Thread: Why do 10/22 stocks cost more than the damn gun?

Seriously, I wanna know!

Because people will buy 'em...

I got a very nice gillie tan Hogue .920 stock for my 10/22 for $65. It works perfect for me, its very light and it will hold up to weather. You don't have to spend mega bucks on a 10/22 stock unless you want one in that range. The target oriented stocks are free floated (not contacting the barrel) and that helps with accuracy. That being said my $65 Hogue stock doesn't contact the barrel at all either. It mostly has to do with what you are willing to spend on a stock for a .22 and what you want it to look like.

Boyd stocks. $99 for the evolution.

Replacement Stocks for the Ruger 10/22

Economics: Supply and demand. Who wants just a plain 10/22, When you can have a $1000 tacticool 10/22?

They dont. You can buy a standard 10/22 stock for $35.

If you want something cooler and takes more time/material/different material it cost more.

If you think they need to be cheeper then figure out the cost of equipment, man hours, supplies, overhead, ect then build some for less and sell them

Because America is a capitalist society and its all about making a buck, And a sucker is born every second.

i think my stock was 39 bucks and it is cool as hell, i had to use a dremel to fit it to my .920 carbon fiber wrapped barrel.. but now i have a 1" 100 yard 10/22 for I think a total invest ment of under $300... and under 3 pounds! the kids love this one!

Originally Posted by 142

Because people will buy 'em...

I got a very nice gillie tan Hogue .920 stock for my 10/22 for $65. It works perfect for me, its very light and it will hold up to weather. You don't have to spend mega bucks on a 10/22 stock unless you want one in that range. The target oriented stocks are free floated (not contacting the barrel) and that helps with accuracy. That being said my $65 Hogue stock doesn't contact the barrel at all either. It mostly has to do with what you are willing to spend on a stock for a .22 and what you want it to look like.

Not arguing the free float concept but for a 10/22??????

Does make one wonder why someone would invest a grand in a 10/22 then carp about spending the same on a on a good bolt action rifle.

Mine came with a stock.

Fondled the lightest 10/22 I've ever seen a while back at Sportsman's warehouse. It had a synthetic stock, IIRC, and a fluted, aluminum barrel with a steel sleeve. Thing was seriously light as a feather. The barrel for that gun was more than the stock 10/22's on the shelf. The syn stock was probably as much as the gun.

I look at it the other way...the good stocks are probably better quality than the 10/22's being produced these days with their cheap receivers and plastic trigger groups. A good, light, thumbhole free floating stock paired with a nice light tensioned barrel and some trigger work goes a long way to accurizing the 10/22 and making it a pleasure to handle. I have $200 into the gun, $100 into the stock and $130 into the barrel. Another $40 into working the trigger over(can be done cheaper).

The market will obviously bear it.. but I'm similarly mystified.. The 10/22 has this lego-gun thing going on, similar to the AR platform. Building them up must be half the fun.

Savage and Marlin both make 22's w/ a lot of nice features out of the box, no customization needed.

Originally Posted by Kevatc

Not arguing the free float concept but for a 10/22??????

Doesn't hurt - I didn't compare accuracy between free floating and not but the difference in accuracy between the factory base model 10/22 barrel and my new Tactical Solutions .920 barrel (16.5" 15.5oz) is tremendous. I'll post a photo of the group size difference later.

When all is said and done, when all the mods are added to a 10/22 all one has is an expensive .22 cal rifle. I think I'd rather have one of the old bolt action Mossberg's that were used for basic military rifle training "back in the day".

Originally Posted by deadshot2

When all is said and done, when all the mods are added to a 10/22 all one has is an expensive .22 cal rifle. I think I'd rather have one of the old bolt action Mossberg's that were used for basic military rifle training "back in the day".

I'm with you, I never modify my 22's, but I'm not much of a bench rest shooter either. I derive a lot of joy from identifying and correcting for the quirks of each individual gun as I shoot.

BiMart can get good prices on aftermarket stuff for the 10/22. It's all in-store catalog orders, but it is much less expensive.

I don't know if the aftermarket ones cost so much. My ATI Ruger 10/22 Strikeforce Six Position Side Folding Gun Stock only cost me $23 after subtracting what I sold my OEM 10/22 black plastic stock for on ebay.