very nice did you paint the buttstock and grip ?
what exactly needed sanding, looks great now

 

This link will explain all the pro's and con's pretty good. Check it out if you are interested in buying one. As for painting. I painted the whole kit. It really benefits from painting it because of the "flashing" for lack of a better word? The plastic is not really flat black right out of the box. The kit definitely is not plug and play but with a little tinkering you get great results in the end.

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=252884&page=4

also this thread
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=267437

It was actually painted desert sand once but I got tired of it. I just recently painted it black.

 

Mine has a VQ target trigger, PC hammer and adjustable sear, PC firing pin and extractor, VQ charging handle, Tuffer Buffer, TacSol matte black barrel, Skeeter adjustable V-Block. Extended mag release that came with the kit and auto bolt release mod myself.
Oh, and I just recently had CPC do up my bolt. Blackened rather than jeweled.
All painted with Krylon Fusion black in satin finish.
Picture sucks, didn't realize it was fish eyed until I was sizing the pic. The rifle isn't rainbow shaped as it appears. I'll get better pics when I feel like it.

 

These always look like they are drooping on the ends. Is that the "nature of the beast" or is that a trick of the camera?

 

does the krylon stuff come off easy? or does it bond well to this stock?

did you do any surface prep before paint?

 

I didnt use krylon or dura coat. I sprayed mine with what I had laying around the garage. I used dark grey primer first, then laid down 2 coats of rustoleum automotive flat black. I think the coat of primer made the difference.

 

oh wow cool.
excellent job btw, looks great.

 

The Fusion paints work great on plastics. That's what they are made for.

 

As I stated in that post, the camera made the pic all fisheyed. The rifle is straight, I made sure of it before final assembly.
I may feel like taking a better pic at some point, but I doubt it. Not into showing the world what I may or may not have.

 

Sorry, I was just looking at the pictures. Yours wasn't the only one I've noticed this on.

 

Yeah, sorry about coming off as gruffy in my post. They do droop a bit as delivered, but are easily enough fixed.
that pic made the whole rifle bow a bit, but the buttstock tube and forend are straight and level like in HR218's pics.
I just really don't like putting pics up of guns on the 'net where they can be viewed by anyone, but since it's just one of the .22s and there's already a pic, I'll see about doing up a better one or two.

 

Yeah mine did not center perfect right out of the box. It took some sanding and in my case I used 2 tiny lock washers to get my hand grip perfectly level and centered over the barrel. Absolutely no droop now in my pics.

The sand colored pic has just a sight droop but the black one shows what it looks like dead center and level (with use of washers).

I noticed on my Tapco the butt stock actually does droop a little. (I am talking about the straight stock adapter, not the bent one)

 

I'm saving for a tapco and some hardware for it, but these are sooo tempting. How much work to make it accept ar buttstocks, grips, and forends? If its not TOO hard I might have to go this route instead.

 

There is no work since it comes with the grips, butt stock and hand guard. The work is just sanding the receiver section of the kit down a few millimeters to get the 10/22 receiver to fit inside of it. Mine was so tight that I couldn't even pound it in. I HAD TO sand it out a little. It could be a deal breaker for some but it wasn't a big deal for a tinkerer like me.

reminder* you can swap out the butt stock but the grip and fore end are permanently built in. Thankfully they picked a design I already liked but if you plan to swap those parts out...your screwed.

 

reminder* you can swap out the butt stock but the grip and fore end are permanently built in.

hr, is this as simple as using an armorer's wrench to unscrew the locking nut and removing tube, or is there a bit more to it than that? thx for any illumination.

 

I'm sure there are more people out there with this kit.

Please post your pics, build pics would be great also!

:bthumb:

 

 

where are/did you guys get yours?

 

are got mine at a gun show for $150

(just kidding about the are, for some reason I dont have smiley faces to insert?)

 

haha i just caught that. I was pretty tired last night.... yikes!

 

i'm full of questions...
can someone tell how long the 4 rail FFT is?

Reason being I used the Ti 25rd mags, and foregrip and bipod.
And they all have to fit in that space!!!

 

and as posted before. You can swap the butt stock out for any AR commercial sized stock right?

 

yes...

 

My new "toy":

 

Here is mine with the Magpul MBUS clones.

 

THAT is a very nice looking gun. What rails are those? If it isn't too much of a hassle can you give a parts list? That gun looks very good.

 

Thanks, here is the setup...

Ruger 10/22 compact model
Archangel kit, painted flat black and the usual sanding to fit perfect! No drooping hand guard on this kit!
stock taper barrel cut from 18" down to 16.01" crowned and threaded 1/2" x28
M16A2 birdcage flash hider
custom mounted 4" picatinny side rails
cheapo laser
Tango Down (clone) stubby fore grip with quick detach lever
Magpul MBUS (clones) - back up iron sights
Aimpont Comp M2 red-dot (clone) with A.R.M.S. (clone) quick detach lever
home made auto bolt release modification
Butler Creek 25 round steel lips "smoke" mag
Archangel extended mag release
(not shown) Superior Concepts oversized bolt handle. Had to dremel off some of the top reciever to fit it on the Archangel kit.

coming soon... Power Custom adjustable sear and hammer, bolt buffer and a PC trigger.

 

Looks good and all but it needs a *cough*sling*cough*

 

Ok I'll order one tomorrow! I have a cheap gunshow 3 point sling right now but I want a nice single point.