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This is my 1976 vintage Ruger 10/22 my dad got me new (bicentennial special) when I was a young teenager. She was looking alittle tired so I stripped the stock finish, sanded it down then gave her several coats of "deck oil" which is 50/50 pine tar & linseed oil mix which is then diluted 10% with gum turpentine with final coats of pure Hawaiian kukui nut oil. My dad originally picked the 10/22 because it reminded him of his M1 Carbine which he carried throughout the Pacific Theatre during WWII. In honor of him I tried to make it look more like a M1 Carbine without altering the original by adding a Christie's handguard, and also a Eagle Zephyr receiver sight set.
The insides were improved with Volquartsen target hammer, seer, and spring kit as well as a Volquartsen extractor, and auto bolt release. Also a Ramline extended magazine release was added over 30 year ago. I have a Clark target trigger coming in the mail as well as a 1" butt pad to increase reach since I've grown a tad since 1976. I will also be adding a larger bolt handle from a 10/22M. I think my dad would have approved.
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Yeah buddy! Something to be proud of for sure, Ji.
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I've even seen kits that make them look like Thompson subguns.
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I have a 1976 also. First brand new rifle I bought with my own money. Paid 99.99 at Sears. I have fired alot of rounds through it and never an issue. Nice refinish, I may just do something like that to mine because the miles are starting to show.
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FWiedner wrote:That is a good looking gun. It looks like the tool it was intended to be.
I believe that you have discovered the intended true form of the 10/22.
That does it... I am now officially ashamed of my Archangel stocked 10/22.
Well done, Ji!
Thank you. I had a plastic stock, stainless steel barrel, and 3x9x40 scope on this original receiver for almost 15 years but always had in mind turning her into a M1 carbine. I think it was last month I posted a link to eabco's M1 carbine style stock for the 10/22 but the $102.99 price tag (without sights) was way beyond my budget at the time. 2 weeks ago I found the Zephyr sights on EvilBay for $20.00 buy-it-now. I got that and the Christie's handguard ($15.00) then dug my original blued barrel, and walnut stock out of storage. The Volquartsen guts I installed 12 years earlier.
I think the Archangel stock is pretty darn nice especially if you're an AR kind of guy. My tastes are stuck in 1942 thanks to my dad's influence.
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
I've had a 10/22 for a long time and I put a folding stock and extended magazine on it as soon as the g'ment said I could again (never had thought about it before they said I couldn't).
I just acquired another for The Boy that should arrive this week.
Thanks for all the positive comments friends! I wonder why it took me so long to oil finish the stock? Most of my guns get the treatment within a year of acquisition.
My dad loved pine tar, put it on all his rifle stocks, all wood surfaces, even as a rust inhibitor on steel, he even tarred his own rope and twine as a preservative. He even loved his pine tar soap! When I first moved back here from Maui in '07 in the back corner of his workshop I found he still had 2 gallon cans left of Stockholm Tar from Sweden from a case of 4 he had ordered years before. The smell always reminds me of dad so this rifle will now also have a olfactory link to him as well.
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
I must have gotten mine in '77. Same deal - Dad got it for me.
Sometime in the mid-eighties. I refinished the stock much like you did and added a rubber recoil pad so it wasn't slippery. Mine is a "dee-lux" with the flat butt, so it was fairly wasy. I still use it today and it still looks great.
I have an old Redfield 2-7 on mine, but I do like your sights.
Rusty wrote:That's great Ji, I'm sure your Dad would love it. If you go to the Appleseed store they sell a cotton web sling that looks just like an M-1 Carbine.
Believe it or not I still have the original carbine sling from Dad's M1 carbine that he gave me over 35 years ago, and it's still in good shape. Maybe it's about time I retire it though and put it in a place of honor. Thanks for the link, I'll check it out!
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
AJMD429 wrote:Won't the heavier bolt-handle (from the 10/22 Mag) slow down the bolt-travel...?
