1022allstar

im new to the ruger game and i am seeking info on barrels(flutted,threaded,muzzle breaks etc) and what good brands are out there.i am also seeking any trigger brand info as well as books to read.i love my new 10/22 and cantwait for the next!thanks for any help

BlkHawk73

You do know you posted this in the Pistol & Revolver section right?


Ok, now I'll help... You're new to the 10/22, ok, take some time to shoot it as is before you rush to make changes. Take some time, look around the forums and see what is out there available. Whatever books are put are pretty basic and with a weekend you'll get a LOT more from a few forums than what any book will ever provide. Visit the forums and look around, use the search functions, check the gallery/picture threads. Get a sense of what you can get. Decide what your priorities are, performance, looks, etc...
Now think about what your budget will be. You don't need to spend $$$$ to have a good shooting gun and while it'll cost more to get the better performance, the price doesn't necessarily reflect on better quality nor does going with the recognized, heavily marketed brand. Don't get caught up with the gimmicky stuff. Buy what will suit your needs not just for bragging rights. Bragging rights will come from the performance. Be sad to have a looker that doesn't live up to it's looks.
Head to the 10/22 area here and make that starting point for ideas. Happy to help once to provide some basic wants and needs. Not one into the whole "tactical" scene at all but a lot trickles over from the 15 or more non-"tactical" builds I've done. Haven't tried even goodie but have tried a bunch and read about enough of the others to point in a good direction.

RAYMOND

Welcome from northern Wyoming. Just enjoy.

bearcatter

The 10/22 comes in a lot of different models these days. They're all pretty great right out of the box. Don't they make one that suits your needs, without any mods?

I know I'm wasting my two typing fingers here, that many people just can't leave a gun the way it came!.......

1022allstar

the bullbarrel tactical is very nice.i just see so many nice things on guns like the charger for example and have no idea whats a waste and what is not.i do like the angelfire items for the charger with a drum.or a carbine like this

Ruger Rifle Barrel Upgrades | Tactical Solutions

Smithy

Maybe is was the 10/22 action "Charger Pistol" ? Smithy.

BlkHawk73

OP: "i love my new 10/22"

May be semantics but the Charger uses a Charger action, the 10/22 uses a 10/22 action. It's just what they say on them and while the same dimensionally serial numbers as completely different entities. It was the 10/22, a long run, that was mentioned not a Charger hence my post.

Smithy

My apologies for "trying" to make a joke. I guess it fell flat. I do wonder what was changed on the Charger from It's obvious parent the 10/22? Just like looking at the difference between the NAA rimfire's and their cap and ball series. The black powder one's have a fixed firing block as opposed to the rimfire's hammer blade. Now the Rossi Ranch Hand there was nothing done to the receiver just a different run of serial numbers coinciding with their documentation of "Pistols" manufactured. Ruger could have done the same thing with the Charger pistol, but then people would be able to put rifle barrels on a pistol and pistol barrels on a rifle, thus they changed things up a bit on the Charger pistol. I remember back to when Charter was making the AR7 rifle and the Enforcer pistol. The only difference between the two besides one affording a pistol grip and the rifle not, was the location of the indexing tab on the barrel. So you could mount one barrel to the other action, but your sights would end up on the bottom of the barrel. Thickness of the tab was also different, but nothing was to stop a smaller tab from going into a larger mill cut. Call me curious I guess? Smithy.

BlkHawk73

AS I said, dimensionally, the receivers for the 10/22 and the Charger are the same - they'e identical in all respects except one is manufactured and papered as a long gun, the other a handgun. That's the only difference. Barrels, and all other pats interchange fully it's just a matter of legalities on what is done.

1022allstar

was a carbine..but the chargers in the works...i love the 10.22 in any form..but im seekin sites,suggestions on brands..anything that will help.im currently working with a the polymer lower 22/45 thats bone stock and the 10/22 carbine..

1022allstar

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Smithy

Thanks BlkHawk73! I sure would have thought that Ruger would have opted for a slight change in the design. I remember the hassles that TC went through with their Contender and Encore rifle vs. pistol. Now I don't know how legal this was (especially in California), but I bought an Encore 209 black powder rifle and the dealer sold it to me "cash and carry". No waiting period, no 4473, no DROS from the CA DOJ. nothing. He didn't even put it in his bound book. Now obviously I could have put a pistol barrel and grips on it and off I'd go. I still don't see how he did this? Smithy.

luvtofish40

Welcome to the forum! Take BlkHawk's advice, see what your looking to get out of your 10-22. Shoot it, see which route your looking to go. If your looking for performance or looks?? I chose to go the performance route! I bought an SR22 and started from the ground up. "Kidd" was the key word in my build! It is expensive but it is the best there is. The 10-22 rifle can be configured in 1000 different ways, it is up to you to make it yours! Good Luck..