10/22 build thread

SKSRay has a tricked out rifle that will shoot strings that once held golf balls with ease.
 
I've got three in all different configurations. One has tech sights and an M1 Carbine repro stock with sling. I've got one set up with a long heavy barrel and Choate Dragunov style stock with a Mueller APV scope. Then another with a Butler Creek folder, Simons scope, and KIDD heavy spring to use high velocity ammo.

I've got a basic one waiting for an idea. Probably an ultra light target rifle set up kinda like the ones in the IDF pics. Ideally it'd be suppressed with a light spring for sub sonic ammo. Maybe if I ever get to a suppressor friendly state.
 
I'll need to dig for pics or just take new ones, but I built one ~20 years ago. Custom laminate stock (Turner?), Volquartsen fluted bull barrel & innards. Back then IIRC I ordered everything out of catalogs. Many more choices now.

Literally accurate enough to drive tacks at 50 yards. Brought it to a couple of the NES shoots and folks liked the look. If you are going to the pumpkin shoot your welcome take a look and empty a mag or two.

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Whatever you decide to build, IMO the accuracy you can achieve with a bull barrel is pretty wild. We had a 22LR match at my club and used NRA 25 foot targets at 50 yards. 10-ring only 0.15" diameter, but in 10 shots I was able to score 96/100 (RWS R50 match ammo). This was the first firearm I ever tore down and re-built with upgrades, and I wasn't particularly skilled. I think Volquartsen still makes the same barrel.
 
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Mine's a simplè wood-stocked carbine. I put in the VQ tarvet hammer and bolt release. Put on a simplè rimfire scope. Not competition-ready but it's a nice shooter for not much money.
 
I have had several 10/22s over the years all never shot that great or made me want to upgrade them.
Few years ago I wanted to rebuild my 22 collection. I took a 10/22 in trade.
The trigger is out standing although I have not looked to see if it's stock or not. I'm doubting it's stock.

That said I would want a stock with adjustable comb to get a nice solid cheek weld for scope use.
My current 10/22 requires a lifted head to get up behind the scope.

I would love one of those Israeli heavy barrels with the integrated silencer....

I like my tactical solutions AR upper enough to try a TS barrel for my 10/22.
That's a project a bit in the future.....
My thing is ammo. How well will these builds shoot XYZ ammo. When you tighten up the specs of the 10/22 does it become ammo picky?
 
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mac1911 said:
My thing is ammo. How well will these builds shoot XYZ ammo. When you tighten up the specs of the 10/22 does it become ammo picky?
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As in function or accuracy? I've never had one yet that didn't function the way they were supposed to but have heard of people buying used ones that needed a new recoil spring. These are probably the easiest guns ever to work on and tweak.

Since it is still .22lr ammo, some brands are going to be more accurate and more reliable than others.
 
mac1911 said:
My thing is ammo. How well will these builds shoot XYZ ammo. When you tighten up the specs of the 10/22 does it become ammo picky?
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Actually a good question. Stingers don't feed well into the Volquartsen chamber. Granted, mine was made ~20+ years ago in their old facility (IIRC it burned to the ground) and they could have loosened up the chambers since then. I found a couple other 'hyper-velocity' ([rofl]) rounds with copper wash & similar bullet profile as the stingers to be hit and miss for feeding also. Basic CCI, Federal, etc. or similar and any match type ammo 100% reliable.

IMO, 10/22 triggers are not great, not terrible- basically what you'd expect at that price point. Probably non-stock in yours.
 
I built mine with a hogue overmold stock, 16" green mountain fluted bull barrel, VQ target hammer (I'd say the best investment for any stock 10/22), tech sights and a sling. It's very fun to shoot, my gf loves it, and I start every beginner with it. My girl was laughing her butt off while ringing steel at 100yds yesterday. Pop.......ding!
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Boghog1 said:
so this thread got me thinking http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/292385-Interesting-Story-About-10-22-Used-by-IDF
If you were to build a 10/22 what would you do, I am looking for mild to wild. I have 2 10/22s sitting in the safe from the 80s
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It kind of depends on what you want to do. If you want a super accurate .22, then it's hard to go wrong with a heavy bull barrel, a nice aftermarket stock (I'm partial to the Hogue overmolded stocks) and upgraded internals.

I highly, highly recommend Kidd components for the upgrades. You're going to have to get over a little sticker shock, though. One of the trigger groups I have in a 10/22 cost just about what the rifle did. They're going for $199.95 right now. For that price you get one of the best triggers I've ever used: 1.5# with zero creep and overtravel.

Put an aftermarket buffer in the receiver. It slows down the recoil impulse a little and keeps you on target a little better and keeps the bolt from beating the heck out of the inside of the receiver. Make sure that you put an extended mag release and an auto bolt release in it....they just make life a lot easier.

Volquartsen doesn't do as well with 10/22 parts as they do with the MK series pistols, IME. I used their components to upgrade a trigger group and was sadly disappointed. It went from a heavy 5-6# trigger that was reasonably crisp to a 3.5-4# trigger with a ton of creep and overtravel. I pulled the parts out and threw them in my spare parts box.

If you want to stick with iron sights, Tech sights are hard to beat. They have very clear and clean adjustments, great sight picture (expecially if you're used to shooting US military rifles) and they increase the sight radius by a fair bit. The factory sights are crap, IMO. The front sight is tiny and hard to focus on and the rear sight is sloppy.

