coleman1495
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Dlask has them 350$. Kidd Ultralight is the best of both words. It does everything well and is a real pleasure to carry and shoot.
Building a 10/22
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Dlask has them 350$. Kidd Ultralight is the best of both words. It does everything well and is a real pleasure to carry and shoot.
he will grow out of a kiddie gun pretty quick. think about how many shoe sizes we will need in the next 2-3 years... since recoil is not a factor why not just build a good shooter he can rest on some bags and plink cans with all day. once he gets the hang of it wont be long before he can pick it up and knock a crow off the top of the tree.
coleman1495
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You could look for a Magnum Research 10/22. A couple of my buddies have the graphite 17” and they are decent guns. Very lightweight and decently accurate. The Kidd barrels shoot better but the Magnum Research is decent.
The Magnum Research has a nice receiver all though it’s not quite the same length as a regular 10/22 making changing stocks difficult.
Rod B
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I agree with gun tech and Rob B.
Ask yourself . . . how comfortable would I have been as a ten year old with a semi auto using a 12.5 " barrel?
Take your 10/22 and when competency is obvious and he has a PAL then give him the rifle.
Starts to sound too much like a "Rifle for Dad" . . . the kid aspect is just a convenient fib!
Ask yourself . . . how comfortable would I have been as a ten year old with a semi auto using a 12.5 " barrel?
Take your 10/22 and when competency is obvious and he has a PAL then give him the rifle.
Starts to sound too much like a "Rifle for Dad" . . . the kid aspect is just a convenient fib!
ScottMisfits
CGN Regular
To the OP, good job.
I started my son off with nerf, then airsoft, BB, pellet, and finally into order firearms. He showed very good and safe handling of each and I trusted him at the range more than I trust a lot of adults at the range. If YOU feel he is ready, that's all that matters.
I wish j had gone the way you are looking at going, but j did it somewhat similar. The first Rimfire for my son was fairly lightweight but I was just never happy with it, the Ruger 10/22 tactical. Not the heavy barrel one, the thin barrel with the flash hider version of the tactical. He loved the look of it, it shot decent enough I guess, just not a fan of the 10/22, and neither was he. With that, we sold them and went to the Remington 597. We have both been happier with them and they are both still in stock form. It's just a personal choice.
The 10/22 has virtually every other Rimfire beat in the fact that you don't have to use a single Ruger part to build it the way that you want.
I started my son off with nerf, then airsoft, BB, pellet, and finally into order firearms. He showed very good and safe handling of each and I trusted him at the range more than I trust a lot of adults at the range. If YOU feel he is ready, that's all that matters.
I wish j had gone the way you are looking at going, but j did it somewhat similar. The first Rimfire for my son was fairly lightweight but I was just never happy with it, the Ruger 10/22 tactical. Not the heavy barrel one, the thin barrel with the flash hider version of the tactical. He loved the look of it, it shot decent enough I guess, just not a fan of the 10/22, and neither was he. With that, we sold them and went to the Remington 597. We have both been happier with them and they are both still in stock form. It's just a personal choice.
The 10/22 has virtually every other Rimfire beat in the fact that you don't have to use a single Ruger part to build it the way that you want.
Well, I was going to keep posting on how the build was progressing. But since there is a majority of people complaining that I'm not doing things their way (despite not having any knowledge of me or my son), I'm shutting it down.
Too bad too, because some people gave actual good advice.
Too bad too, because some people gave actual good advice.
No, they don't.
wayupnorth
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while the OP is not gonna come back in to update his build i thought maybe he would like a couple nuggets of info.
keep in mind im not saying how you should build your gun - as that seems to be a trigger for you - im just gonna share with you a couple things ive personally experienced with 10/22's and building them.
1) i received my first 10/22 as a Christmas present when i was 10 or 11, bone stock because back in the 80's there was no such thing as upgrades.
i have over 100,000 rounds down that rifle and i still have it!
when i get my son his first my plan is to do the same thing, just give him a bone stock one.
once he gets comfortable with it and starts to figure out what he does and does not like then ill start to upgrade and swap out stuff.
