Ruger 10/22 question

[soberups]

Its my understanding that, over the years, Ruger has been replacing metal parts in its 10/22's with plastic ones. Are the old Rugers any "better" than the newer ones, or are the plastic parts equal in quality to the metal ones they replaced? Is there a particular year or serial # range that is preferable in terms of quality and resale value?

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[Izzy]

It's all personal choice. the plastic stuff is just as tuff as the aluminum.
You can't polish plastic, other than that (in my opinion) they are equal.

 

[Seafarinman]

I bought one of the "plastic" 10/22's a couple months ago and ended up swapping in a spare old aluminum trigger housing and a Power custom trigger and volquartsen hammer as polishing the sear and hammer didn't improve the trigger pull like it does with the older all metal 10/22 rifles.

 

[Izzy]

I am NOT an expert, but I have done five trigger jobs on Ruger 10/22s. four were metal housings & one was polymer, all turned out very nice.
I had no problem getting the triggers to perform the way I wanted (metal & polymer)

Like I said before it's all personal preference!!

 

[madcratebuilder]

I think the composite housing are more accurate in their dimensions, at least that's what Ruger claims. I've worked on both and don't see much difference other the the base material.