If you want to put a scope on it, you've got a couple of good choices: Leupold VX-1 rimfire or one of the Nikon P-Rimfire series scopes. I've got a Nikon 2-7X BDC scope on one of my 10/22's that is really nice. Solid clicks, stays sighted in and the adjustments are set for 50 yards, as opposed to 100 yards on many of the others.

Whatever you wind up with, throw a web sling on it and learn to shoot with it (if you don't already know how). Shooting nice tight groups from the bench is fun, but benchrests are few and far between in the woods and wandering around in general.

Get a lot of magazines. I've got 8-10 10 round magazines and am thinking seriously about adding in some more. It's nice to not spend all your time reloading mags at the range. Since you're in a free state, you can get the BX-25, which is one of the best 10/22 mags out there, but they don't work out real well for shooting prone.

This is all my opinion, but I've been shooting 10/22's a lot for a long time and these are all things that make them a lot more fun. PM me if you have any questions.

Finally: get it all put together, shoot it a little and sign up for an Appleseed. There are a few more coming up this year. They're a ton of fun and very, very instructive.

Have fun and post pics when you're done with your build!
 
I am planning to do a Hightower Armory bullpup with a 10/22. Thety have been out for a while now and the reviews are still good so I am gonna grab one when I have some extra cash kicking around. Or if a GROUP BUY were to open up.
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SKS Ray said:
I've got a basic one waiting for an idea. Probably an ultra light target rifle set up kinda like the ones in the IDF pics. Ideally it'd be suppressed with a light spring for sub sonic ammo. Maybe if I ever get to a suppressor friendly state.
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10-22, with it's heavy bolt, isn't a great candidate for a dedicated gun to shoot subsonic ammo. Easier to start with something like the Beretta NEOS, takes nearly zero work to reliably cycle Quiet-22. Alternately, with a suppressor and appropriate barrel length, there's no need to buy special subsonic ammo. Here's my suppressor host build, functions best with CCI-SV:
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That's a 12.3" TacSol SB-X shrouded barrel, sight is Eotech's XPS2-RF (reduced size, weight, price).
 
Boghog1 said:
would you do Kidd for the barrel? I am thinking 16.5" threaded for future suppressor use
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KIDD, Green Mountain, Volquartsen....they're all good. I think that GM probably has the least expensive barrels right now. It looks like you have to pay extra to have the muzzle threaded, but you'll still probably be cheaper than a Volquartsen barrel. Keep in mind that if you have a match chambered barrel, it probably won't feed Stingers very well. The results will be worth it, though.
 
Stay off of www.rimfirecentral.com if you like your wallet.

I've used Tactical Solutions on the two 10/22 builds I did. One used the trigger from a 10/22T made in the late 90's. The other used a Clark Custom. Didn't get enough trigger time to tell you which was better.

Have fun.

Aloha
 
Almostelmo said:
I built mine with a hogue overmold stock, 16" green mountain fluted bull barrel, VQ target hammer (I'd say the best investment for any stock 10/22), tech sights and a sling. It's very fun to shoot, my gf loves it, and I start every beginner with it. My girl was laughing her butt off while ringing steel at 100yds yesterday. Pop.......ding!
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Holy $hit! It snowed in Hopkinton yesterday? [laugh2]
 
No pics, but I currently have a Gemtech MIST-22 Integrally Suppressed Take Down 10/22 in the pipeline.

Going to put it in a Houge over-molded stock and some sort of cheap RDS.
 
my 10/22 is a plain jane carbine model with sling and tech-sights. Volquartsen hammer and auto bolt release as well.

Currently, it has a Mueller APV 4.5-14x scope on it. GREAT scope for the money. Very good glass and has adjustable objective for parallax
 
Almostelmo said:
I built mine with a hogue overmold stock, 16" green mountain fluted bull barrel, VQ target hammer (I'd say the best investment for any stock 10/22), tech sights and a sling. It's very fun to shoot, my gf loves it, and I start every beginner with it. My girl was laughing her butt off while ringing steel at 100yds yesterday. Pop.......ding!
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Is that not fun! My daughter was shooting a 5" plate @ 100 yards with my tacsol AR 22lr with a 20 year old Tasco propoint.... wish I had my camera that day for video.
 
Mountain said:
Actually a good question. Stingers don't feed well into the Volquartsen chamber. Granted, mine was made ~20+ years ago in their old facility (IIRC it burned to the ground) and they could have loosened up the chambers since then. I found a couple other 'hyper-velocity' ([rofl]) rounds with copper wash & similar bullet profile as the stingers to be hit and miss for feeding also. Basic CCI, Federal, etc. or similar and any match type ammo 100% reliable.

IMO, 10/22 triggers are not great, not terrible- basically what you'd expect at that price point. Probably non-stock in yours.
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Yeah been a long time since I did anything 22lr you would call upgrading.
My friend put a fenderson <spelling? Barrel on his 10/22 few years back. He lived near them in NH.
after the gun would not reliably chamber your common fodder 22lr.
He used some Tennex and some wolf match which cycled with out issue and he pulled some impressive groups with it for his skill level. So he was a bit upset that "cheap" ammo doesn't work. I have seen this again recently with a few guys at the club...seems the chambers are very tight.
 

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