2) when your building a 10/22 usually you build them with a purpose in mind. i say this because i have 12 of them and each of them i build or tweaked specifically for something. be is bench gun, gopher gun, pack gun ect ect.
3) building a 10/22 is expensive! while i too would like to build my son a $1500 10/22 for his first gun thats like me giving him a turbo'd mustang for his 16th birthday instead of a 2007 Dodge Caliber.
anyways back to your original question.
barrel length and keeping it legal.
to determine what you need for a barrel length you need to first decide on what you are going to use for a stock as you need to hit that 26" mark.
you could in theory have a 20" stock and a 6" barrel if you wanted.
i know i have a Boyd blaster stock and a dlask 8.5" barrel and its just a hair over the minimum.
TacSol makes a uber light barrel, married with the Hogue stock the entire gun is light as a feather.
nothing wrong with a stock one, this is mine from 1984, the stock barrel is nice and light.
could always go cheap cheap and look for a RIA knock off and pick up a ruger stock off EE, they are not very accurate guns but they are fun!
bench gun, heavy!
there are always special edition 10/22's that are out, like this 50th Anv contest winner, couple tweaks like a Brimstone strigger group and its a beauty.
you could go mid 90's and flesh out a Butler Creek folder
dont discount the 8.5" Dlask barrel if you want a light barrel, its so short you dont notice the weight of it being a bull barrel.
i do believe Dlask also makes fluted barrels now as well, which would cut down on weight.
a real nice build is a Dlask 10.5 or 12 on a stock ruger 10/22.
my co worker has that, real nice and simple and cheap to get into.
pick up a Ruger BX Trigger and your good to go.
look at stock replacement or refinishing later - good dad and son project.
keep in mind im not saying how you should build your gun - as that seems to be a trigger for you - im just gonna share with you a couple things ive personally experienced with 10/22's and building them.
1) i received my first 10/22 as a Christmas present when i was 10 or 11, bone stock because back in the 80's there was no such thing as upgrades.
i have over 100,000 rounds down that rifle and i still have it!
when i get my son his first my plan is to do the same thing, just give him a bone stock one.
once he gets comfortable with it and starts to figure out what he does and does not like then ill start to upgrade and swap out stuff.
2) when your building a 10/22 usually you build them with a purpose in mind. i say this because i have 12 of them and each of them i build or tweaked specifically for something. be is bench gun, gopher gun, pack gun ect ect.
3) building a 10/22 is expensive! while i too would like to build my son a $1500 10/22 for his first gun thats like me giving him a turbo'd mustang for his 16th birthday instead of a 2007 Dodge Caliber.
anyways back to your original question.
barrel length and keeping it legal.
to determine what you need for a barrel length you need to first decide on what you are going to use for a stock as you need to hit that 26" mark.
you could in theory have a 20" stock and a 6" barrel if you wanted.
i know i have a Boyd blaster stock and a dlask 8.5" barrel and its just a hair over the minimum.
TacSol makes a uber light barrel, married with the Hogue stock the entire gun is light as a feather.
nothing wrong with a stock one, this is mine from 1984, the stock barrel is nice and light.
could always go cheap cheap and look for a RIA knock off and pick up a ruger stock off EE, they are not very accurate guns but they are fun!
bench gun, heavy!
there are always special edition 10/22's that are out, like this 50th Anv contest winner, couple tweaks like a Brimstone strigger group and its a beauty.
you could go mid 90's and flesh out a Butler Creek folder
dont discount the 8.5" Dlask barrel if you want a light barrel, its so short you dont notice the weight of it being a bull barrel.
i do believe Dlask also makes fluted barrels now as well, which would cut down on weight.
a real nice build is a Dlask 10.5 or 12 on a stock ruger 10/22.
my co worker has that, real nice and simple and cheap to get into.
pick up a Ruger BX Trigger and your good to go.
look at stock replacement or refinishing later - good dad and son project.
