My bud called yesterday to see if I wanted to go plinking? He has a dozen or so renditions and models of the Ruger 10/22. Probably the most prolific owner of 10/22s i have seen and they are the only guns he owns. His most coolest 10/22, is one made as a pistol. It has a 12 inch barrel, custom made stock, an extended magazine and a scope. I would show you pictures but he will not allow it. So I have a basic plain Jane 10/22 wood stock and a SST barrel and OEM sites which I picked up over 25 years ago.
He said he was short on ammo and only had about 500 rounds. I told him I was well stocked and would supply the ammo as he was supplying the shooting area. He asked me if I was willing to trade some ammo I asked what did you have in mind. He had several 25 round magazines, some scopes and mounts some slings and military iron M16 style sights. Well I did end up getting a 25 round magazine and a set of military sites for a few boxes of HP LRs.
We had a good time shooting, at 200 yards he was just hammering the targets, me hitting them but not very consistently with my iron sites. I did much better at 100 yards.
He has done some amazing things with the 10/22. He was an civilian aviation machinist before he retired some years back. He is very private, is not on any social media, uses the cheapest flip phone he can buy and does not even have a computer. He uses the phone book and calls the gun shops to order stuff and pays by credit card, or cash if in stock. He will drive just about any where to get what he needs. He said, "I am retired and have nothing but time". He told me he retired because they were going to computerize things and he would need to be trained on the systems. He then retired with in 6 months. He does not even have a TV just a radio and reads the news paper.
I Just finished up taking down my 10/22 and putting it back together My bud has the sights and will be installing them for me as he has every tool you could imagine for a 10/22.
He said he was short on ammo and only had about 500 rounds. I told him I was well stocked and would supply the ammo as he was supplying the shooting area. He asked me if I was willing to trade some ammo I asked what did you have in mind. He had several 25 round magazines, some scopes and mounts some slings and military iron M16 style sights. Well I did end up getting a 25 round magazine and a set of military sites for a few boxes of HP LRs.
We had a good time shooting, at 200 yards he was just hammering the targets, me hitting them but not very consistently with my iron sites. I did much better at 100 yards.
He has done some amazing things with the 10/22. He was an civilian aviation machinist before he retired some years back. He is very private, is not on any social media, uses the cheapest flip phone he can buy and does not even have a computer. He uses the phone book and calls the gun shops to order stuff and pays by credit card, or cash if in stock. He will drive just about any where to get what he needs. He said, "I am retired and have nothing but time". He told me he retired because they were going to computerize things and he would need to be trained on the systems. He then retired with in 6 months. He does not even have a TV just a radio and reads the news paper.
I Just finished up taking down my 10/22 and putting it back together My bud has the sights and will be installing them for me as he has every tool you could imagine for a 10/22.
