10-22 What do I really need?

RickF

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I want a beater truck gun, probably built on a 10-22. I'd also be happy with a 77/22 or perhaps a 581. I want balance, a good trigger, and accuracy consistently under 1" at 50 yards. I don't care about fluted barrels or stocks that are shaped like the space shuttle.

How should I go about this? If I put a trigger in a 10-22T, what level of accuracy can I reasonably expect?

Any advice is appreciated.
 
My 10/22T would shoot into an inch at 50y out of the box. It's not a great gun to be throwing around though, kind of barrel heavy. The laminate stock is very decent, no need to replace that. A 16" fluted barrel, or one of the Tacsol aluminium barrels would be the bomb for a well balanced handy carbine.
 
The marlin 795 or 7000 might make a better truck gun as i would rather scratch up and bump a gun that only costs $130-200. They are very small
light weight and decent reliable semi autos which are accruate within an inch bench rested with a high zoom scope. Only thing is the trigger is pretty heavy. actually like the one on a stock ruger 10/22.
As mentioned for the money it might be a better truck gun.
I had the above and actually sold it and bought a 10/22 with all the bells and whistles i wanted, mind you its not my truck gun. Nor is it accurate within an inch at 50 yrds but it is by far and away my favorite plinker after the upgrades but then its over 500 bucks.

PS a friend of mine might have something your looking for. He has a remington 597 with target trigger he is bored of. PM me if interested and i can guide you to him.
IanC
 
most of these run pretty well stock with a little break in. If you want a beater truck gun, buy the stainless ruger for $280 or so with synthetic stock and leave it as is.
farting with the trigger shouldn't be necessary for a "beater". you probably won't find a used one for much cheaper either.
I personally have added a peep on my example of a truck beater gun to fit my preference.
 
I rattle around with a Cooey 64 semi auto with a bushnell 3x9x scope mounted. With it I have difficulty missing anything at 50 yards...it really likes the 100 yard vermin that pop up. Accuracy comes from knowing your gun and practice...it is not built into the gun, it comes from the operator.
 
Iron Glove said:
Mine stovepiped like crazy until I found the ammo it liked. Loves mini mags, hates Federal cheap stuff.
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I found this exact same thing with my 10/22RR...it really liked the CCI Mini Mags, but everything else would have the stovepipe issue (some worse than others). I refused to confine myself with just one brand of ammo, and after swapping out the crappy OEM extractor with the VQ one, I could feed it any bargain basement ammo with no issues whatsoever.

I think Ruger should just buy the rights to the VQ extractor and offer them in their 10/22s straight from the factory.
 
10/22 issues

I have a couple of thousand rounds thru my Target model, using exclusively CCI std. velocity long rifle....I find them more accurate than hi velocity...and over long term use I suspect the alum. receiver will last longer..

Have had no extraction problems whatsoever.....use the rifle for small bore metallic silhouette...with a Weaver V15 scope...
 
Allstone said:
Probably just a VQ extractor to avoid the frustration of stovepipes.
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Never had a stovepipe, but to eliminate the problem polish all the trigger group cycling components(hammer, sear, disconector) the post can be found on the rimfire forum. I also re-radiused the bolt to allow smoother/easier hammer resetting.
 
Allstone said:
I think Ruger should just buy the rights to the VQ extractor and offer them in their 10/22s straight from the factory.
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And yet, the 10/22 being a blowback design, uses the extractor only for removing unfired or dud-rounds......:confused:

Mine ran fine for a while when the extrator spring broke and the factory extractor disappeared. Didn't notice for who knows how long, until I had to unload a dud.
 
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The stovepipe issue is not uncommon, even though a few here have said they have never had any problem with theirs. Better quality ammunition like CCI Minimags don't seem to have any issues though, while cheaper bulk ammo do. As previously stated, I changed the extractor to the VQ one so that I can feed my 10/22 whatever ammo I want, and the issue immediately went away after the extractor swap. Didn't need to do anything else to the gun.
 
I can't believe I waited this long to replace that stupid 1022 OEM bolt release. What a design flaw! My new Chrstie Auto bolt release is the cats ass. Far less fumbling around for that micro tab, just pull the bolt back and let er fly, and the auto release proved very easy to install. Priceless
 
Bolt release?

Mine might have had one back in '84 when I bought it...

I think it was one of the parts that was in the way, and ended up lost in a drawer.

Not been missed.

IMO, for a truck gun, a bone stock 10-22, slender barrel and not much in the way of goodies on it is about perfect.

I found a complete carbine stock, nicely stippled around the grip (rottweiler, I think) for $3 at a Salvation Army store a few years back.
It's ugly enough that I don't have to worry about whether it gets bumped against stuff, or slides across a rock.

Shoots better than I do, so that'll suffice.

Cheers
Trev
 
I did a 10/22 experiment a while back To get mine to reliably fire and cycle (with no stovepipes) and to consistently shoot into 1" at 50 yards, it took a match extractor, a radiused bolt, a lightweight firing pin with a volquartsen hammer and spring upgrade, and an aftermarket barrel. (I went with a sporter contoured Lilja, because like you I'm not a fan of the 'space-gun deathray' 10/22 look).

I never did get around to bedding it, or converting the pinned trigger group to a threaded bolt-in one. Everything feels loose and cheap with the amount of wobble you get.
 
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