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The parts come with the same paint as the new 10-22's, that crappy wrinkle black.
I think that I'm going to bead blast my 10-22 metal parts and then spray them with Black semi gloss Aluma-Hyde II from Brownells using an air brush.
I hate the rattle cans. The Air brush really puts down a nice even paint job. You can get the paint on thinner and still have 100% coverage.
Be sure to take a mediun stone and stone the inside of the trigger housing to flatten out the paint, just don't get into the metal. You can get a very smooth surface and still have solid black showing.
When it comes to the plastic trigger guard, I'm an old gunsmith who likes metal, even if it is aluminum. In my opinion, plastic is for toys. I'm sure that they work just fine, it's just me.
I used to make a lot of parts from metal stock when one was not available for an old or odd weapon. I would then harden them if they needed it, so I'm used to doing presicion metal work with files and stones.
And as for the Jard, Kidd or other trigger groups, they are fantastic if you have the money. I don't have the $$$ coming in that I used to.
I can do a darn good trigger with factory parts and a few shims.
My trigger jobs are very close to the Jards. The Jard is hard to beat with it's two lever trigger system.
I can use the money saved to do other projects, besides, my 10-22 shoots great and I'm not entering any contests where every last little thing you do may be needed to take home the bacon.
I also take a great deal of pride in making my own parts and doing my own mods.
Anyone with the money can buy a quality or modified part, but doing it yourself and having people comment on how good it is gives a person more pride in their weapon and I have a lot more fun doing it myself.
There is nothing wrong with buying parts. It's just that doing it myself gives me something to do and keeps me out of the bars
I'm working on a couple of accuracy mods that no one else has done to try and make my 10-22 Carbine shoot as well as a bull barreled 10-22 that may have had a few mods, but is not a full blown target rifle. If I can pull it off, I will be one happy guy. I'm not sure if it will outshoot that type of 10-22 with average mods, but it would be a head turner if it did and I'm having a great time making the mods and parts. That's what gunsmithing is all about.
I've got a couple of things up my sleeve for the Mini 14 also that I am working with another gunsmith on. Only time and some expermintation will tell if we are sucessful.
Best regards, John K