The mandatory 22lr

10/22s are about the most moldable .22s around. You can mold them into tacticool fun guns, traditional, accurize 'em, buy better triggers for 'em, heavy barrels, etc, etc, etc. I sorta prefer traditional stocks. All I did to mine is add a Hogue overmolded stock (love those things) which eliminates the barrel band (good for accuracy) and I added a Volquartsen hammer/sear which makes the trigger oh, so tasty. I take it squirrel hunting now and then, but mostly plink with it. It is a stainless 10/22 and I got it at a gun show 20 years ago for $150.

I consider the 10/22 the best plinker grade .22 out there, better than the Marlins, better than anything else I can think of. The upper left on this target is a one hole group at 25 yards I shot with CCI standard velocity. The stuff is cheap match grade ammo in THIS rifle and proves that a mildly modded 10/22 is accurate despite those who'd say different. The action is simple and straight forward and reliable. I don't care for tube magazines, too complicated, bound to fail with age and use. The Ruger rotary magazine is reliable and compact and a 25 round stick mag is available for those who care. I have a 25 rounder, but prefer the standard mags, myself.

This is the one i sold a couple of years ago

Flex said:

I fully agree but I'd like to modify your statement a bit. My version would be "Everyone should own at least one .22cal rifle! If you can only own one, it should be a Ruger 10/22!"
Mine is a "plain Jane" version and yeah, I added a scope too. I did pick up a walnut stock with a steel butt plate that's waiting to be stripped and refinished! It's a "take off" from someone that must have modded their's out with at least a stock upgrade. I think I paid $25 for it at a pawn shop. It's a Winter project and it could happen this year. Of course, I'll post some pics when I'm done.
Flex

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I've got 3 .22LRs and a .22 magnum. I've let a few go over the years. One is my first powder burning rifle, a Remington bolt action tube mag fed M512X I got for my 9th birthday. It still shoots straight as ever, but the magazine interrupter is messed up, so I pulled the spring out of the magazine follower and let it feed by gravity and I don't get any jams this way. I have the 10/22 of course and I'd probably get another to buy a M1 carbine dress up stock for (my fave mil surp, though I don't own one), BUT I have this which is more authentic looking. It's a good plinker, too.

Say hello to my little friend!


This was left to me from my Grandfather.
He won it in a grocery store raffle around 1947/48

Notice that there is no bolt handle

To charge the bolt, you place your finger in the
cut out in front of the mag well and pull back
(very easy pull)

My research found that the U.S. Marines were wanting to cut cost
after WWII so they asked H&R to develop a low cost training rifle
that used cheap ammo. The Marine version had adjustable rear peep sights.
This is the civilian version called "The Leatherneck" model 150.
When you were in basic training, you learned to sight-in and basic markmanship
using this little fellow. Only later in training did you move up to the M-1 or M-14.
It is very easy to field strip and clean.
I had it drilled and tapped for a scope rail for varmint dispatch.
My local gunsmith did the re-blueing last year and yes, it shoots
as good as it looks!