Apparently, a rebarrel of this rifle is almost as easy as a magazine change and doesn't take much longer.
It really is that easy.
Be careful though...the 10/22 money pit is very deep my friend.
Apparently, a rebarrel of this rifle is almost as easy as a magazine change and doesn't take much longer.
Don't worry. Removing the magazine is tricky at first, but after a little practice, you will be able to do it in less than an hour.
10/22s are great. I had a nice little stainless that was obviously too light and fun to shoot (except for the stock trigger), so I turned it into a heavy, squirrel-sniping beast. I've been trying to decide whether to build another smaller, lighter one or just get a Browning.
You want light? Look into a 10/22 with a Tactical Solutions barrel and a lightweight synthetic stock (like a Corelight). Extremely lightweight, even lighter than a stock 10/22 carbine. That's going to be my next 10/22 purchase...my dealer has one. I'm going to get one with a threaded barrel for later use as a nice suppressor host.
I've already got a Walmart Special 10/22 (full size stock and 22 inch SS barrel).
Get a Butler Creek magazine loader...it actually works quite well, and prevents sore thumbs. For high cap mags, Tactical Innovations mags are best (polymer and aluminum versions available, can be disassembled for cleaning). Next best are Butler Creek steel lips and hot lips mags, but they cannot be taken apart for cleaning. Avoid Ramline magazines, they are junk, as are the Promag drums...
Welcome to the 10/22 jungle, Ambulance Driver. It's a hell of a lot of fun. You should look into TechSIGHTs if you want irons, or maybe get a reddot scope for fun plinking. Have fun, and remember, you can do all of the work yourself without a problem. It's extremely easy. Get thee over to RimfireCentral.com for the poop on the 10/22.
Nonononono!!! You all are supposed to be telling me how hard it really is, that the rebarrel isn't just two allen screws but you need to make sure to have a sacrificial goat and/or virgin to make sure everything aligns correctly....
No.....but you do have to do those things to reassemble a Mk II pistol....
Nonononono!!! You all are supposed to be telling me how hard it really is, that the rebarrel isn't just two allen screws but you need to make sure to have a sacrificial goat and/or virgin to make sure everything aligns correctly....
I took it to the range yesterday... I slapped a Bushnell 3x9 on there for the Appleseed shoot I'm going to today, and had to sight it in, of course... Slightly larger than MOA groups, but that was with CCI mini-mags and the fact that the scope doesn't really like to focus down at 25yds...
If I do everything right though, it's an accurate little bugger... More accurate than I am at least...
And yeah. I have a feeling I'm gonna frankengun this thing... There's just too much fun stuff for it.
Couple of real positives though, the trigger is *very* good for a basic carbine. A little heavy, but the break is crisp with no creep whatsoever. Fed 100 rounds flawlessly, from slow measured fire to rippling off 10 rounds as fast as I could (just because). I'll have to post a range report after the Appleseed shoot this weekend....
Funny thing.. at 25 yards most rimfire scopes have a parallax issue per the appleseed forums.
Nonononono!!! You all are supposed to be telling me how hard it really is, that the rebarrel isn't just two allen screws but you need to make sure to have a sacrificial goat and/or virgin to make sure everything aligns correctly....
I took it to the range yesterday... I slapped a Bushnell 3x9 on there for the Appleseed shoot I'm going to today, and had to sight it in, of course... Slightly larger than MOA groups, but that was with CCI mini-mags and the fact that the scope doesn't really like to focus down at 25yds...
If I do everything right though, it's an accurate little bugger... More accurate than I am at least...
And yeah. I have a feeling I'm gonna frankengun this thing... There's just too much fun stuff for it.
Couple of real positives though, the trigger is *very* good for a basic carbine. A little heavy, but the break is crisp with no creep whatsoever. Fed 100 rounds flawlessly, from slow measured fire to rippling off 10 rounds as fast as I could (just because). I'll have to post a range report after the Appleseed shoot this weekend....
Funny thing.. at 25 yards most rimfire scopes have a parallax issue per the appleseed forums.
I use an airgun scope on mine. they're made for short range shooting and have parallax adjustments.
Chris
Nonononono!!! You all are supposed to be telling me how hard it really is, that the rebarrel isn't just two allen screws but you need to make sure to have a sacrificial goat and/or virgin to make sure everything aligns correctly....
No.....but you do have to do those things to reassemble a Mk II pistol....
You also need to shout a bunch of magic words, and the magic words can't be used when children are present.
Chris: how did you order that "factory second" barrel? Does Green Mountain (and other barrel makers for that matter) sell them direct to the public?
It was a fluke. GM is active (or was, this was a couple years ago) on Rimfirecentral. They posted the barrel deal and had folks call them. It isn't something they offer on their website and I don't know that it happens all that often.
Other than it not having any markings, you can't tell it's a "2nd". They said the exterior diameter was undersized, but you can't tell unless you measure with a micrometer.
Chris