Old School 10/22 Build

[Wham-O]

Took an OEM 10/22 birch stock, sanded it down and sprayed it with 3 coats of Brownells flat black Aluma-Hyde paint.
I also painted the stripped receiver, barrel shroud, barrel, barrel band & flash hider.
Let dry well and then cured the paint at 100F for 5 hrs.
Reworked the trigger and put it back together with a few other goodies.
Now I need to shoot it one day.

 

[supernova]

Damn thats nice Wham-O, what mag is that?

 

[super7]

That looks awesome, nice job!

 

[Capt.Canuck]

Looks great, very clean.

 

[savagelh]

i like it. How do you decide which guns to take when you go to the range? would you even notice if 4 of them went missing?

 

[Wham-O]

Thanks Gang!

Damn thats nice Wham-O, what mag is that?

Supernova... There Butler Creek Steel Lip 10 Rounders (I painted it also but with Krylon paint...)

i like it. How do you decide which guns to take when you go to the range? would you even notice if 4 of them went missing?

I don't belong to a range Savagelh.
I build them, test them on a friends farm and put them in my safe(s).
The hard part is deciding which one to sell when things get too cramped.

 

[bellero]

Nice little rifle, I like it.

 

[Jahred.F]

Once again, very nice work! The charging handle looks a bit out of place to me, but otherwise I like it. Tech sights would be nice on that rig.

 

[juancarlos]

Sweet and subtle build. I quite like the charging handle. What is it?

 

[Wham-O]

Sweet and subtle build. I quite like the charging handle. What is it?

Much appreciated guys!
The charging handle is from Superior Concepts.
That's the great thing about 10/22 builds, what might work for some, doesn't work for others. But you take what doesn't work and you tweek it to your own liking.
Once you break away from the cookie cutter designs, then the only limit is your imagination......

 

[GeorgeOrwell]

That looks real sharp. The black paint combined with the shroud really screams hot rod.

 

[surfclod]

Very cool.

I just fixed up a old 10/22 that has spend many years in various tacticool renditions. Now its basically back to bone stock.

Its kinda a neat novelty shooting the factory birch stock with open sights on a factory barrel.

However I suspect it will be wearing a short barrel such before to long.

 

[hometownhero]

Very nice. Got me thinking about a 10/22 again. What hand guard is that?

 

[Wham-O]

Very nice. Got me thinking about a 10/22 again. What hand guard is that?

Its an Eagle 10/22 barrel shroud.
Unfortunately, they went out of business years ago....

 

[Jahred.F]

The bolt just caught my eye, is that your work? Could you post a close up shot?

 

[hometownhero]

Its an Eagle 10/22 barrel shroud.
Unfortunately, they went out of business years ago....

Well that sucks but thanks for the info none the less

 

[Utah]

Nice work Wham-O!

 

[triplepete]

Very nice!

 

[Wham-O]

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

The bolt just caught my eye, is that your work? Could you post a close up shot?

Jahred....not my work unfortunately.
I have a friend that does custom bolts and he does a BEAUTIFUL work!
The bolts have the head space squared off to .043 +/-.0005 and the firing pin is adjusted to protrude .030 +/- .003
He enlarges the radius where the hammer makes contact during cycling and cross pins the firing pin with a 3/32 hardened dowel, as well as adds a chamfer to the top of the charging handle slot, which makes it easier to insert your charging handle during reassembly.
The bolt is then de-burred, the ejector plunger is polished and he either does a mini cross hatch or a large cross hatch design on the ejection port side.
They are sweeeet.

 

[JdgDReDD]

sweet