Trying to talk my son into adding a 10/22 to his collection.

[JettaKnight]

What is so special about the Ruger 10/22?

Maybe the fact that you can spend five times what you paid for the base rifle on customizing it. Maybe because you can customize it with your favorite stock, giving it a one of a kind look. Maybe because there are many different barrel styles and looks. Maybe because you can customize it to the point that you don't want to change it, so you buy another to customize it in another direction?

Or that regardless as to the caliber it shoots, it is just such a fun shooter that with a nice scope on the base model you can have a field day hitting steel targets at 100 yards!

Pretty much.

It is highly reliable, but out the box, the trigger is crap.

In that price range is the Remington offerings, which I've found to be highly unreliable.

 

[KLB]

Pretty much.

It is highly reliable, but out the box, the trigger is crap.

In that price range is the Remington offerings, which I've found to be highly unreliable.

And Savage

Maybe the fact that you can spend five times what you paid for the base rifle on customizing it.

If you have to spend that much to make the rifle you want out of the rifle you have, why not just buy the rifle you want in the first place?

 

[JettaKnight]

And Savage

Yeah, my Savage 64 can be a bit finicky if it's not oiled properly.
And, I'm stuck with 10 round mags on it.

If you have to spend that much to make the rifle you want out of the rifle you have, why not just buy the rifle you want in the first place?

In my case, an M1 carbine is quite a bit more coin to buy and feed.

 

[DadSmith]

Pretty much.

It is highly reliable, but out the box, the trigger is crap.

In that price range is the Remington offerings, which I've found to be highly unreliable.

Yep the factory Trigger is horrible. I had my gunsmith do a trigger job on it. It cost me $20 and its around 4.5lb now. Much better than the factory trigger. I just recently replaced the extractor with a fancy titanium one. I'm hoping it last longer than factory extractor.

 

[TTB Yeee]

Lots of good recommendations. I'm a big fan of all 10/22 variants. Next on my list for 22s is a M&P 15-22 Pistol. It is AWESOME. Super light, AR controls, really cool little package.

M&P15 PISTOL | Smith & Wesson

Check with your local dealer for state complianceAvailability subject to applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances.

www.smith-wesson.com

A little higher $$ around $500, but it's very solid package. Recently released, but I've seen quite a few out there.

 

[DadSmith]

Lots of good recommendations. I'm a big fan of all 10/22 variants. Next on my list for 22s is a M&P 15-22 Pistol. It is AWESOME. Super light, AR controls, really cool little package.

M&P15 PISTOL | Smith & Wesson

Check with your local dealer for state complianceAvailability subject to applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances.

www.smith-wesson.com

A little higher $$ around $500, but it's very solid package. Recently released, but I've seen quite a few out there.

Oh I like that. I may get him one of those. Or get me one lol.

 

[breakingcontact]

10/22s are fun. Ruger American Rimfire is a lot of fun in a different way.

 

[Biggredchev]

What is so special about the Ruger 10/22?

Maybe the fact that you can spend five times what you paid for the base rifle on customizing it. Maybe because you can customize it with your favorite stock, giving it a one of a kind look. Maybe because there are many different barrel styles and looks. Maybe because you can customize it to the point that you don't want to change it, so you buy another to customize it in another direction?

Or that regardless as to the caliber it shoots, it is just such a fun shooter that with a nice scope on the base model you can have a field day hitting steel targets at 100 yards!

Yes. Also the ammo is cheap. You can have hours of fun with $20 when your shooting .22

 

[TJ Kackowski]

And Savage


If you have to spend that much to make the rifle you want out of the rifle you have, why not just buy the rifle you want in the first place?

I don't always know what I want. But I know what I have and with a bit of tinkering I tend to figure out what I want.

 

[T-DOGG]

Lots of good recommendations. I'm a big fan of all 10/22 variants. Next on my list for 22s is a M&P 15-22 Pistol. It is AWESOME. Super light, AR controls, really cool little package.

M&P15 PISTOL | Smith & Wesson

Check with your local dealer for state complianceAvailability subject to applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances.

www.smith-wesson.com

A little higher $$ around $500, but it's very solid package. Recently released, but I've seen quite a few out there.

I'd also recommend the Tippmann 22 AR pistol. It will be more accurate than the MP15-22. Either would be fun though.

 

[KLB]

I don't always know what I want. But I know what I have and with a bit of tinkering I tend to figure out what I want.

Spending 5x the cost of the rifle is more than tinkering.

 

[tbhausen]

Edit: Unsurprisingly, these are out of stock now.

Who wouldn't want one of these? Not easy to get right now, but in stock here. Yes, WAY too much $, but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush right now. I already ordered one. Throw a Franklin Armory binary trigger in it and I don't know how you could have more fun with your clothes on:

22 Charger Lite 22 LR (kygunco.com)

 

[TJ Kackowski]

Spending 5x the cost of the rifle is more than tinkering.

Not trying to pick a fight, but who are you to decide what tinkering is and is not?

This brings to mind two quotes.

One frequently heard on Bob & Tom show ... "You are certainly entitled to your own opinion, no matter how wrong or stupid it might be".

The second is from Evelyn Beatrice Hall noting a Voltairean principle ... “I wholly disagree with what you say - and will contend to the death for your right to say it".

 

[KLB]

Not trying to pick a fight, but who are you to decide what tinkering is and is not?

This brings to mind two quotes.

One frequently heard on Bob & Tom show ... "You are certainly entitled to your own opinion, no matter how wrong or stupid it might be".

The second is from Evelyn Beatrice Hall noting a Voltairean principle ... “I wholly disagree with what you say - and will contend to the death for your right to say it".

Wow, didn't see anyone getting that touchy about that.

 

[TJ Kackowski]

Wow, didn't see anyone getting that touchy about that.

You don't know me very well. If you did, you wouldn't think I was touchy about what you wrote ... TBT, I'm just trolling you since you decided to keep quoting me and making ridiculous statements.

 

[MrSmitty]

Years ago (the 80's) I bought my first 10/22 at a Kmart in Clovis N.M. One day some friends and I went to go shooting, so, stopped at the same Kmart and bought a brick of .22's and off we went. At the target range I got out the box, and realized that I had bought a brick of .22 Longs, not Long rifle....We loaded the mags 1 10rd, and 1 25 round, and away we went..Had nary a hickup, or misfeed. I was sold on that gun! It was the first of many I have bought, sold, or traded over the years. My son's first .22 semi was a 10/22, we both have one now, and have shot 2 Appleseeds with them....