aluminum and aluminum

 

Always aluminum.

MOA and Kingston Armory made cast stainless steel and cast steel receivers, respectively.

There are some machined, billet stainless steel receivers but they are very expensive.

 

AMT made some stainless receivers fairly early. early enough that it didn't fly and were forced to stop. so I've heard.

 

I have an aluminum receiver stamped 07 (2007) in my ‘08 22” SS sporter, are they any good? I’ve only plinked with it completely stock and just started upgrading. I put it into an x22 hunter this week and ordered a volquartsen hammer, trigger, extended mag release, and bolt release. I did this exact set of mods on my takedown, with great effect. I hope the old trigger group responds as well.

 

I have an aluminum receiver stamped 07 (2007) in my '08 22" SS sporter, are they any good? I've only plinked with it completely stock and just started upgrading. I put it into an x22 hunter this week and ordered a volquartsen hammer, trigger, extended mag release, and bolt release. I did this exact set of mods on my takedown, with great effect. I hope the old trigger group responds as well.

The aluminum receivers are fine and the last thing that would cause any type of issues on a 10/22. The one problem that is fairly common with the OEM receivers is the hole for the barrel isn't drilled perfectly square on many of them causing the barrel to cant to the left.

You should have a polymer trigger group in yours which should be perfectly fine with the drop in VQ parts.

 

The 10/22 Magnum receivers were steel, but those are not interchangeable with the standard 10/22 (at least I don't think they do)

As far as aftermarket, there are several that make stainless steel ones

The only plain steel ones I know of were made for the Kingston Armory M1/M1A tribute rifles.

I bought 7 of the steel receivers after Kingston Armory went out of business. Four of them were in the white (not parkerized). I polished them to a 5000 grit finish and blued them.

I think they look really nice, but to each his own

 

That looks really, really, REALLY sweet. :bthumb:

 

Since the oem parts are made with a lot tolerance, they fit kinda sloppy, the aftermarket parts are built oversized , to take up the slop, and give you tighter fits. But when you go completely aftermarket sometimes all the oversized parts end up being too tight! Probably more likely if you mix aftermarket parts. So while a Ruger eceiver generally accepts everyone elses parts , an after market receiver may not. But then you can probably use the undersized oem parts or parts from the same manufacturer. Like kidd receiver kidd bolt kidd handle kidd trigger group kidd barrel etc.

As for the oem barrel cant, ive never seen it, i have 10 ruger oem receivers, but i imagine you’re gonna see it if you look closely at at the donor gun candidate, in which case walk away. Or point it out and buy it for less. And then send it off to CPC to be fixed.

 

As for the oem barrel cant, ive never seen it, i have 10 ruger oem receivers, but i imagine you're gonna see it if you look closely at at the donor gun candidate, in which case walk away. Or point it out and buy it for less. And then send it off to CPC to be fixed.

I've gone through dozens of OEM 10/22 receivers, some mine and some belonging to other people. IME about 1 out of every 3 has a cant in it. Most of them aren't that bad and really have no effect on how the rifle operates. I have seen 4 or 5 that were bad enough that the barrel is pushed into the forend on the stock. Obviously if you can see the rifle before buying you should look for it. If not, as you said CPC is a good option and what I have done with mine.

 

AMT 25/22 and small game rifles will have stainless trigger groups and stainless receivers. They may have functioning issues but can be polished to be very good and the parts all interchange with 10/22. Ruger sued them out of business but a lot were made and are out there. They have become much more collectable in the last 10 years and prices have spiked.

 

In my experience, both 10/22 rifles I bought in 2003 from two different stores, had receivers not drilled perfectly straight. Both had barrels that canted very slightly to the left. A close friend of mine owned one 10/22 he traded for and I checked his out and it's barrel was not canted at all. Strange.