Any build info for 10-22? - Page 2

kernelkrink · 08-18-2008, 07:04 PM

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Look at the last two posts, should have 2 versions of the standard 10/22 and the magnum version as well.

If I was building up a custom heavy bbl target version from scratch I think I would forego the Ruger factory bbl retainer wedge and just thread them together.

Here's another little .22 project that would be nice:

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**SalBO** · 08-21-2008, 08:38 PM

I have both 17HMR and 22 LR and prefer the LR because I can screw a "quieting device" on the bore....hehe

Braddog · 08-21-2008, 10:14 PM

This may help.

BigDdy31 · 08-22-2008, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Braddog

This may help.

Beat me to it. lol That's the one I've got.

**hcpookie** · 08-22-2008, 11:39 PM

Thanks for posting these blueprints! That is very helpful.

I see Remington has their 10/22 clone with Boyd's stocks as well - got to handle one of these in the gun shop. Very nice and light! This is probably the kind of stock I'll choose. Still undecided.

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moleman · 08-22-2008, 11:54 PM

The remington 597 guns are pretty accurate. They had some early problems with the magazines that havn't totally been fixed in the 17hmr. I recently worked on my buddies 17hmr 597 that wouldn't feed reliably. It turned out the inside of the aluminum magazine still had some die cast mould lines that the bullets and cases were hanging up on. It seems to function fine now. Coyote hunting this past winter I teased him that I could empty my bolt action 17hmr Savage faster than his 597 because it jammed so much.

**hcpookie** · 08-23-2008, 02:21 PM

lol I don't think I could convince the wife that the 597 jams are "OK". She'd demand I send it back immediately

I'm still sold on the 10/22. Especially since I already have one and we can share magazines. No need to introduce yet ANOTHER magazine type into the collection

That said, I ran across the newest version of the AR-7, the .22 that disassembles and can be carried in the buttstock. It FLOATS! The new model has a lightweight frame and a polymer plastic barrel shround with a steel barrel insert. VERY VERY light. That would be a perfect in-the-backpack rifle and I may have to spring for one of those as well, especially considering the $180 price tag. Heck I could probably build one of those for practically nothing. That may be a fun project... like I need another one!

**sjohnson** · 08-23-2008, 02:26 PM

sorta OT, but going to google images and searching on AR-7, the ninth image returned has nothing to do with guns, everything to do with bigguns

**hcpookie** · 08-23-2008, 05:09 PM

THIS one:

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kernelkrink · 08-23-2008, 09:10 PM

An AR7 makes a nice backpacking or canoe rifle, however they are not known for reliability or longevity. They were originally designed as a pilot/boater survival rifle, meaning they got stored a lot, probably never used, and if they were it was fired only a few times. Armalite made (early) ones were the best quality, later ones were made by Charter Arms (including a pistol version) and a succession of manufacturers after that with varying levels of quality.

At it's original task it excelled, but once aftermarket hi-cap mags and "dress up" items started being made for it people started shooting them a lot and the flimsiness of the design became apparent. FCGs wore and the lightweight aluminum receiver bbl threads got damaged or worn easily. If an empty got shoved against the plastic bbl rear end it cut a crescent into it with the case mouth. Even normal feeding tends to chew it up a bit. The older Aluminum bbls with steel liner were more durable. Aftermarket mags are usually junk, the good ones have small dimples impressed on either side of the lips where they contact the bullet and keep it aligned.