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I completely rebuilt a trashed 10/22 that I found in a plowed field. Musta fallen off (and been run over) by a tractor - and the harrow.
Nothing was salvagable but the bolt and receiver. I bought a Butler Creek stock, a replacement trigger group from Ruger and got a takeoff barrel from a custom shop. I put on an aperture rear and higher front sight to match. As rebuilt, it shot into about 2" at 50 yards. Just about what a factory standard model will shoot.
Then I replaced the trigger sear, hammer and firing pin with aftermarket drop-in items. Those things alone turned it into a 3/4" shooter using the same ammo.
I don't plan to do anything else to it.
A new standard 10/22 should run you about $150 or so at any Mart-Mart. The drop-in trigger items I used will run you $50-75. Shoot the factory gun and then try the drop-in parts first. You too might be able to stop right there.
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