Hitting a Dead horse...10/22

Smokin250

Smokin250

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I know this has probably been beaten over and over but i cant seem to find the info im looking for...I recently got a basic 10/22 with wood stock, and im wanting to do some modifying. It shoots great already but ive always wanted a 10/22 with bull barrel and new stock...so my question is...what kind of barrels would you go with, what twist rate as well..and do you have experience with them. Also, id like to do a new stock too, unless there is way to make the factory stock work with bull barrel. Im trying to spend around $200 if at all possible. Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks
Brian
 
Unless you want to get UBBER expensive, they all have the same twist rate.
Choices really come down to which chamber(Bentz match, SAAMI, etc.)
I have bought the Butler Creek combo pack twice(Barrel, Hogue stock). 10 years ago that cost about $200. So Imagine that price is long gone.
Personally I like the steel bull barrels. The carbon fiber version is not as accurate.
Of course you can make the stock work, get a dowl, sand paper, and get to work.
 
The first thing I would do is swap the trigger out and then save up and get a good barrel and then a stock. Couple of places to look are Hornet for triggers and then check out Whistlepig for the barrels and stock. You can also check out Stocky's for stocks and maybe the barrel. There are a couple of other places to look but I can't think of them right now. I'm waiting for my barrel and stock to show up in a couple weeks from whistlepig then I can finish my build. I'll show you the before and after when I get it done.
 
Go over to rimfirecentral.com and look through the Ruger 10/22 sections over there. Pace yourself otherwise you'll go blind!
 
I found a couple Pictures on rimfirecentral of guys using factory stocks with heavy Barrels, just sanding out the barrel channel, but they all were using deluxe stocks. I like the idea of using factory stock. It would be nice to pillar bed it too if possible.
 
If you are ever around gonna be around chillicothe,,,drop me a PM...i can show ya a few different ones...i have 4 customs,no 2 are alike.


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I've heard good things about both. I went with whistlepig for it lightness. My brother built one and shoots great. A buddy of his has a kidd barrel and as long as he sends the first round into the dirt it will shoot right with my brothers. The first one shoots about 1in higher than the rest of the group. It maybe just the gun because my brother and a couple of different guys have shot it and it does the samething. 1st round high. That is why I went with whistlepig. Dropping in a hornet 2.5lb trigger on the gun. Now just waiting. Check out as GC said rimfire central. You might be able to find some good deals on their classifieds section. But hold on. You might be spending more than $200.00 when you are all said and done. I did not total up what I ordered until it was all said and done. All I can say is "OUCH". But when it is done it will be a fun gun to shoot. Right now it only gets a 100 rounds through it a year, MAYBE.
 
Try E.Arthur Brown, they have a lot of 10/22 barrels, triggers etc. and they are at a good price with a lot of special's from time to time!

Steve
 
I see they have E.R shaw blue .920 barrels for $99 and green moutnain .920 blued and fluted for $129. Thats probably the route id like to go. The only thing stearing me away from them is that they are 20", which would seem a little heavy. I haven't heard any bad reviews about either one of these companies, nor any first hand feedbacks from tehm either, as to how they shoot
 
Green Mountain makes a stainless fluted 16.5" not just a 20". Shoots great. I built one threaded and shoot it suppressed. I used mostly all Tactical Inc parts, timely trigger, probably have about $600 in it though.
 
Originally Posted By: Smokin250Sounds good. So are the Green Mountain and ER shaw barrels not any good?

Green Mountain barrels are top shelf barrels. I have several ER Shaw barrels on AR platforms and I am very happy with them also.
 
Pics...im terrible at that....specs ive got.


All four have tool steel extractors (a must)

Ground and honed triggers...no aftermarkets.

The 2 bull barreled ones,,one in a fajen stock,,others in a boyds .

"Blue BULL" gun parts barrel(i would buy one of these,,,if it can be found)

"The silver bull",,slighty better shooter,,green mountian barrel.
Both are trued match chambers.


"The Archangel".mag research carbon barrel..auto realese..archangel target stock.

"THE TURD"...Standard barrel,cut and recrowned to 16",,boyds stock....And if i do my part its "close" to the others at 50 yards.

Any of em from a bench will stay in a grey squirrels head at 50 yards.


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Originally Posted By: coyotex

Any of em from a bench will stay in a grey squirrels head at 50 yards.


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You peaked my interest there! I love squirrel hunting and have been using a old Remington 514 i believe...i have few old Remington 22's one single shot and one tube fed, tube fed is my favorite. I hand sanded both stocks down to bare wood and smoothed them out, stained and put about 15 coats of clear on them it seemed like. They are both flat out tack drivers. Ill have to post pics sometime. My grand dad gave me the single shot when i was kid and the other i picked up at gun shop i worked at. I love the old Remington guns....

Anywho...Ive always wanted a 10/22 and i finally got one. So next my goal was to make it into a bull barrel tack driver. Gun shoots lights out now, but like most of guys on here I want to be BETTER! I am sure that can be appreciated. So, i will have about $200 to spend as of right now. So id like to get the best bang for my buck right now and then possible add from there. I don't intend on spending tons of money on it but would still like quality parts, and i understand that's not always easy but its my goal currently. I took gun apart last night and checked it out. It doesn't seem like it would be that difficult to make barrel channel bigger to accept the .920 barrel and make it free float. My question would be if i didn't leave the plastic hoop on front of stock on what would i do to fill void where it necks down in the front. I guess i could sand it down and make it look flush instead of the gap. Also, is there anyway to bed to pillar? Maybe drill out the pillar and put a metal sleeve in there? Also with only one screw holding the stock to action how sturdy is it going to be? The stock seems pretty rigid currently, but that's before removing any material. Also if i sanded down the factory laminate stock would the wood underneath be any count? If i re stained it and refinished it would it look decent, or would it just be worth it to just sell stock and start over? Sorry for long post, but im new to the whole 10/22 thing and am just looking for every piece of info i can get.

Brian
 
Brian, If you really look around you can find a big barrel for around $100. I have seen 'em at gun shows for that-OK no,they are not the big name barrels. I bought the Hastings setup someone mentioned before for $200 and it works great. I got a Volquartzen target sear for about $45. No more work than that and it shoots minute-of-squirrel-head for sure.I often wonder how much $ is well-spent on .22 upgrades considering the ammo is so iffy-it seems to be the limiting factor for me. Point is don't overthink it , just do it and have fun.
 


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