think that will take this rifle to the next level.
I'm thinking of the trigger boot, compensator, extended mag release and the pic rail and charging handle.
just give it a little accent of orange to make it pop some.
my wife asked me if I thought I went a little overboard on this rifle.
but I don't think I did.
he will own this rifle for probably the next 70-80 years and every time he shoots it he will think of me.
every time someone says "damn that's a nice-looking rifle!" he will think of me and how I put this all together for him.
I think it's worth it.
i think it will pair up nicely with the bolt action 22 he has that he got last year from me and the wife.
a nice start to his collection.
here is a quick pic of the rifle initially when I put it together, not all the parts are on it and the accent parts will be getting sent down to Calgary next week after he gets it for his birthday to get that colour added to them, so for now its a pure black rifle.
I also have a wood stock from a Ruger that I'm thinking about stripping, burning, then trying to dye orange to see what that would look like.
here is the beast!
