10/22 Tinkering

greener · Post by **greener** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:13 pm

After shooting Oldman's 10/22 with the left-hand Tundra stock, I decided I needed a right hand, right-eyed upgrade.
From this

To

Fajen Legacy stock, Green Mountain barrel. Still need to get off the dime on trigger. Won't have time to fire it until the weekend.

Post by **Bullseye** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:44 pm

That's a nice looking stick! Should shoot real well. I've always liked those Legacy stocks.

R,
Bullseye

KAZ · Post by **KAZ** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:51 pm

Very nice

I'll bet that it really makes for some great offhand shots. Regards

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:35 am

Loooking goog Greener, what did you decide on the trigge?. That stoch looks like it has ebiough adjustments on it so you should always have an excuse for missing. Wioth your GN barrel get some Blazer, for low cost ammo it shoots almost as good as the premium stuff. Too bad you shooot from the wrong side of the gun.

ruger22 · Post by **ruger22** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:21 am

bearandoldman wrote: Too bad you shooot from the wrong side of the gun.

I always thought the only wrong side was in front of the muzzle?

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:25 am

ruger22 wrote:
bearandoldman wrote: Too bad you shooot from the wrong side of the gun.
I always thought the only wrong side was in front of the muzzle?

The right x side used to be the right side but now it is the wrong side , at least for me. The fron is not really a side it is just the front.

ruger22 · Post by **ruger22** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:29 am

My mother is a lefty, nothing wrong with that side except too many things not made for it.

BTW, that is a nice looking rig. I'm Mr. Traditional with an unaltered 10/22 Sporter, but I can see advantages to an adjustable stock.

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:39 am

Sometimes you can have too many adjustment. Have seen a lot of skeet shooter with adjustable butt plat for length of pull, cant and heght o butt plate plus an adjustable comb. When they started to miss a target or 2, they would start to adjust and keep on adjusting until they had it totally screwed upa nd missed a lot more. Was a right hander for about 65 years and a vision problem caused m to go tho the other side. Revolution gun stocks are one of the few aftermarket stocks tha offer almost all their lin in right or left hand and bull or sporter barrel and may color combinations, and htat is a lot of variations. Amazingly a stock 10/22 will shoot quite well with a dew minor mods and some good ammo.

blue68f100 · Post by **blue68f100** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:52 pm

Very nice looking rig. There is no wrong side, just wrong shooter.

greener · Post by **greener** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:04 pm

ruger22 wrote:
bearandoldman wrote: Too bad you shooot from the wrong side of the gun.
I always thought the only wrong side was in front of the muzzle?

I fired oldman's lefty 10/22. First time I fired left-handed and left-eyed. Quite a task to get focused. One heck of a lot harder than right-handed. With practice or necessity you can get accustomed to changing hands/eyes.

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:07 pm

greener wrote:
ruger22 wrote:
bearandoldman wrote: Too bad you shooot from the wrong side of the gun.
I always thought the only wrong side was in front of the muzzle?
I fired oldman's lefty 10/22. First time I fired left-handed and left-eyed. Quite a task to get focused. One heck of a lot harder than right-handed. With practice or necessity you can get accustomed to changing hands/eyes.

It did take me a year or so to get totally acclimated to the swithc, but due to my vision problem, I did become left eye dominant. That did make it esier.

KAZ · Post by **KAZ** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:49 pm

baom, if, I ever have to switch sides my only hope is that I can shoot half as good as you! The stock has to fit the shooter. I believe that with shotguns for certain a shooter with an 870 that fits will do better than a shooter with a high end blaster who's stock has not been properly fitted by a Smith who knows his business. Regards

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:03 pm

KAZ wrote:baom, if, I ever have to switch sides my only hope is that I can shoot half as good as you! The stock has to fit the shooter. I believe that with shotguns for certain a shooter with an 870 that fits will do better than a shooter with a high end blaster who's stock has not been properly fitted by a Smith who knows his business. Regards

You can bet you buttstock on that one KAZ, a shotgun must shoot where you are looking. Back before the right eye gave me a problem I shot a lot of shotgun, like 300 or more rounds a week in all gages on skeet and sporting clayd. Shot slidly in the mid 20's on skeet and had my share of straights even with the .420, scored normally in the mid 40;s out of 50 on sporting clays. Best score ever was a 48 with the 20 gage and a 43 with the .410.

greener · Post by **greener** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:15 pm

Made it to the range today. Liked the mods better than the original. The only bore treatment was Hoppes No. 9 wet patch and dry patches.

The scope boresite was about 8" off at 25 yards. It took 4-6 rounds to get it centered.

20 rounds of Win 555 (38 gr HV HP).

Seems to like SV ammo better than HV ammo and likes CCI SV or Eley Sport better than Win Target. At 50 yards

My next purchase will be a better rest for shooting. The hi-tech rest I was using was a touch shaky, especially if you put a couple of blocks under it.

I do want to thank the forward and line spotting crew.

KAZ · Post by **KAZ** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 6:55 am

Don't you just love it when the MODS work out. Have you had a chance to shoot any offhand? Your stock looks like it would point so well that shots would be easy. If, you get a chance try some SK Standard Plus. It works well in all my rifles, and has few flyer's. Regards