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My mom and dad gave me this Ruger 10/22 for my 16th birthday...
I used the $20 I got that year from my grandma to buy the cheap 4X scope at Woolco...
Most of you already know this, but the Ruger 10/22 is probably the most common .22 semi-auto plinking rifle in the world. Great little rifle. Very simple, reliable, and when properly set up, accurate. There are a bazillion after-market parts and upgrades available for it. For a number of years I had a folding polymer stock on mine, but it broke about 8 years ago. Tonight I finally got around to doing a few mods on the gun that I've had in mind for a long time.
First, the factory stock had to come off...
Then I removed the barrel so I could replace it with something a bit more accurate...
Once I had the new barrel installed, I put everything in a new laminated stock...
Then I added a Nikon 4X-9X scope to finish it off...
This is officially my first purple and charcoal black rifle...
In the tack driver new configuration, I expect the ol' Ruger to be capable of dime-sized 3-shot groups at 50 yards. Now, whether I'll be capable of those kinds of groups is yet to be seen
I used the $20 I got that year from my grandma to buy the cheap 4X scope at Woolco...
Most of you already know this, but the Ruger 10/22 is probably the most common .22 semi-auto plinking rifle in the world. Great little rifle. Very simple, reliable, and when properly set up, accurate. There are a bazillion after-market parts and upgrades available for it. For a number of years I had a folding polymer stock on mine, but it broke about 8 years ago. Tonight I finally got around to doing a few mods on the gun that I've had in mind for a long time.
First, the factory stock had to come off...
Then I removed the barrel so I could replace it with something a bit more accurate...
Once I had the new barrel installed, I put everything in a new laminated stock...
Then I added a Nikon 4X-9X scope to finish it off...
This is officially my first purple and charcoal black rifle...
In the tack driver new configuration, I expect the ol' Ruger to be capable of dime-sized 3-shot groups at 50 yards. Now, whether I'll be capable of those kinds of groups is yet to be seen