CUSTOMIZED RUGER 10/22

A while back I bought a beat up Ruger 10/22 from a guy for practically nothing. I took it to Owl's Hollow and found out why. It jammed every other shot ( I was lucky to get that!). So I set it aside for a while then decided to see what was offered on Ebay. Blew my mind! You could make this rifle look like a futuristic commando weapon. There was anything and everything to change the look and upgrade the performance of this gun. But I like things simple.

I found a new stock for 10 bucks......a scope and mount for 20......and a new titanium ejector for 20 bucks. You should have seen the gun.....when I got it that stock was painted purple with glitter accents. NOT PRETTY AT ALL! You know....after I changed out the stock and added the scope it was pretty nice. A feature that I loved about the gun was that it's barrel and components were made of stainless steel. I liked that! Don't have to worry about rust. Easy to take care of. So anyways....I went ahead and changed out the stock...added the mount and scope....and even added a butt plate (just for looks). I still had not tackled the extractor. The only reason I knew that I had to change out the extractor was because of the advice of a friend of mine. He's very gun savvy and very familiar with the Ruger 10/22. I basically sat down one day and began to take the gun apart. I was surprised at how easy it was to break it down. Take out a few pins and the firing mechanism comes right out. Take out the buffer bolt and the rest comes right out. I managed to change out the extractor in a matter of 20 minutes. Of course...I had to refer to the gun manufacturers schematics several times. But it was easy.

After all of that.... I was searching Ebay for other products and found a customized bolt buffer. It was made out of high grade plastic. I bought it.....it was about 5 bucks. By this time I was a pro at taking the gun apart. All in all.....I've really enjoyed working on this gun. Oh yea.....I took the gun out to Owl's Hollow again and it shot perfectly......after 200 rounds......no jams! I highly recommend the Ruger 10/22.

-JGR

‘‘Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.’’
— Mahatma Ghandi, "Gandhi, An Autobiography", page 446

‘‘The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subjected peoples to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that the underdog is a sine qua non ["something essential" lit. "without which not"] for the overthrow of any sovereignty. So let's not have any native militia or police.’’
-- Adolph Hitler, Edict of March 18, 1938

‘‘Four out of five politicians surveyed prefer unarmed, ignorant peasants.’’
— Unknown

"You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone."

-Al Capone