When I was 10 years old, my dad bought me a Ruger 10/22, and oh, how I loved that gun. It wasn’t fancy, with its plain stock and utilitarian black plastic buttstock, but my, did it shoot. The 10/22 is certainly one of the best-selling and best rimfire designs of all time, thanks to a time-tested blowback action that simply gobbles up everything you feed it, a slick rotary magazine design, and accuracy that belies its affordable asking price. Plus, there are few guns that are easier to accessorize than the 10/22, and parts are relatively affordable; I took that original rifle and replaced the barrel with a heavy target model with a .920-inch diameter, then switched the plain stock out for a Hogue model. I also added a new…