The handle itself is aluminum so inimal difference in weight has no adverse effect on bolt speed. The 10/22 bolt handles are pretty small so there are allot of companies making lager cocking handle assemblies but only thing is they they anywhere from $50 on up, and most look atrocious in my opinion. Here's a decent looking one but at $53.00: http://powercustom.com/store/index.php? ... ucts_id=78
I just want a handle which more closely matches the one found on M1 carbines in size. A 10/22M handle runs $15 from Numrich arms which is still a tad steep for my current budget so will have to wait for next disability check.
Here's a good tutorial on how to install a 10/22m cocking handle on a 10/22 bolt: http://www.perfectunion.com/vb/ruger-10 ... -22-a.html
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Our shop does a lot of 10-22 conversions so if anyone needs factory stocks or barrels I have a closet full. As is a 10-22 is a good reliable field gun and with a little tuning the factory barrel will hold up with a lot of so called target rifles.
Great job! A few years ago I lucked into a 30 year old NIB 10/22 - of an era that still had some nice real walnut stocks. This one reminded me very closely (astonishingly actually) of my M1 Carbines in terms of wood quality and texture, so--on this particular one--I'm hesitant to mess with a good thing. But sights are another matter.Ji's scarbine is intriguing as well though!
Chiappa is making a direct M1 Carbine clone in .22, right down to the magazine (must have a smaller insert), something I've never warmed to on the stock 10/22s was the skinny (fore and aft) and plastic banana mags. Always thought there had to be a better, more substantial way to house the lil' .22s. Those rimmed cartridges are the main culprit I gather for how thick (width) and long those had to be. The Chiappas appear to be an even closer M1 copy than the West German Ermas (aka Iver Johnsons?) of several years ago--of which I had one.
EDIT: maybe Chiappa's cancelled or rethinking? Absent from their website--was there just a few months ago (and in their catalog) as a new product. Shades of Taurus with their 18 month teasing of the now defunct (never released) lever in .32 H&R a few years ago?
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Ji, now you've gone and done it. I already have three of these - the one my Dad gave me (also in the 1970's), a stainless-steel and polymer model I bought for Y2K, and the 10/22T I own. I think this would be a great way to built a "trainer" for the M1 Carbine, and one to shoot lots with the "cheap stuff".
Ji, that is a nice looking rifle. I took my son to the range on Wednesday and his 10/22 was putting Federal Bulk pack from Wal Mart into a 1/2 inch hole at 25 yards. A full 30 rounds into the bullseye. I know there are more accurate setups than the total factory original, but I don't think there are many.
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gak wrote:Great job! A few years ago I lucked into a 30 year old NIB 10/22 - of an era that still had some nice real walnut stocks. This one reminded me very closely (astonishingly actually) of my M1 Carbines in terms of wood quality and texture, so--on this particular one--I'm hesitant to mess with a good thing. But sights are another matter.Ji's scarbine is intriguing as well though!
Chiappa is making a direct M1 Carbine clone in .22, right down to the magazine (must have a smaller insert), something I've never warmed to on the stock 10/22s was the skinny (fore and aft) and plastic banana mags. Always thought there had to be a better, more substantial way to house the lil' .22s. Those rimmed cartridges are the main culprit I gather for how thick (width) and long those had to be. The Chiappas appear to be an even closer M1 copy than the West German Ermas (aka Iver Johnsons?) of several years ago--of which I had one.
EDIT: maybe Chiappa's cancelled or rethinking? Absent from their website--was there just a few months ago (and in their catalog) as a new product. Shades of Taurus with their 18 month teasing of the now defunct (never released) lever in .32 H&R a few years ago?
My case exactly, lucked into an approximate 30 year old 10/22--near as I could tell unfired or one mag--walnut too and a darn close facsimile of my GI M1Cs (stocks) as you describe. Sooo much nicer than so many I've seen and handled since--for my tastes.
+1 to another's post, the Citadels ARE the Chiappas and all over the internet. No experience with, but seem to have the right look!
I will also be adding a larger bolt handle from a 10/22M. I think my dad would have approved.
