Do many of your have a purpose built .22 for foraging and what-not during a disaster. If so, what is your setup?
What do you think would be required for a purpose built 22? A very interesting thought!!!
I have a TacSol X-ring factory gun (10/22 pattern) with a 3-9 Leupold.
With subsonics it makes less noise than my RWS pellet gun.
There’s this for lightweight packing. It uses a Crickett .22 as a donor action. Not a bad idea to throw in a BOB, and certainly useful for getting game.
I have a stainless 10/22 with a folding stock and a Nikon 3-9x40. Plus, I put a Volquartsen hammer kit in which made the trigger pull a lot smoother.
This is what I would use to forage for food if times became desperate.
http://www.agparms.com/agp-arms-take-down-10-22-conversion/
im thinking about one of these. maybe an SBR with a can?
this would be better if they would offer the stock kit without the barrel and let it work with the factory barrel. i would imagine it could be DIY’d fairly easy.
I have 2 sons and I got a 10/22 for each when they were born. I have a stainless 10/22 with a 18" barrel with a Bushnell 2x8 and a Compact 10/22 16" barrel with a Bushnell 1x4. Great little guns. I also have several mags for each. They are good for small game and also to teach my kids how to shoot.
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High Tower and I decided to build these “sister” guns a while back. They turned out great. We also used the TacSol base and rings. The folding stock is the stainless Butler Creek.
I have not coughed up the money yet for the Volquartsen but have played with HT’s and it makes a huge difference on trigger pull.
Our criteria was:
-Reliability
-High Capacity if needed
-Able to conserve ammo (hence the 3-9 optic with .22LR BDC reticule)
-Light weight
-Easily packable
-Affordable
Pretty much in that order.
What are your thoughts on the TacSol rifles? I was contemplating going this route and getting the threaded barrel to mount a suppressor
EDIT: My reason for looking at these is just to buy the “upgraded” rifle already and not having to swap out a bunch of parts which is what I see a lot of people doing with the 10/22 to customize them.
I think they only did that to save weight. They’re an ultralight backpacking manufacturer. I’d like to see the light barrel with 1/2x28 threads on it. I bet you could DIY the stock and have someone thread the factory barrel and it would be a pretty sweet little pack gun.
Ive had two now (sold one). Its been very reliable and accuracy is pretty good. I bought it to have a 22LR around and for my dad to shoot when he comes home on RR’s. Its been 100% with factory 10rd Ruger mags, and don’t really have any complaints about it. Trigger is a factory 10/22 with the plastic guard but upgraded parts are not too expensive. The stock trigger is not so bad Ive really even thought about changing it though. Id rate the reliability at 9.5/10 and CCI mini mags have worked great.
The integrated rail for optics is awesome, too. Ive read quite a few complaints about poor tapping on factory Ruger 10/22’s, and then you have to buy a mount.
Factory threaded, too, so if you ever want a can its a pretty easy thing to do.
Good thread idea, I have a Ruger 10/22 and 22/45. I would like to get both of these to where they can run the same can. Got the ammo (Federal 550 round packs) and mags (steel lips and hot lips for the 10/22).
I’m looking at getting the Hogue stock in FDE for the 10/22 as well as some sort of optics.
Any ideas what can would work on both guns?
any threaded can will work for both if you get threaded barrels for them
That’s my intention as well. Most cans are threaded for 1/2" X 28 TPI (Threads Per Inch) that I’ve seen and am currently researching.
I have been mulling this over as well. Currently I have several 10/22 rifles, both scoped and one with peep sights (rabbit hunting gun). I feel the 10/22 would be one of the best for this purpose. They’re reliable plus have the advantage of abundant parts and magazines.
Like Irish I have lately been contemplating the usefulness of a silencer. I’m leaning towards one for a 22. I feel it would be the most useful, at least in my case. Interesting thread.
2 other options with factory threaded barrels.
- Savage Mk II FV-SR (Bolt action, threaded barrel) MSRP $315
- Savage 64 TRR-SR (Semi, threaded barrel) MSRP $315
I also say a stock Ruger 10/22 with some Ruger 25rd magazines would be ideal but I could see two mod’s worth adding.
Peep or higher quality Red Dot sight.
Butler Creek folding Stock.
Faster sighting with the ability to reduce the total length make the 10/22 a better overall defensive tool.
Check out the Nikon PROSTAFF 3-9X40 Rimfire BDC 150:
http://www.nikonhunting.com/products/riflescopes/prostaff/3-9x40_Rimfire_-_BDC_150/6725
I chose this scope because of all the features, but the BDC sold it for me. As a primary foraging tool, the scope could also be used to “keep heads down” at longer range if needed. The hand turn turrets also make zeroing very easy.
Thanks for the heads up. Looks like a great .22 scope at a reasonable price.