photoracer
Competition Shooter
If you are talking about upgrading a factory barrel then its not too hard. Most of the aftermarket barrels have oversized shanks so they fit tighter and are harder to replace (you generally need heat and cooling to make them separate or slip together). Its done to improve accuracy. This is what I did on my 2nd build. Did not have to take it to my GM to finish anything.How hard is it to change a barrel on a 10/22 if I decide to customize it later on?
I recently built my first 2 10/22s from scratch. The second only took about 15-30 minutes to build once I had the parts lined up. In the first I replaced all the major receiver parts with aftermarket competition parts. In the second I took the stock parts I removed from the first receiver and installed upgraded parts in all the assemblies and built it into a stripped receiver with another aftermarket barrel and stock..