In a word cheap, I much prefer their wooden stocked models such as the LVT.

 

While I prefer the Sporter stocks, I have a synthetic I use as a lightweight, red dot wearing, plate shooter. Works well and the stock design is comfortable in hand. It feels cheap but works fine.
There’s something about walnut though…..especially if you only have one.

 

Not sure if they are as cheesey as a savage Tupperware stock. Probably not. Nothing special but serviceable.

 

The std carbine one is ok, but id rather have the modular one withe the interchangeable cheek risers .especially the leopard skin one.

 

You're right there! Modular are the best they can offer, but in leopard skin come on that's the one!

 

I have a wood stocked LVT and love it, but ...
picked up a plastic stocked carbine at Walmart couple years ago on closeout for $ 95. Had the modular lop / cheek piece. Ordered the longer higher mod and scoped it.
It's now my action rifle. .22 tactical and 3 gun course cheap shoot. Light and fast !

 

I'm actually tempted to buy the take-down and talk my son into swapping me for my/his Sporter. I haven't cared for the Tupperware stocks I've had on other rifles previously, but this sounds okay. Thanks.

I just realized that when I joined the forum in 2003 my son wasn't old enough to give me this kind of problem...

 

If you get a TD, gotta get the Mag pull BP stock, way better.

 

Or buy the takedown and cut a regular10/22 stock to fit.

 

Will a regular stock fit the take-down barreled action?

 

With some minor modification yes. Here are some progress photos. Im not sure why the pictures show different shades of wood, but the last picture is closer to the actual color of the stock.

 

I was out of the 10/22 game for a long time. Last summer, I picked up a standard wood carbine for my son...then about a month and a half ago, I picked up a carbine with the plastic stock (on clearance...our local Field & Stream was closing shop, so 33% off...couldn't say no). Yes it's cheap, but perfectly serviceable. I'm my situation, my son actually prefers the plastic stock because the butt plate isn't smooth like on the wood stocked carbine...so it works better for him...he's 11 though, so take that bit of info for what it is.

Of the 2, I prefer the wood stock mainly because of the heft it gives the rifle.

A couple of weeks ago, much to my wife's eyerolling... , I picked up a SS 18.5" TD version...the Magpul X-22 backpacker stock arrives today...

DW

 

I've bought a few of them lately actually. I like the stock better than the wood ones. It's not as chunky and will look better after modest abuse. I just wish they would make a "sporter version" of it- doing away with the carbine barrel band.... I believe they did at one time on the really low end models but I haven't seen one in awhile....

 

I bought a 10/22 "Tactical" (16.1" threaded barrel with a flash hider) that came with the plastic carbine stock with the barrel band. I bought a plain black take-off "Youth" polymer stock with no barrel band and with replaceable stock inserts at S&P Outfitters for a great price. I added the full length high comb insert and it's been my RFRO Steel Challenge rifle for several years. Pretty decent stock.

 

Ah, I see, all that take-down gismo stuff needs clearance to be able to stuff it into a complete stock. Guess I wont be buying a take down to drop into my extra plastic stock.

 

You could probably do the same modification to your plastic stock. Easier to sell the extra stock and buy a used TD stock off Ebay if you wanted one for some reason. There are usually many for sale- lots of people replace the factory unit with Magpul etc...Or, you could just buy a Magpul.....Lots of options...

 

I bought a factory synthetic stock for my old 10/22 after I finally got sick and tired of trying to fix nicks and dents all the time on the wood one. I prefer the lightness, handling and feel of the synthetic stock over the bloated-feeling wood one, but I do agree that it looks very cheap. Of course these days the wood stocks look cheap as well so it really doesn't matter anymore.

 

Here's a 50 yard target shot with my plastic stock 10-22 and BSA Sweet 22 scope. The rifle consistently shoots groups this size with CCI STD VELOCITY and tighter groups with Eley Target. There are no modifications.

 

You won the accuracy loto
My std carbine seems to be mostly 3/4+" no matter what

 

It doesn't appear there's an accuracy reason to avoid synthetics. Thanks all.

 

Not that it's a part of the synthetic stock, but does anyone know the torque settings for mounting a scope on the plastic receiver?

 

Plastic receiver?

 

Where you put the scope mount. Apparently, when they were aluminum, the scope mount torque was 10 - 15 inch-pounds. Now that it's no longer aluminum, has the scope mount torque changed? Maybe that part is still aluminum?

 

Thanks. I recall reading they were painted rather than anodized and I jumped to conclusions.

 

I purchased my plastic stock from S&P, here's one of the pics they had of it..it's the charcoal colored Carbine stock that does not have provisions for a barrel band

it's quite stiff compared to other plastic stocks, and has the sling swivel bases molded in as part of the stock...so you only need the QD swivels and a sling or carry strap

the inletting on mine is tight, which brings up the only small issue I have had, the inletting around the trigger guard is a bit too tight.. the safety wants to rotate as you're pulling the action from the stock...but this is an issue I can easily live with

I think if these stocks had flat butt-plates, and a bit longer LOP, they'd be perfect woods guns for most people..as is, if you can tolerate the regular Ruger Carbine stock, you'll really like this one

 

In a word: garbage. Very little money to upgrade to a decent stock.

 

Can you explain a little on why you think they're garbage?

 

I bought the low dollar 10/22 model with the plastic stock several years ago and didn't like the fact that it seemed awfully thin in the butt to mount sling hardware (it came without them from the factory) so I wound up putting a Hogue overmolded stock on it along with a TacSol threaded barrel, So much for the inexpensive 10/22.

The plastic stocks are probably made better now but the one I had was way too flimsy imo.

 

The plastic stocks are probably made better now but the one I had was way too flimsy imo.

Good point. I hadn't thought about the sling swivels, and they may be better now, but I'd never handled one until recently so I don't know. The one I saw didn't appear overly flimsy, though.

 

Take a strip wood wrapped with some sandpaper and relieve that tight trigger guard area.
Fwiw, I didnt have a syn stock since toy guns in my childhood until about 5yrs ago. Now I have several iterations for the 10/22, a tiny Rossi combi-gun 22LR/410 and an H&R combi in 22mag/22LR. No worries or special cares in using them; quite the relief if I must go out 'in weather'. For a working gun syn stock is great.

 

Still too cold to do much testing at the range, but now I'm thinking about putting the synthetic stock back on my takedown and seeing how it compares to the wood stock. I don't recall any change in accuracy when I put the wooden stock on but now I'm a little curious. Good excuse to go to the range. Come on springtime!

 

my accuracy went up when I swapped my TD from it's original wood stock, to this brown synthetic

 

Well, something 'tightened up' Or 'got relieved'; wonder what?

 

the wood stock had a larger gap on the left side of the action, the synthetic stock had a tighter fit, that seems to better center the action in the stock, so I just naturally assumed it was because of that..

it still doesn't group as well as my RSI TD with it's walnut stock..