Good morning gentlemen and ladies,
What's the ante to get in the game?
A recovering bolt and lever guy, I started playing with an old 10/22 to get ready to shoot an Appleseed this year. The few upgrades I did to my first 10/22 made it a much more enjoyable gun to work with and infected me with the bug to acquire another. This past weekend I spotted one that caught my eye and went for it. I posted this pic initially in the Factory Stock forum but as I have now decided to upgrade some of the internals, I thought I might check in here.
Yesterday, the mailman delivered a number of goodies and I got them installed last evening. I don't plan to get crazy with this rifle as it it mostly for plinking, squirrel hunting and friendly target shooting games with friends and family. However, I would like it to shoot as well as it can within reason.
Looking at a number of the threads in the SS forum and going back to read about the genesis of the whole SS concept has been helpful already. Looks like a fun gang to engage with.
The scope is a Luepold VX-1 3 - 9 x 40 for now. I may pull a Nikon Prostaff 5 3.5 - 14 x 40 off one of my bolt guns and try that out for 50 and 100 yard activities.
So with that in mind, as a start, I have made the following changes to my rifle:
Installed the KIDD trigger upgrade kit
Installed the KIDD auto bolt release
Installed the KIDD SS magazine latch plunger
Installed the KIDD Bolt Buffer
Installed the KIDD Bolt handle and guide rod/spring
I used KIDD components in my first 10/22 upgrade and have been satisfied so that's where I started on this one.
In between rain showers and thunderstorms today, I plan to fire a few boxes of ammo to begin the adventure. Today's ammo will be CCI SV because that's what I have plenty of and it has shown itself to shoot fairly well so far in this rifle. I also have a few boxes of RWS Target Rifle to try.
I will begin with no bedding then experiment with some of the tips Vincent has posted and also try different torque settings on the take-down screw to see how that affects how the rifle shoots. Should be fun and educational.
Shooting the rifle as it came out of the box and then with my other upgraded trigger group has shown me it has good potential, at least to satisfy my needs. I'm far from an expert marksman but I usually bring home a squirrel or two for the pot.
It's also not too hard on the eyes.
I look forward to trying out some of the SS games and thank folks in advance for your help along the way. If I understand the SS guidelines, this rifle would be within the guidelines. Please let me know if that is not correct.
Regards, John
What's the ante to get in the game?
A recovering bolt and lever guy, I started playing with an old 10/22 to get ready to shoot an Appleseed this year. The few upgrades I did to my first 10/22 made it a much more enjoyable gun to work with and infected me with the bug to acquire another. This past weekend I spotted one that caught my eye and went for it. I posted this pic initially in the Factory Stock forum but as I have now decided to upgrade some of the internals, I thought I might check in here.
Yesterday, the mailman delivered a number of goodies and I got them installed last evening. I don't plan to get crazy with this rifle as it it mostly for plinking, squirrel hunting and friendly target shooting games with friends and family. However, I would like it to shoot as well as it can within reason.
Looking at a number of the threads in the SS forum and going back to read about the genesis of the whole SS concept has been helpful already. Looks like a fun gang to engage with.
The scope is a Luepold VX-1 3 - 9 x 40 for now. I may pull a Nikon Prostaff 5 3.5 - 14 x 40 off one of my bolt guns and try that out for 50 and 100 yard activities.
So with that in mind, as a start, I have made the following changes to my rifle:
Installed the KIDD trigger upgrade kit
Installed the KIDD auto bolt release
Installed the KIDD SS magazine latch plunger
Installed the KIDD Bolt Buffer
Installed the KIDD Bolt handle and guide rod/spring
I used KIDD components in my first 10/22 upgrade and have been satisfied so that's where I started on this one.
In between rain showers and thunderstorms today, I plan to fire a few boxes of ammo to begin the adventure. Today's ammo will be CCI SV because that's what I have plenty of and it has shown itself to shoot fairly well so far in this rifle. I also have a few boxes of RWS Target Rifle to try.
I will begin with no bedding then experiment with some of the tips Vincent has posted and also try different torque settings on the take-down screw to see how that affects how the rifle shoots. Should be fun and educational.
Shooting the rifle as it came out of the box and then with my other upgraded trigger group has shown me it has good potential, at least to satisfy my needs. I'm far from an expert marksman but I usually bring home a squirrel or two for the pot.
It's also not too hard on the eyes.
I look forward to trying out some of the SS games and thank folks in advance for your help along the way. If I understand the SS guidelines, this rifle would be within the guidelines. Please let me know if that is not correct.
Regards, John