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| Above, the Ruger 10/22 I bought in the early 1980s. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Back in the day (1980s to be exact), friends and I used to go shooting out in Texas Canyon in the Newhall/Saugus area of Southern California.
During one of our shoots, a friend brought his Ruger 10/22 .22 LR rifle. I was shooting with my maternal grandfather's Winchester 62A that I inherited at the time.
I tried out the 10/22 and liked it. I ended up buying one around 1983-84. I still have it and shoot with it on occasion at our shooting range in New Mexico.
There is a 2021 review of the modern Ruger 10/22 rifles at The New Rifleman website and it was deemed inferior to the ones made in the 1980s by the reviewer. Ruger made a number of cost-cutting measures to the gun since the 1980s, cheapening it. I am glad that I bought mine when I did.
It starts with:
What are the central tenants of a good firearm? I think there are two *basic* tenants. 1) The rifle hits what it’s aimed at. 2) The rifle shoots when you tell it to. So basically it’s accurate and reliable. From this standpoint, a rifle accurate enough to hit your target and to do so reliably every time the trigger is pulled is all you really need. Then there are the details. The numerous details… The gravy. Gravy adds to the flavor. Turkey meat will keep you fed, but the dressing, the gravy, and the cranberries make you happy.
I recently acquired a 2020-2021 production 10/22… functionally it’s what a firearm should be, but is the turkey is missing the gravy?
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