Ruger 10/22

Ruger 10/22
Satin Black Barrel and American Walnut Stock

     What can I say about the loveable Ruger 10/22 (Ten Twenty-Two)? A versatile, semi-automatic rifle that popped up in the mid 60's. Many, many, many shooters have either used one, has one, or grown up with one. This rifle is great for shooters of all ages and skill. New shooters will experience a quality semi-automatic rifle with negligible recoil, and older shooters can fire and cheap, multiple rounds downrange.

Ruger 10/22
 Simmons 22 Mag Compact Rifle Scope
Stainless Steel Barrel and Black Synthetic Stock

     One hindrance the rifle has is the bolt release; The factory bolt release's internals has a wee bit of a lip or hook, because of this, releasing the bolt can get quite hard to do. One would have to pull the bolt back and forth and finagle the small blade at the base of the bolt release. Most shooters can and will file that hook away. This Auto Bolt Release results in a nicer and quicker reload. However, smacking the receiver or dropping the rifle can cause the bolt to close if it was originally open. If a loaded magazine was already inserted that would mean that the rifle is now "hot" and you've just done a dangerous thing...

     I made this awhile ago but just fixed up the texturing and overall model recently, the original textures were not good (at all). Immediately when I turned 18 (July 26) I got my firearms license. The following Christmas I received a Ruger 10/22 with some sort of forest floor coloured synthetic stock.

My Ruger

     Another one of my favourite shooters: 22plinkster, does a variety of trick shots mainly using .22LR rifles and pistols. He's split cards, cut floss, shot though a hole in a CD (while it was spinning), shot an eraser off a pencil, and skipped bullets off of water and hit a balloon.