Most people strip it down and spend $300-$500 on there 10/22? Gotta love this kind of logic! Do more than 1 in 100 10/22 buyers strip their guns down and spend twice what they paid for them? Doubtful.
Does Ruger build what they do cause it doesn't sell? No the 10/22 has sold millions because it is a good gun for the money. The only reason the aftermarket fellows only keep the receiver and toss the rest is because they don't want to go thru the hoops that Ruger does to manufacture a gun in America and they need that receiver for the serial number. The receiver becomes the "gun" because that is where the number is.
Ruger is giving people what they want and their sales numbers prove it. Ruger brought out a target model 10/22 but I am willing to bet that is not "good enough" for the tear em down group, who will always find a reason to bad mouth the true production guns that sell by the millions. The real mfgs do all the R&D and do their best to keep things affordable. If they do a good job and folks buy them in droves then some complain cause they can't get one (short supply), if the mfgs pick up the pace on production then some complain that the quality control sucks. If some dumbo shoots his buddy with a Ruger that has been heavily modified, they (Ruger) still get hauled into court even though the only thing left on the gun that Ruger made was the receiver. Frankly I am amazed that the mfgs keep doing what they do, and they get a big tip of the Fedora from me for their efforts.
Thanks Ruger, keep up the good work!!
You would think Ruger would take the hint. Most people buy their rifle and strip it down to the receiver and spend another $300\-$500 average to build it into a descent shooter. Why not give people what they want and pocket the extra money?
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