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Posted: 4/28/2007 6:15:46 PM EDT
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Ok so my 96/22 I had as a kid isn't fun enough, and my dad's nylon 66 he gave me has been beat into oblivion... I decided it's time get a 10/22... So a few questions: How hard is it to put one together? (For someone who has never done it before) I was thinking about a Hogue stock, tacsol threaded barrel or something similar, and all the volquartzen and weaponcraft goodies for the receiver group. With this is mind, is there anything I should be aware of, or any builders that do this kind of work? Anyone with any advice would be appreciated  ps and yes im looking at rimfirecentral too 
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You can totally do the work yourself! If your not getting into bedding or free-floating, the only thing that requires even a little finesse is fitting a TacSol bbl. - as the extension is a hair oversized and must be fitted. But that is some fine grit and half an hour's time... Spend some time reading a disassembly how-to and study the exploded diagram, there aren't that many parts, but there's just enough to get ya' in trouble. I guess the biggest thing to be aware of is - these can get addicting! There is so much support for 10/22's, a $150 rifle can turn into a $550 rifle quick!  |
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As someone already said, you can do everything yourself, go over to RFC (Rimfirecentral.com) there is tons of info there! I already have more than my rifle is worth in aftermarket parts on my 10/22, the only thing left thats original is the trigger group and reciever, if I had money, I would get a new trigger group quick  Watch your wallet! |
thats ok, I know what I'm getting into  the REAL question is how soon to jump down the nfa rabbithole
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| You can have some real fun with this, and it's fairly easy to do. Take it from someone with no real smith skills. My only suggestion would to drop some xtra money and get the complete Vol' trigger group. I bought the hammer & sear and other guts individualy. these parts often require stoning to get the real tight tolerences and it can be more of a hassle. Other than that all you need is a flathead screwdriver. |
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You can do a search on my name at Rimfirecentral and you can see alot of my mods. I would skip the TacSol barrel and spend the extra bucks on a VQ barrel. The TAc Sol isn't up to snuf accuracy wise. I just sold my last rifle with one on it. The best order to do the mods is to start with the JB weld trick and mod the sear tail to lower the required reset weight. This is important so you don't end up with too small an engagement to hit your desired pull weight. |
So to use the oem parts but fix the 7lb pull weight, the sear job comes before filing the hammer notch? To the original poster- you just need to decide how far this will go with the upgrades, and if you are better off with just a receiver or actually starting with a stock 10/22 and parting it out. It's no harder than working on an AR, just a different system to learn. |
Keep it and put a can on it. Quieter than a supressed 10/22 because you don't hear the action instantly after each shot. |
Can you get a threaded vq barrel, or would I have to have a smith do that... because I intend to suppress this somewhere down the road... what tools and what skill level is needed for the jb weld trick and moding the sear tail? I'm just a post college schmoe with no tools, just guns and ammo and as for the 96/22, NAM is buying that from me to suppress for himself I can't be bothered to work the lever action between shots
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