I'm looking to put together a 10/22. Been thinking about it for a while since my kids are getting older and I have to share my own stuff all the time now. Anyhow, Stick's purple reign build pushed me over the top and I though about just copying it with an SWFA 1-4 on top but figured I'd appeal to the board's collective experience before pulling the trigger. First, the gun will be used for informal targets/plinking and hunting. Hunting will be mostly ground squirrels and bunnies.
Due to the high praise they receive here, I'm planning to go the Kidd route. If I'm remembering right, Stick just built his with a Ruger take off action and dropped in a Kidd trigger and barrel. I don't have a take off action so would either need to come up with one, or just buy a complete barreled action from Kidd. Any advice or comments on the relative merits for those options?
If going with a Kidd barreled action should I go threaded with the supergrade or just stick with the classic slip fit?
And lastly, what stocks do you like for my application? The three I've looked at are the Magpul X-22, the Hogue, and Victor Titan. Hogue being the lightest and Titan the heaviest. I don't need an uber lightweight gun but want to stay fairly handy, so if I went with a heavier stock I'd look to pick a barrel that would give good balance. I've read a lot of good things about the Titan stock, but I'm wondering if I would still have a handy/light pack about rifle by the time I dropped in a barrel that would give good balance.
Thanks in advance.
Due to the high praise they receive here, I'm planning to go the Kidd route. If I'm remembering right, Stick just built his with a Ruger take off action and dropped in a Kidd trigger and barrel. I don't have a take off action so would either need to come up with one, or just buy a complete barreled action from Kidd. Any advice or comments on the relative merits for those options?
If going with a Kidd barreled action should I go threaded with the supergrade or just stick with the classic slip fit?
And lastly, what stocks do you like for my application? The three I've looked at are the Magpul X-22, the Hogue, and Victor Titan. Hogue being the lightest and Titan the heaviest. I don't need an uber lightweight gun but want to stay fairly handy, so if I went with a heavier stock I'd look to pick a barrel that would give good balance. I've read a lot of good things about the Titan stock, but I'm wondering if I would still have a handy/light pack about rifle by the time I dropped in a barrel that would give good balance.
Thanks in advance.