hey fellas. ive been reading up on 10/22`s and they seem like alot of fun to shoot and even more fun to modify. i would like to build my own from scratch little by little kind of like someone who restores a car or builds model planes whatever. id like to start off with the reciever,a short light barrel,flash hider,tapco inrafuse stock,etc... is this possible to get all these parts one at a time at a lgs? or would i have to have the parts ordered? would it be more expensive than just buying a 10/22 then modifying it? all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. be safe and shoot straight
Have said this many times so once more isn't gonna hurt.
• Decide what you want when it's done and what is the more important aspects, accuracy, looks, happy medium of those two.
• Decide on your budget. You'll most often get what you pay for.
• Start looking, looking, reading, looking, searching, reading to see what's out there available. You'll get ideas of what you do like and what you don't. take those ides, go back to the budget and start narrowing the choices down. Remember the big fancy brands are not necessarily the way to go. You often are paying the extra $ for the name.
• Match components. Getting that top-level barrel is nice but with a poor trigger, it's wasted. The reverse is true also. Don't bother with a Kidd trigger if you're only gonna settle for a A&B barrel. Optics go with this too. Match components so $ isn't wasted and the potential isn't wasted.
• Buy and assemble.
Now that being said, will your LGS have these parts, especially all at once, highly doubt it but a visit there would tell. You mention starting of with a receiver...well yeah, that's a key component. Were you planning on a Ruger one or one of the aftermarket ones? If the Ruger branded one is your choice, simply find a used 10/22 and go that route. Remember, buy a stripped receiver and you have just that and will need the bolt assembly, bolt handle and full trigger assembly. Buy that separately and you'll pay more. Of course if you were to want to build a top-shelf gun, that's a good route but anything other than wanting to have that highest level upon completion it's much more cost effective to but a used complete one, even a new complete one, and simply remove the parts not needed, typically the stock and barrel. You then have everything necessary for your build and only $40-50 worth in take-off parts. Buying just a receiver will be close too $100 plus transfer fees and shipping costs. Now add in the costs and shipping for the bolt, handle, trigger, etc. You spend the price of a used one quickly.
thanks for the reply. im new to 10/22 rifles so im learning from the ground up and i really want to do my research so im happy with the end result. could you recommend any useful websites that would have alot of info on building a 10/22?
RimfireCentral.com is THE online home for anything and everything 10/22 - bar none. Having built 15 thus far, 3 in progress and more pending, I'm happy to help however I can. Just be sure to do your homework first and not to get caught up into the fold where it's about names and brands more so than performance.
Ill definitely take a look at the site and will hit you up if with any questions i may have since you seem to have alot of experience in building 10/22`s. would you have any pics of your work? appreciate the help. thanks!
I was thinking like you at first. I ended up buying a new Ruger 10/22 All Weather (stainless). I was going to put a kit on it, initially an Archangel one. After I started buying parts for it I began to like the look of it as it was and dumped the kit route. I put a laser on it, then a Picatinny rail for assorted optics choices (red/green dot sight, 3-9X32 scope) plus Hi-Viz iron sigts, banana mag, then I started getting into the guts and went crazy. I've changed every part I could find to titanium, polished and tweaked the trigger group, lapped the barrel, etc. It's a blast!! I bought a lot of my parts from Midway USA, they have a tremendous variety of parts, I like Power Custom mostly. The automatic bolt release is the first part to get.
Enjoy,
Tony
check out the heat shield on the top of the barrel, it makes it look like a military carbine.
Just like blkhawk said do your homework. I jumped in head first into the shallow end of the pool when I built my first 10/22 and it was nice. But if I did my research before I would have been ahead and built it right the first time. I did learn a lot from doing and screwing up, I ended up screwing up a receiver up but lesson learned and now I know not to do it again and hopefully those that I showed can learn from my mistake. Good luck and have fun these little rifles are addicting.
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