I watched the Chevy Truck Team Challenge for years. One day i decided to go for it. I built a 10/22 that truly was impressive. Not just a bunch of cool parts thrown together.
I polished a Ruger reciever. Freefloated, pillar bedded and glass bedded the action. I found when i freefloated my barrel into the B&C Odessey stock, i noticed the barrel just setteling bown into the stock. No freefloat. I realized that the factory mounting screw just allowed the action to pivot downward. So i tig welded a rear lug onto the reciever and bedded a screw pillar into the stock to prevent this.
I used a Greenmountain fluted stainless bull barrel that was drilled and tapped for the volquartzen cantilever mount.
No stops on this project. Even used the volquartzen TG2000 trigger. I have forgotten all the cool custom crap i did.
Lots of machining etc.
The optic was an SWFA 10x42M.
The result was a rifle that was utterly repeatable and boring to shoot.
I would load the Ruger mag up and shoot a hole into a blank 50yard target. Then srnd the next 9 into the same hole. Thats will Walmart Federal 550 bulk crap!
Well after a year and a couple grand i had this and a tricked out MKIII ready to go.
Thats when Chevy pulled out of the comp. So here i had more than 2k into the rifle alone and they tell me i stand to win $1000. Just last year the winner got a truck, and now all this effort for $1000?
Were talking 9ball money any saturday night in Tulsa. FU@K THAT.
So the guns sat in the safe for years. I used them for trick shots.
If a guy said his scope was malfunctioning, id throw it on the 10/22 and shoot pretty boxes and ladders and prove "Its not the scope here buddy".
Those guns (and everything Ruger) are gone now. Still PI$$ES me off thinkin about it.
Today my. 22lr needs are met with a dedicated AR15 built EXACTLY like ny other ARs, and an Advantage Arms slide on my G34 frame. Those guns are nore than accurate enough and are perfect for realistic training!
I polished a Ruger reciever. Freefloated, pillar bedded and glass bedded the action. I found when i freefloated my barrel into the B&C Odessey stock, i noticed the barrel just setteling bown into the stock. No freefloat. I realized that the factory mounting screw just allowed the action to pivot downward. So i tig welded a rear lug onto the reciever and bedded a screw pillar into the stock to prevent this.
I used a Greenmountain fluted stainless bull barrel that was drilled and tapped for the volquartzen cantilever mount.
No stops on this project. Even used the volquartzen TG2000 trigger. I have forgotten all the cool custom crap i did.
Lots of machining etc.
The optic was an SWFA 10x42M.
The result was a rifle that was utterly repeatable and boring to shoot.
I would load the Ruger mag up and shoot a hole into a blank 50yard target. Then srnd the next 9 into the same hole. Thats will Walmart Federal 550 bulk crap!
Well after a year and a couple grand i had this and a tricked out MKIII ready to go.
Thats when Chevy pulled out of the comp. So here i had more than 2k into the rifle alone and they tell me i stand to win $1000. Just last year the winner got a truck, and now all this effort for $1000?
Were talking 9ball money any saturday night in Tulsa. FU@K THAT.
So the guns sat in the safe for years. I used them for trick shots.
If a guy said his scope was malfunctioning, id throw it on the 10/22 and shoot pretty boxes and ladders and prove "Its not the scope here buddy".
Those guns (and everything Ruger) are gone now. Still PI$$ES me off thinkin about it.
Today my. 22lr needs are met with a dedicated AR15 built EXACTLY like ny other ARs, and an Advantage Arms slide on my G34 frame. Those guns are nore than accurate enough and are perfect for realistic training!
The trigger still is worse than most I've experienced. Then again, I'm spoiled by the triggers on a S&W 3913, 4506, 4566, and 5906. And on about any 1911.
