Recent Production 10-22 Rifles

they due have more platic then your older one. BUT they still shoot well.

No worse than they've ever been. Better triggers, worse finishes.
They still shoot better than a rock.

Plastic trigger group and plastic barrel band. Ruger saved a little without much sacrifice. The finish on the receiver seems more like a paint now.

depends on which model you get. cheapest option is the basic gray plastic stock with matte finish barrel amd no sights. wood stocks are still available but if you plan to upgrade/change it later then the plastic one will save you money. factory target models with better triggers and stocks are also available but be prepared to pay triple what a standard 10/22 would cost. third pary options are plentiful, including railed receivers. as with any 10/22 its the ammo that makes the difference. i stick with round nose over hollow points. due to their blunt face the HP tend to jam.

if you already own a 10/22 and want another i'd look into the Takedown series. they make nifty little stash-a-way rifles, but again, they will cost more than a standard model.

if you're a classic wood stock kind of guy look into the International 10/22s. one of those has been on my wish list for a while.

5timpy said:

look into the International 10/22

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The International models, at least with blue steel/walnut stock, seem to be rare. At least that has been my experience.

I bought a standard wood stock 10-22 six years ago at Walmart, along with a Takedown, all plastic, at the same time. I still have the wood stock, replaced the trigger groups on both with Jard 2.5# non-adjustable triggers, all metal. Gifted the Takedown to a good friend fighting Agent Orange cancers so he could keep the rabbits out of his garden and in his stew pot. Both shot CCI standard and oddly, Aquila HV, very well. The wood stock one still does. I just shoot paper with mine, and occasionally metal spinner targets. The friend says he's gotten a lot of rabbits with his.

The last 10-22 I bought was a Deluxe Sporter. Nice accurate rifle. Replaced the trigger with the BX. I was lazy, I actually like my two DIY triggers better but the BX will do. Added a Leupold VX1, 2-7 Rimfire scope and she's ready to go. Whichever you get, try something CCI and SK in it.

My 10/22s I use for steel challenge were shipped in 2020 and 2021. Both work just fine. Upgraded triggers in both, but they ran with the OEM triggers with no issues. They get shot a lot and just keep on working

Thanks to all who commented. I just ordered a Ruger 10/22 Sporter to be shipped to a LGS. I look forward to shooting it, probably after I send the trigger out for improvement.

I think you made a great choice, I received a 10/22 for my 10th birthday (1973) I put thousands of rounds through it, but around the early 90s life got in my way and it basically stayed in my safe only being shot once since I moved to a Free State, meanwhile I acquired many other guns and even a SS take-down, so my original 10/22 sat. All that to say in all that time I only ever cleaned the bore, never doing a complete take-down disassembly, We didn't have YouTube back in my day to show simps like myself detailed break-downs. Well, last week I pulled it out and did a complete disassembly/cleaning. I was amazed that in 50 years there was literally very little powder residue anywhere, makes me wonder if 22 ammo back in the '70s & '80s just wasn't cleaner burning.