Ruger 10 22

I'm down to one.....

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I have a stainless and a camo, had a blued. My daughter wanted one so I gave her the blued. I'm trying to talk myself out of replacing it but I really liked the gun.
 
Great rifles, I have four, one I bought in 1975 as a kid, one with a 4-didget serial number, and two more made in the 70's.

Just got this one at the Pawn Shop for $200.



Paid $100 for this one.




This 4-didget one I think was $175.



 
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I own one. Purchased in 84 or 85 for $165. 10/22 Sporter. About the only thing stock on it at this point is the receiver. I killed more squirrels with it in the 80’s in stock form than you could imagine. Worst trigger on the planet! Not anymore! She sings on every level now! Great little guns in my opinion.
 
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Clark accuracy shop. This rifle was given to me by one of my best friend's sons when he passed.
Bob always wanted to take a turkey with this rifle. I tried and also failed, someone else will have to get that done. Lots of fond memories; RIP, Bob.
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You guys have some nice looking rifles. I walked by them today but kept going. Maybe tomorrow or next weekend I will get a blued. I'm not a fan of the new mag release but will get past it.
 
I bought each of my 4 grandsons one for their high school graduation gift from their "bad example" grandad. I don't have one but I have the Bergara copy and a Volquartsen 22 wmr copy.
 
Really like the Full-stock (.an licher) version, just wish they would have done a barrel/stock band for a sling swivel instead of nus drilling through the forend.

Never owned a semi-auto 22 LR rifle. I think I would have gone broke when I was a kid with one. Dad gave me a nickel a rabbit to keep my single shot 22 in ammo. At $.01/round it gave me four shots for fun.
 
I started my rifle shooting at age eight with a single-shot bolt-action Remington .22LR. My shotgun was a single-shot Winchester M37 .410. At about 12-13, the .410 was traded for the same model but in 20 gauge. At 16, the single-shot 20 was swapped for a Remington 870 12-gauge. And at 15-ish, I got a new Ruger 10/22 for squirrel hunting. Dad had a Browning BLR-22, Remington 572, a Marlin M60, and a wonky Mossberg with a plastic forearm that folded down, as some AR rifles now have a vertical foregrip. Pretty sure Dad bought me the Ruger so he could get some experience with it. Afterward, some version of a 10/22 was always in the mix of rimfires we had around.
 
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I was 11 when my Benjamin pump was replaced by a Remington 510.

Added a weaver G4 scope and taught my wife to shoot on that rifle. Next when our son was about 6, cut the stock to fit him. Couple of years later he graduated to a (short) 98 Mauser in 6mm Rem. The little 510 came out of the safe again, when the grandkids were old enough to learn firearm safety.
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Next, when our DCM club's Jr. division had been issued mod. US144 heavy barrel target rifles which were way too heavy for a lot of the kids, I picked up a surplus 513T stock, cut the stock and the barrel down, removed the scope and added Redfield sights and a forend stop, making a perfect rifle for the smaller kids.
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Grandkids now have the little rifle.
 
I had a jam-o-matic 10/22 and replaced every single part on it trying to sort it out. Turned out the action was warped from the factory so I got rid of it and swore them off. BUT I hear the newest gen is significantly improved and I'm tempted to try again.
 
I have had one since the late 70's early 80's. It has gone through a couple changes. Back then the tv show A-team was really a hit. And my dad wouldn't let us get a mini14 because and I quote from my dad "I can't afford to keep you in ammo for those rifles." I can still hear it to this day. So he got both of us 10/22's and the first thing that we did was swap out the stock for a folder. I think they were butler creek and then added a couple 25rd magazines and a couple of old aimpoints. we went through a lot of rounds on the prairie dog towns of south dakota and the timber in western iowa shooting squirrels. Since then I have swapped it back to factory and shot it for many years that way. Back about 20yrs ago I decided that I wanted the most i could get for accuracy out of it. I pulled everything but the action and swapped the barrel for a whistle pig, the stock for boyds and the trigger for a hornet. It is one of the most fun rifles that I have shot. I usually shoot between 100 and 500 rounds a year with it depending on what the starling population is like. And in 46 years I would hate to guess how many rounds have gone through that action without but a few hick-ups along the way. and most were due to magazine issues or just being dirty. I think there will always be a 10/22 in my safe. Oh and by the way my brother still has his and shoots it often.
 
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