TAPCO'ed 10/22's... Your take?

[thedog]

I can't afford an "assault rifle". I am a "fudd". I use it for "training". Excuses? Reasons? Who cares? What are your feelings?

I have a 10/22 and a Tapco stock. With a Wal-Mart $30 red dot. I like/love my Ruger, either way.

I have an AR and AK. I am not Tacticool. I just like to change things and tinker with my guns. I don't judge people for these types of things. Unless they are really "posers".

This can include the SKS, Mini-14 or whatever. TAPCO'ed, can mean Choate, or whatever aftermarket stocks intended to look militaristic for "guns".

How do the brains here feel?

dog

[Spoon]

I say do what you like! I have a 10/22 in my safe with cheapy UTG rails and a cheapy BSA red dot and krylon snake camo. I like it...its fun to shoot with. If it wasn't for .22lr I wouldn't be able to shoot as much as I do. PEW PEW PEW PEW :D


The tip wasnt mounted just wondering what it would look like.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3426/3371103793_445dd4bb64.jpg

[11Bravo]

I say do what you like! I have a 10/22 in my safe with cheapy UTG rails and a cheapy BSA red dot and krylon snake camo. I like it...its fun to shoot with. If it wasn't for .22lr I wouldn't be able to shoot as much as I do. PEW PEW PEW PEW :D
The tip wasnt mounted just wondering what it would look like.
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Could you provide a couple of more pics of the rail system on that?
Specifically the front under the barrel and how it mounts to the rifle.
I have looked at that same on simply for the tacticool of it.
I put a bull barrel on my 10/22 and free floated it in the factory stock and am wondering if those rails would still fit.

Thanks,
Greg

[Dunderway]

It's a .22, so it's not like you need to depend on it unless you live off of squirrel. Do what you want with it and have fun.

I do try to talk people out going nuts with a gun like an SKS, because they are spending a lot of money to try and make it something that it will never be.

An SKS is a nice, cheap, farm-rifle and nothing more (at least when they were $70 - $120). You can bolt all the TAPCO to it that you want, but it will still never be an AR, a sniper rifle, or even an AK.

If you want a "tacticool" gun that will never be used for defense, then just by an airsoft replica of your favorite movie gun. You'll save a ton on ammo and range fees, and have a full-auto that you can shoot in your house.:)

[loupav]

I have a unique 10/22. Houge stock, 16" bull barrel, harris bi-pod. Not all that done to it. But it doesn't look like everyone else's 10/22 and that's what I was going for. but I don't think it's TAPCO'ed in the sense you're talking about. It's just slightly custom.

[CryingWolf]

I am building the same rifle. 10/22 with a Tapco stock. They are going or already making a version to fit a bull barrel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYbsc0oU_t0

[thedog]

I believe I want another 10/22. Unless someone in deep S. Tx. has an M1 Carbine at a good price!
Right. I'll probably buy another 10/22!! Unless someone has a 9mm AR cheap! :D

I guess I'll get another 10/22... cool!

dog

[Dave_M]

The new Tapco is just another option in a rather long line of stock options for 10/22's. Sub-caliber training is not unheard of and if you plan on doing some drills with a .22lr it is advisable to set it up as closely as possible to your working rifle.

[lindertw]

Could you provide a couple of more pics of the rail system on that?
Specifically the front under the barrel and how it mounts to the rifle.
I have looked at that same on simply for the tacticool of it.
I put a bull barrel on my 10/22 and free floated it in the factory stock and am wondering if those rails would still fit.

Thanks,
Greg

Spoon - same here, I wouldn't mind a few extra pics of that quad rail setup. Thinking ahead for my 6yo son's 10/22 build :cool:

[ABN]

My favorite 10/22 set-up has Tech Sites, they replicate GI style sights and a sling. For targets I use Army 25 meter zero targets. I have them on PDF, I can print targets, I minimize them to replicate 400,500,600 meter targets. Alot of the time I use the DMR qualification as scorecard, sometimes a Army standard rifle qualification. I go through 500+ rounds a week, its more recreational than anything else. I'm working on a Highpower course of fire as well as a USMC qualification. To me its fun, and has got my fundamentals relatively solid.

