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Hey, on the 28 day waiting period for my PAL. and like everybody else i cant freaking wait.

so for my first gun purchase i was thinking about the 10/22 because of all the mods and great thing you can do with it.. but when i really think of it, i wanna build the thing into basicaly an SR22.

question/opinions

Should i get a 10/22 mod it myself or scru it and just get the SR 22?

might be a good learning experience building my own. but i also care about performance, reliability and quality.

any thoughs welcome
 
you cant go wrong with a 10/22. I bought one with the intention to mod it out but i didnt bother. I liked it enough the way it came. It was my first and by far most used gun I own
 
The 10/22 is lots of fun and theres definately alot of mods to them. I havent shot the SR-22 but I think if you are planning on moding a 10/22 to basicaly look like a SR-22 it will probably be more cost effective to just get the SR-22. Although if you moded the 10/22 you could get it exactly how you want (ie better barrels, triggers, ect) If money is no object then I would say mod the hell out of your 10/22 and get the perfect gun for yourself. If you want to just have a realatively inexpensice tacticool .22 get the SR-22 and blast away.

I really dont think theres a wrong answer here. They will both be fun guns.
 
what about the parts. which are better. i would guesse rugar factory parts probaly had a little more thought put into them then aftermaket..

the stock that cought my eye was the archangel. but i priced it out and it would cost just as much or more then a sr22 to put that all together
 
Greenbasterd58 said:
what about the parts. which are better. i would guesse rugar factory parts probaly had a little more thought put into them then aftermaket..
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I wouldnt say the factory parts have more thought put into them. If you goto the rimfire section you will find that a LOT of people recomend quite a few after market parts being far superior to the factory. The biggest example of this seems to be the extractor on them (I think they are the same on the 10/22 as the SR-22?) The factory extractor has a history of not being to effective as you put more rounds through it. Volquartsen sells an aftermarket extractor thats about $10 that everyone seems to recomend. I personaly havent got one yet but I am pretty new and havent had an issue with my 10/22.
 
An SR22 is a more expensive 10/22 with a different stock. About $675Cdn vs $530Cdn(blued Target). A standard 10/22 runs about $300Cdn. Decide how much money you want to spend on the rifle.
 
I'd say, get the 10/22.

You'll likely have different interests by the time you get your PAL. So, if you do get a rimfire semi auto, get the 10/22. It's a good rifle for the money, and it works just fine the way it is.

All the extra money used to tacticool it up, or just buying the SR-22 could be used to get another rifle. By the time I got my Savage Mark II F, I hardly had any interest in modifying it.

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Out of the box, the SR-22 is more accurate... But, lets be real... Are you going to be hitting targets at 200-300yrds with a .22? Probably not. From what I've seen at ~100yrds on a calm day you're probably going to be getting 5cm groups (a 2MOA gun).

With a STOCK 10/22 you will generally get a slightly less accurate rifle. You can expect between 5-10cm groups at ~100yrds on a calm day (a 3-4MOA gun). This will vary by rifle... Sometimes you get luckier or you get a model that was designed to be more accurate.

Now, If you start talking about modding your 10/22.. You can do a nice trigger job, put a heavier barrel on (easy to change btw), new stock, etc... :D How much you do will and what you do will translate into the accuracy department.


Personally... I like the SR-22 because it looks cool, it's got a good trigger out of the box, and I dont have to do anything to it to be super happy. I like the 10/22 because of the options it gives me and the fact I can get a nice wood stock. Give me a few minutes and I can change out the barrel and stock... A trigger job isn't that bad once you learn to do it, alternatively you can just drop in a completely new trigger assembly which is very easy.

I honestly don't think you can go wrong with either. Both are good firearms and wont disappoint.
 
Just bought a 10/22 for the very same reason. I like the idea of doing my own personal mods. I wish i could find a krinker plinker kit this side of the USA. I agree with the majority though. great gun in either the basic, personally modded or SR-22.
 
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