My Wife's 10/22 Make-Over

[SHELL SHUCKER]

Back in '06 I bought my wife a basic Ruger 10/22 rifle and put the barreled action into a Choate synthetic, pistol grip stock and topped it off with a Bushnell 3200 Elite 2-7 scope. I then installed a Volquartsen target trigger, hammer and sear, added a Magnum Research bolt handle and auto bolt release as well as a synthetic bolt stop/buffer. I also added a stainless
extended mag release to finish the job. (Or so I thought.)

This combination worked OK, but the Choate stock was tight in the mag well
and releasing the standard RUGER mag was a #####. Extended mags pulled out
without problems though. The accuracy of this rifle was only average, and
nowhere near as good as my CZ 452's, but suited my wife fine as she didn't
get out to shoot it very often.
I fixed the accuracy problem with a change to a Boyd's Ross Thumbhole
laminate stock. No more black gun, flexi-flyer plastic crap stocks for me!
I then swapped the scope over to my Stevens 305F project and put
a fine old Weaver K4 with post recticle on the Ruger for trials.

A session at the range yesterday proved my hunch about the stock.
The rifle now shoots better than I can hold on a single sandbag and mag releases are flawless.
The rifle now looks and feels great, plus handles sweet.
Happy Wife, Happy Life!

 

[wjt]

Love the stock. Where did you get it and how much?

Walt

 

[chalkriver]

You can order direct from Boyds , its under 100 bucks so no hassles at the border , my tacticool stock took 11 days to get here and the shipping price isnt bad either
h ttp://www.boydsgunstocks.com/Ross-Rimfire-Thumbhole-Ruger-10-22-p/500-420.htm

 

[jlovie]

Looks great! I was thinking about putting an arch angel kit on mine, but after checking out Boyds website, it's got me thinking going another direction.

 

[Blindeyes]

Thats a great looking piece of wood especially for under $100.

 

[Jwirecom109]

gotta love the 10/22's my wife loves hers

 

[supernova]

its a good day when you've got HOLY CRAP! written on your target does the barrel free float in the stock?

 

[SHELL SHUCKER]

its a good day when you've got HOLY CRAP! written on your target does the barrel free float in the stock?

Yes the barrel is free floated in this stock, as this stock is factory
channeled for a .920" heavy barrel. The "HOLY CRAP!" is for the
group I fired at 75 yds. when I tested out my Stevens 305F project
gun. (See the My Stevens 305F thread in this section.)