Recent content by pblanc

I am thinking about a heavy taper barrel to replace the stock taper barrel on a 10/22 carbine. Kidd offers a 20" heavy taper barrel, but that is heavier and longer than I would like. Both Feddersen and Green Mountain offer 17", non-fluted, heavy taper barrels. Ideally, I would like a barrel...

In my case, the safety was perfectly centered before trying to remove the action. After I removed it I measured the width of the cut out that the safety has to pass through with a caliper and the width was about .800" or less. The width of the safety measures .900" or a few thousands more, so...

Thank you. I have notified Ruger of the problem both through the "contact us" option on the website, and by phoning customer support. The lady I spoke to at CS was very pleasant. I let her know that I was not asking Ruger to do anything about this, as I had already modified the stock and...

It looks like I should have posted this in the rimfire subforum. Moderator please move it there if possible.

In early August Ruger announced the release of two new 10/22 budget models that it calls "optic ready". The models are 31139 and 31145. These are said to represent a limited production run. These models come with a new molded synthetic stock, light grey for the 31139 and charcoal for the...

Forget about the BX hammer block. You said that you are unable to cock the hammer. If so, have you checked to make sure that the hammer strut and spring are properly positioned? If you cannot cock the hammer, it should be in the forward "fired" position. You should be able to lift the hammer...

Since you said you were interested in a load for carry, I assume this is for self-defense. I am no expert but I know that some ballistics experts do not feel that .357 Magnum loads offer sufficient improvements in ballistic performance over 38 Special + P loads to mitigate their disadvantages...