[ABN]

The new Tapco is just another option in a rather long line of stock options for 10/22's. Sub-caliber training is not unheard of and if you plan on doing some drills with a .22lr it is advisable to set it up as closely as possible to your working rifle.

I have been considering a .22 conversion kit for an AR, but I need to do some research. The one's Ive seen didnt work very well.

[decodeddiesel]

I think it's your gun and you should do what ever you want with it. My buddy has a chopped SBR 10/22 on a Choate folder that is wicked fun to shoot.

That being said, the Tapco and the "Arc-angel" 10/22 stocks are shit. They feel totally cheap and piss poor.

I think Choate and Hogue makes a great product. I have a Choate pistol grip stock on my 10/22 I bought back in 1994 that is great and has provided years of outstanding service.

However the uber sexy 10/22 stock system is the RB Precision Evolution (http://www.rbprecision.com/id72.htm) or the Nordic Components (http://www.nordic-components.com/). They allow you to "dress up" your 10/22 with AR grips, stocks, rail systems, sights, you name it.

I am personally saving for a Gen. 1 RB Precision Evolution once I am caught up on my "serious" gun purchases.

[Spoon]

Spoon - same here, I wouldn't mind a few extra pics of that quad rail setup. Thinking ahead for my 6yo son's 10/22 build :cool:I'll get pictures uploaded as soon as I get back home Sunday.

[dodge]

I have a Tapco kit on my 10/22 that was a Christmas gift. It is what it is. It's okay but would I buy another one probably not would I recommend one to a friend again probably not. It just makes my 10/22 different from anybody elses that I know of in my area.

[Spoon]

I didn't get a chance to get to my safe. But heres some pics I found online that show the front of it. It does have a spacer that you can remove to put a bull barrely on it. You can use these rails on a houge stock but needs to be trimmed. I've also seen it used on Tapco stocks, also need to be trimmed. But it is cheap aluminum.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1808/dsc03442vy9.jpg

http://combatrifle.net/10-22/Leapers%20.22%20Commando%20Tactical%20Quad%20Rail%20System.jpg

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae134/ay84/r3.jpg

[Avenger29]

I stick with the quality items for my 10/22 or any other guns even though they may "only be a plinker". I just cannot bring myself to hand over perfectly good money for not so great goods

So far, I have a set of TechSIGHTs on my 10/22. I don't shoot it much, anymore, since I acquired my CZ-452...I consider it a lot more fun.

[11Bravo]

I didn't get a chance to get to my safe. But heres some pics I found online that show the front of it. It does have a spacer that you can remove to put a bull barrely on it. You can use these rails on a houge stock but needs to be trimmed. I've also seen it used on Tapco stocks, also need to be trimmed. But it is cheap aluminum.
Thanks much.
Looks good.

[Spoon]

I stick with the quality items for my 10/22 or any other guns even though they may "only be a plinker". I just cannot bring myself to hand over perfectly good money for not so great goods

So far, I have a set of TechSIGHTs on my 10/22. I don't shoot it much, anymore, since I acquired my CZ-452...I consider it a lot more fun. I really wish more American companys would take interest in making quality rail systems for the 10/22. I have seen the RB Evolution but thats a whole different stock. I do plan on building one later down the road. I'm looking for a .22 handgun to go with this combo :D But the rails have held their zero, I have a TLR-1 streamlight attached to it which has yet to fall off. $40 well spent :D and more money to keep saving up for a Noveske!


Note*For those looking into the UTG rails, do note it is cheap. I put loctite on the screws that mount the rail to the receiver. I always check to make sure they are still tight. Also you may need to trim the front of the stock a lil to make the bottom rail sit flush and allow the screws to tighten correctly.