SS Ruger 10-22

[dovehunter]

I did exactly the same thing years ago to a .44 mag. autoloading carbine. I loved the sights but the gun ended up being a jammamatic. It's the only Ruger gun I have ever owned or had experience with that was undependable. My son's 10-22 has had thousands of rounds shot through it and I don't recall it ever jamming (at least when we used decent ammo).

[Seawolf1090]

Some years back I bought the "Walmart Special 10-22 Rifle" version, SS barrel, silver receiver, and birch rifle-style stock instead of the carbine style. Fits my over-sized Silverback frame better.
I spraypainted the trigger guard and buttplate silver, and added silver finish rings and scope, and stripped & refinished the stock to a golden oak color - she's a blonde now! That factory Ruger stock finish is gross! I literally could see NO woodgrain in it!
Besides the refinish, I honed the trigger and sear a bit, and did the 'pentel spring' trick - trigger pull is much better now! Otherwise it's still in stock form - no accessorizing. I use it to compare my older twentytwo rifles against - and they usually out shoot the 10-22!

[Rapier]

Yep, works great but, needs an after market barrel, thus the big after market business for the 10/22. Ruger has a pretty wide tolerance schedule for their barrels and some of their barrels are just outlandish in bore diameter. With a good target barrel it will shoot well.

Most folks do not know that the US Olympic Team shoots the small bore Running Boar course with a modified 10/22, sporting a custom scope made up by Premier Reticle Co., has two cross hairs. I saw and shot one of the guns at our range one day where I was the Range Master. A young USAF Airman was a member of the team and brought his gun out to check the zero.
Ed