Here's my first Ruger 10/22 build. I bought the gun online, and it took almost 5 weeks for it go get here. It finally did, I picked it up at my FFL on Thursday, and on Saturday a box arrived from MidwayUSA with a scope, scope mount, and swivel mounts. Here's the rifle as shipped:
It came disassembled and included the following parts:
Back when I first ordered ordered this rifle I also ordered a Boyd's Evolution laminate stock in Forest Camo. I like the looks of this stock and I like the fact that it's ambidexterous, so my left-handed wife and sons can shoot it. The Boyd's stock is very well made and little prep was required to get it ready for finishing. I used Tru-Oil stock finish. I applied each coat with my fingers, let dry, and sanded with 00 steel wool. It took about 6 coats of Tru-Oil before all the wood grain disappeared and I got that dripping wet finish I was looking for. I still need to hit the stock with auto polish and give it a couple coats of wax - that should take care of the few remaining pieces of dust in the finish and get it to a high gloss.
The barrel is a standard Ruger barrel. I'm going to shoot it for a while then maybe send it off to get "accurized." A heavy barrel would be nice and pimpy, but I really don't want this rifle to weigh any more than it already does.
The scope is a Mueller APV (per recommendations in this forum) and the mount is a Game Reaper single-piece mount.
I think it came out looking great. Can't wait to get it sighted in. I still need to install my Uncle Mike's quick-detach swivel mounts and get a sling.
It came disassembled and included the following parts:
- Reveiver, bolt and Ruger trigger unit (all disassembled)
- Stock Ruger barrel
- Original stock
- Tapco stock (not pictured here - I'm selling this separately)
- Volquartsen hammer
- Volquartsen extended magazine release
- Volquartsen EDM extractor
- Volquartsen bolt release
- Volquartsen extended bolt handle and recoil rod assembly
- Volquartsen hex-head take-down screw
- Christies recoil buffer pin
- A few magazines
Back when I first ordered ordered this rifle I also ordered a Boyd's Evolution laminate stock in Forest Camo. I like the looks of this stock and I like the fact that it's ambidexterous, so my left-handed wife and sons can shoot it. The Boyd's stock is very well made and little prep was required to get it ready for finishing. I used Tru-Oil stock finish. I applied each coat with my fingers, let dry, and sanded with 00 steel wool. It took about 6 coats of Tru-Oil before all the wood grain disappeared and I got that dripping wet finish I was looking for. I still need to hit the stock with auto polish and give it a couple coats of wax - that should take care of the few remaining pieces of dust in the finish and get it to a high gloss.
The barrel is a standard Ruger barrel. I'm going to shoot it for a while then maybe send it off to get "accurized." A heavy barrel would be nice and pimpy, but I really don't want this rifle to weigh any more than it already does.
The scope is a Mueller APV (per recommendations in this forum) and the mount is a Game Reaper single-piece mount.
I think it came out looking great. Can't wait to get it sighted in. I still need to install my Uncle Mike's quick-detach swivel mounts and get a sling.
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