Joebsobe's 10/22

[Joebsobe]

:sniper:
It has a Ruger 10/22 receiver and bolt assembly and factory trigger assembly.
The stock is a Bell & Carlson Odyssey 3-way adjustable synthetic stock with a ambidextrous grip
adjustable comb (cheek piece) and a Anschutz style rail. Comes with a Volquartsen Custom EDM
"Exact-Edge" Extractor and a Power Custom Titanium firing pin
The barrel is a Green mountain 20" .920 HB with a 1 in 16 twist and a recessed target crown.
The action has been bedded with Micro bed along with the first inch of the barrel.
The take-down screw was replaced with a allen head screw for consistent torqueing.
A "bug-hole tuner" has been installed for tuning the barrel to any ammo you use.
The scope mount is a Power Custom aluminum mount. The rings are Millets angle locks, and the scope is a 6x24x50AO BSA target scope with thumb turrets.

[Coyote]

Very nice - how does it shoot. I love those B&C stocks.
A "bug-hole tuner" has been installed for tuning the barrel to any ammo you use.
How did you install the bug-hole tuner??

[Joebsobe]

It's just a socket screw installed in the accessory rail of the B&C stock. To tell the truth, I haven't gotten it to the range to try it out yet, just picked it up on-line. I'll let you know, I'm just as excited to see how it does. The person I bought it from recommends Elay, so I'll probably give that a try first.

[cajungeo]

Welcome to the forum Joebsobe. If your rifle shoots half as good as it looks it will be a tack driver. I may have to get one of those B & C stocks for my next 10/22 project.

[Joebsobe]

well, spent some time trying to get it scoped in, nothing to brag about, but lots of fun. Problem was, bought some bargain ammo (Remington brass plated hollow points) and it kinda slowed down the fun. Had to keep pulling jams, the bullets were not well seated! Once I got the scope set, was easy to keep it with two rings, but now I need to add a bipod, or get a better bench-rest. The scope was REALLY nice too.

[Cheetah]

Looks nice! One thing I've heard some bad reports on are the Titanium firing pins...Not so much on 22's but on .223's they're deadly I guess, really not suited for repeated impacts and prone to mis-fires. I doubt you'd ever see it on a 22 but I guess they pierce the primers pretty often on .223's and burn up the pin...Somethin to think about I guess.

[Joebsobe]

I haven't heard anything negative about the titanium pins on the 10/22? Anybody had work done by CPC? They seem to have it pretty well worked out, and recommend replacing the stock with a titanium firing pin, and having a dowel mounted to hold it in place. Anybody have any experience with this?

[cajungeo]

Titanium is strong, but doesn’t handle impact well. For this reason alone it is less suitable than steel for use in firing pins.

Titanium is lighter than steel. The steel firing pin retains a slight momentum as the bolt carrier closes. . A titanium firing pin has less momentum, causes less indent---

I believe in the 10/22 the heavier steel pin will give a more consistant strike.

Yes CPC does have a good idea on the firing pin hold down pin. After shooting just look at the primer strikes on your cases. See how they vary? I have tried to do a similar mod on my bolt. The bolt is sooo hard I haven't been able to drill it with cobalt drills. Course the drill bit is only .062" so the tip burns up quickly. I'm looking for a carbide drill bit. They have taken carbide out of the hardware stores, and replaced them with titanium bits. If you look on the back of the package it says for wood, and plastic.

In aircraft, I drill titanium parts with a carbide drill bit, or some times with several cobalt bits.

I will complete that mod one day.

Here is an article by Armalite
http://www.armalite.com/library/techNotes/tnote02.htm

[Sniper]

:sniper: Very nice!!! I've been looking at the Bell Carlson Odyssey stock. I'd like to try one first.

[Bo Duke #2]

Love that stock is that SS or aluminum