Like every one who dose not currently own a 10/22 I am thinking of getting one. I just passed on a like new, 10/22 with stainless target fluted barrel with stainless rings and mounts. It also had a scope on it but I do not recall what brand. It went for $350.00. Did I miss a deal?
Ed

Check out guns america or gun broker and see what individuals (not a business) are asking and selling for. I would think you could get a stainless rig for about that.

Pawnshops buddy, I just picked one up for 129.00. Got it home and stripped it down to the bare reciever. there wasn't even any carbon in the extrators channel. Barrel was very clean. Pawn Shops, I'm telling ya. Plus it had the Dark brown , light brown laminate stock. Les

Agreed. Try gun shows, and classified ads, too. There really isn't a shortage of them.

Check also on rimfire.com. A lot of stuff for sale over there.

Check also on rimfire.com. A lot of stuff for sale over there.
Thanks for all responses. It is helpful to be pointed in the right direction, in life and with a gun.
Ed

I took a less reliable approach. Last Saturday (March 3rd) my dad and I were attending a Friends of the NRA fund raising dinner. We each put $20 dollars in an envelope for the table drawing. Fortune smiled upon us, and our table number drawn. Everyone at the table won a brand new blued 10/22-T. We had to drive up North to the dealer handling the gun prize transfers to fetch it. His fee was donated as part of the prize, so, it cost me a couple hours of driving (which my dad and I shared, since he was picking his up, too) and $20. Can't complain even slightly. I highly recommend this method of acquisition if you can get it to work! :D

fox1011, no you didn't.

I picked up my first (not an Xmas gift) one in 2001 for $110 brand new, then converted it to one of the black bunny sniper guns for under $150. Stock, barrel, scope rail and rings, and PC trigger group.

I picked up my second one in 2004 for $140. Used this time but looked like it had never been fired.

Small gun shops, pawnshops maybe. Most the pawnshops around here have really switched to sucker-sales. Priced so high in the hopes that a sucker comes in not knowing what something is worth and pays over new retail.

Nick, I'm all for that sort of acquisition!

Like every one who dose not currently own a 10/22 I am thinking of getting one. I just passed on a like new, 10/22 with stainless target fluted barrel with stainless rings and mounts. It also had a scope on it but I do not recall what brand. It went for $350.00. Did I miss a deal?
Ed


The local gun shops around here usually have Ruger 10/22s on their used gun racks for less than $150.00. I picked up several like new used ones for less than that. All the best...
Gil

Sorry to be a beginner but what does 10 in the 10/22 mean?

I presume it refers to the 10 round capacity, flush fit rotary magazine that is standard with these guns. I think its design was a patent of theirs originally (though you can buy higher capacity aftermarket non-flush-fit magazines). You can call Ruger to ask, if you are really curious?

It is actually model 10 with 22 designating the caliber as in the model 77 bolt action 77/44 & 77/22.

I got mine about 13 years ago, guy never fired it and sold it to me for $100 along with two 50rd mags, about 2000 rounds of Federal ammo and a hard case.

It's just a standard plain version but shoots great. Currently it's in the process of a complete makeover. I took "before" pics and when it's done I'll take the "after" pics and post them.

There are a couple of us around here that have made a hobby out of these rifles....I would never buy a new one.....the new ones have the same problems as the old ones....and many guys spend a fortune buying parts to try and address 10/22 problems when the solutions are simple and easy to address with a minimum of money...

Once fixed...these rifles are a lot of fun.....

stuff to work on....

fix the bedding...the rifle as a single action screw...press down on the rear of the receiver...it rocks....you have to fix that....I build an acuglas pillar forward of the action screw about one inch.while you are at it..relieve the barrell channel and get rid of the barrel band.

I fix the rear of the receiver in position using a pan head screw in an interference fit with the trigger housing.

I install a rubber buffer.....since I shoot this a lot...

fix the rough spots in the action......if it cuts your fingers then it needs to be smoothed....try cycling some cheap gray lead ammo through the action..if the action shaves some lead...it will shine....you have to fix this....

get an aftermarket extractor...they are cheap and this is a problem point.

I clean up the headspace on mine..042 works very well.. I measure rim thickness too but that is another story...

The trigger is terrible.....but it is pretty easy to fix....some spacers...some springs...a bit of stoning and installation of a set screw as an overtravel adjustment....and you are in business...

Now....we shoot small things at long ranges with ours.....so....put on a Weaver rail....I drill and tap my receiver then use steel rings...and a centerfire scope...

I installed an extra sling swivel to mount a Harris bipod.

I clean mine about once a month or so using a bore snake.

This becomes huge fun..especially if you have a pawn shop reject with an ugly stock that out shoots the tricked out ones......again...it isn't about money..it is fixing the little things....

They are fun to shoot and can be made very, very accurate. I've shot about 20,000 rounds through mine in the past 4yrs. Very reliable though sometimes gets finicky on ammo.