Fun (and functional) 10/22 mod

[Martinjmpr]

I'm guessing a lot of us here have the venerable Ruger 10/22 rifle. Of course, there are a bajillion mods out there for the 10/22 and many people go for either tacti-cool "black rifle" styling, or super-precision shooting with heavy barrels, etc.

I went a different way with mine. Mine is a pure plinker, just something fun to shoot, but I always hated the tiny little rear sight and the only marginally better front sight. It's almost like Ruger put the bare minimum sights on that they could get away with.

Anyway, I first saw these EA Brown Co stock and sight kits a few years ago and finally got around to getting it done. Basically the kit transforms the 10/22 into a pretty faithful copy of the venerable M1 Carbine.

Before:



After:



The stock was pretty easy. The sights were a little more difficult. I had to go and buy a set of drift punches, then I put the barrel in a vice (padded with an old pillow case) and tapped the old front sight out. The new front sight is adjustable for elevation with a "turret" just like an M16 front sight. It has several pieces that have to be assembled with loc-tite. After I knocked out the front sight I knocked out the rear sight.

The EABCO stock comes with two upper handguards, one of them has a hole in it for if you want to keep the factory rear sight and the other one doesn't.

The rear sight just screws right into the rear scope receiver holes.

Now not only is it much more functional (MUCH better sight picture with the aperture rear sight and front sight with "wings") but it looks good, too!

Anyway, just wanted to share in case anyone else is on the fence about this mod. The stock is gorgeous, and looks pretty much identical to a "real" M1 Carbine.

My very first gun, ever, was an old "Universal" .30 M1 Carbine so I've always had a soft spot for the Carbine.