Thread: Ruger 10/22 - Tricks, tips and modifications

Originally Posted by 7x64

I wonder how many of these things gundoc touched up over the years!

I probably averaged 5 a week for more than 40 years. Sometimes I did them in case lots for retailers. I also made a good number of fully suppressed bolt-action .22's (mostly JW15's) that my customers named 'click-pops' (the click of the firing pin and the pop of the rabbit). I would buy 10 rifle case lots of JW15's, tune the bolt and trigger, shorten the barrel to 13" and turn in down in diameter, port the barrel with 12 holes about 2.5" back from the muzzle, thread the barrel just in front of the receiver and fit a full length overbarrel suppressor, and modify the stock barrel channel to suit. They were very quiet and stunningly accurate with Winchester subsonics (1/2" or better at 50 metres). Back to point of 10/22's, the factory barrels are perfectly accurate when properly fitted (just like the Norinco JW15's). Ultimitsu's post above is a real good example of how to waste money. My earlier post in this thread tells how to achieve the same results for well under $100. Go figure!