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Now you need a 10/22 magnum to make a complete set. 😆

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Stock grips look better to me. Without the Ruger bird inlay, all you see is the screw, and it is so far back it looks unbalanced.

I couldn't agree more, and with that gob of bedding in there? If you got a stock looking like that from the factory, you'd want your money back.

How do you like the more recent Deerfield? I like them a lot. My only issue with Deerfields is that they do not eject to the side like the .44 Carbine (Deerstalker). Not good for scopes but there are work-arounds like the picatinny rail that deflects the spent shell, or the little scope pad...

I guess I feel lucky to have bought Ruger's SR-762 (16" barrel). It's a little heavier, but it has never once jammed, and on a good day I can shoot 1" MOA with a good optical scope. Here is a recent pic of it with my thermal scope for pig hunting in Texas.

You're sort of asking folks what it is worth, and people are asking you what you'd sell it for. Okay, I'll give you my personal opinion as to value: $450. The value of a very nice used one: $1200-1700 according to Gunbroker. When they are as rough as yours, the serial number is meaningless...

If you get a good offer here, take it! I'm a bit of a .44 Carbine fanatic (I have a few), and I see less collectibility after restoration, but that is just my personal opinion.

Looks reblued to me. Good luck getting what you are advertising it at.

This is strange but true. I like cleaning my guns a lot more when I'm smelling Hoppe's No. 9. Maybe it's not THE best, but it sure makes the job pleasant.

It lines up with my eye okay. I suppose I could try moving it back to see how that feels, but then I'd have to sight it in again. The M-14s below have their scopes mounted farther forward than mine, although admittedly, as optical scopes they have longer eye relief than my Trijicon thermal. I...