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Customizing Your Ruger 10-22

Custom Ruger 10-22 - thearmsguide.com

June 14, 2020 by Nate Schultz (nsz85) 13 Comments

It is easy to understand why the Ruger 10-22 is one of the most popular .22 caliber semi-automatic rifles in the United States. The 10-22 is affordable (you can find them for under $200 some places), dependable and, best of all, it is fully customizable. The options are seemingly endless.

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This is what my original Ruger 10-22 looked like right out of the box.

In the video above, you can watch me turn my “out of the box” 10-22 into almost a completely different rifle in a matter of minutes. Upon doing some research and brainstorming, I decided that I wanted a .920″ diameter bull barrel, a scope, a two stage trigger, a new stock, and a bi-pod. This would allow me to achieve greater accuracy but still have the ability to carry it around in the woods for some highly accurate squirrel hunting.

The only components I am still currently using from the original 10-22 rifle are the bolt and receiver. Some people have asked me why I didn’t just purchase a stripped 10-22 rifle receiver, considering how many modifications I planned to make. I have a few reasons. For starters, Ruger does not currently sell stripped 10-22 receivers. Any stripped 10-22 receiver I’ve found in the current market is often the same price—or more—than a complete 10-22 rifle. So, I figured that if I could get a complete 10-22 rifle for the same price as a stripped receiver, why not just keep the unused components to sell or hold onto for extra parts?

Here is the list of upgraded items that I used on my Ruger 10-22 build:

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The Harris bi-pod I installed helps a lot with stability and overall accuracy of my 10-22.

Volquartsen Ruger 10/22 LR BARRELS
Timney Ruger 10/22 2-Stage Trigger
Tuffer Buffer Ruger 10/22 Bolt Buffer
Boyd’s thumbhole stock
Vortex Optics Crossfire II SFP Scope
Harris bipod

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This was one of my first groupings when I zeroed my custom 10-22 in at the range.

After installing all of these components and upgrades, I was quite impressed with the results that I saw on the target. You can see these results for yourself in my 10-22 rifle zeroing video here. I should also mention that I am not the only one that can shoot my 10-22 so well. Click here to watch Destinee snipe some paper with it.

Tell me, how would you customize or upgrade a Ruger 10-22?

Filed Under: Rifles Tagged With: .22 cal, .920, 10-22, 10/22, 2 stage trigger, bipod, boyd, build, building, built, bull barrel, custom, customized, gunsmithing, harris, kidd, nsz85, receiver, rifle, Ruger, semi-auto, stock, stripped, tmatch trigger

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Nate Schultz (nsz85) Nate Schultz is employed within the field of Law Enforcement, is an avid shooter, firearms enthusiast and hobbiest gunsmith. When he is not writing for The Arms Guide, he is producing content for his YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/nsz85

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Comments

  1. Avatar for Nate Schultz (nsz85)FateofDestinee says

    November 7, 2013 at 8:18 pm

    Being able to customize the heck out of a 10/22 is definitely part of its draw for me :]

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  2. Avatar for Nate Schultz (nsz85)CG59 says

    January 13, 2014 at 10:34 am

    Christmas present for Probie-

    basic black unit dropped into flat earth Tapco stock- really like the SAW grip, added Mil-Tech sites, extended mag release and bolt buffer, black Tapco rail covers, and removable sling swivel which also accommodates bipod, even with my old eyes I was able to produce dime-sized groups at 25yds. This configuration is also perfect for the Appleseed ‘Liberty Training Rifle’.

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  3. Avatar for Nate Schultz (nsz85)CG59 says

    January 13, 2014 at 10:42 am

    Also added Ruger BX-25 mag

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