10-22

Buy the Wildcat if you want the most rifle for the least money and you hate cleaning. It weighs about 4 pounds, takes Ruger 10/22 magazines, gives you two ways to drop a magazine, and the whole action drops out with one button for cleaning. Buy the 10/22 if you want the better factory trigger [...]

This gun is a blast to use and it puts the bullets where you expect them to go, and it does it with a little touch of luxury exhibited in the precision action and fine stock.

It’s the 70th anniversary of the 10/22 and Ruger’s working hard to make sure everyone has a reason to celebrate it. They’re announcing new 10/22 products as fast as they can and ramping up their rimfire selection from entry-level to competition-ready.

Does the Ruger 10/22 come with a threaded barrel? Some models do. Ruger’s 10/22 Takedown model 11162, for example, has a 16.40 inch barrel threaded 1/2-28 with a flash suppressor. Another route is Ruger’s Silent-SR ISB, an integrally suppressed replacement barrel for 10/22 Takedown rifles, which is what I tested. It shot multiple half inch [...]

In the video above, Clay walks you through how to go full gangster with your plain Jane 10/22. As you’ll see, it’s really simple to do.

Do you have a young one on your shopping list this holiday season that wants to learn to shoot? Helping young shooters learn safety and skills is one of the most important things we can all do to keep our shooting sports alive and well. Everyone of us had someone teach us either as a kid or an adult. This is the season of giving and giving the gift of a firearm to a kid is a great way to give back to our community and to the kid.