Not as easy as I thought

[Swede]

Now that I started my 10-22 fund I've been checking out the on-line stores listed here (midway, mid-south, great bear outdoors, etc). Fajen doesn't sell directly to customers. Midway had some good deals on combo stock/barrel setups but now they're out of what I wanted. I guess I jumped on the band wagon to late.
I can find the barrel I want but I can't find a Fajen Thumbhole Sporter Stock. Any suggestions?

[Coyote]

Swede: Not sure what barrel your thinking of but look at the Mountain Green matched barrels. They are under a $100 bucks in the blued .920 bb. Also if your looking at the Fajen Thumbhole Sporter Stock try Boyd's Ross Thumbhole sporter stock. It is also a winnter. http://www.boydboys.com/ also this place has a barrel and stock combo too. http://www.cabelas.com/

[cajungeo]

Which color you want? http://www.midwayusa.com/rewriteaproduct/411971
http://www.midwayusa.com/rewriteaproduct/333934
I lucked out, and got my sporter on sale for $87, and also a Fajen/A&B SS fluted 18" for $205.

Coyote is correct the Boyds Ross is similar to the Fajen.

[Swede]

I was thinking of the Fajen Nutmeg sporter with a blued barrel. I thought that would be a nice contrast.

I like the lighter color of the Fajen but as you said the Boyds isn't that different. I missed the Ross when I was at Boyds, I only looked at the Smart and the Blaster.

As for barrels, right now it's toss up between Green Mtn and A&B.

Maybe a Fajen coffee with a stainless barrel. Hummm

[BigGunBill]

I noticed that Clark is selling a Ruger hammer forged barrel (blue or stainless, same price) with their crown and chamber machining for $125. They claim it shoots almost as well as their high dollar barrels.
Any thoughts?

BigGunBill

[Coyote]

BigGunBill :

I have a Ruger 10/22T with the hammer forged bull barrel. I am really totally disappointed with its shooting ability. I know for a fact that the barrel can be sent in and tweaked to shoot very well. CPC does this job. Maybe Clark has tweaked the barrel also. I am so surprised that Ruger had not made the 10/22T a better rifle and shooter. For $350 dollars you should get a shooter. My group was 1/2 to 3/4 " at 25 yards. That sucks. When I took a used carbine ($50) and added a Mountain Green fluted bull barrel and got 1/4" groups at 50 yards I then was totally disappointed with the 10/22T. I had tweaked the trigger group and added all the necessary items to make the gun shoot better. This included replacing most of the parts with VQ. (Same as I did for the Carbine). The gun jambed time after time, and as I stated shot very poorly. This is why a person should just build a 10/22 bull barrel instead of buying the 10/22T. Cheaper with all the parts. Course I would suspect that there are some fine 10/22T rifles that shoot very well.

This is why I am selling the gun. ( Did have a purtty stock though)

Anyhow.......sure hope Clark did something with the Ruger hammered forged barrel to make it a better shooter.

[BigGunBill]

Coyote,

Clark claims they get the barrel blanks from Ruger (hammer forging marks and all) and then do their own machining on it. Their web site, www.ClarkCustomGuns.com (http://www.ClarkCustomGuns.com), claims it is not a re-work of a Ruger barrel. I have heard on this site (Perfect Union) that the factory Ruger 10-22T unfortunately is not the hummer it should be. Sorry to hear that yours does not shoot well.

BigGunBill

[cajungeo]

I'm not shure if there is any advantage to a hammer forged barrel over the other match barrels. Maby there is? If Clark gets their barrels from Ruger, and does magic to them I wonder if it is laping the bore, and chamber to a mirror finish, cryo., and recrowning? See a shoot out between the Ruger T, and The Clark. http://www.perfectunion.com/forums/showthr...=&threadid=3359 (http://www.perfectunion.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3359)

I wonder who makes this hammer forged barrel for $99?
http://www.sportables.com/shop/product28.html