Over the winter I upgraded the scopes for our 10/22s because, well, a nice 10/22 deserves a nice scope and these are two exceptionally nice vintage Ruger 10/22 rifles. They both now wear one of my favorite scopes of all time, the Nikon Prostaff EFR 3-9. Yesterday was mostly about getting the scopes sighted in, but first, let me introduce the guns.
The top 10/22 is a 1985 vintage 10/22 SD (Sporter Deluxe). It's one of the first guns Bill and I bought together, so it has a lot of sentimental value. As we shall see, though, it is more than just a pretty face. The bottom gun is one of my grail guns that I found over the winter. It's my 1966 finger groove Sporter.
First up to shoot was the '85 Sporter Deluxe. The only thing I'v e done with this one is to add a BX trigger to improve the trigger pull weight, though the original trigger wasn't too bad. Yeah, pretty good for a stock 10/22, but having shot groups like this many, many times with this 10/22, it was no surprise. In fact, I've done better with this one in the past. Guess my shooting was a bit off or maybe it was the fairly stiff breeze.
Next up, the '66 finger groove Sporter. This is what I regard as more typical 10/22 accuracy, but the real highlight of shooting this one is that wonderfully comfy to shoot stock. Yeah, that's a full blown Kidd trigger in it - very nice - so I think I'll just go for broke at some point and add a Kidd barrel. In the meantime, just a pleasure to shoot.
I'm still on the prowl for an early pre-warning 10-22 carbine to add to this little group, so the hunt continues. Who knows, maybe I'll even find the even rarer first edition 10/22 International (made 1966-71).
There’s just something about shooting a 10/22…….
