Things have changed a bit - ruger 10-22
 

I found this receipt while cleaning out an old file. The receipt for my Ruger 10-22 bought on 08/07/1981 at Woolco in Universal City, TX. $79.00 for the 10-22 and 3 boxes of CCI mini-mags at $2.46 a box.

Probably more than a few on this board that have no idea what a Woolco store was?

Things have definitely changed..... including the 10-22.

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I'll pay you that for it today!

Ruger prices.......
 

Agreed, things have changed! I bought this Ruger Single Six Convertible as a used gun in 1973 for $65.00! It came just as you see it, stag grips and Micro adjustable sights. It is the gun that I have owned the longest except for a couple of old "family" .22 rifles. I believe that it was manufactured about 1965-7.

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I bought this one in 1993. I like my 10/22! Need a better scope though, this one is a cheap walmart scope.

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The last time I bought .22LR--maybe two years ago--I paid $8 for a box of 550.

.22 LR Aguila Match Rifle LRN 40 Grain 500 Round Brick 1080 fps Target Load

I haven't seen a box of .22lr for $8 in quite a few years. It's been around $17-$20 for 550 rounds at walmart for the past few years.

I remember Woolco well. My mom put an old Winchester pump .22 on layaway at an antique shop around 1981. It was to be my gift to Dad for Father's Day. It cost $75 and was probably worth around $300 then. My mom sent me to fetch the gun one day while she was working. I was 10, they gave me the gun with no box or case and I walked down Main St. in Wylie, TX almost a mile to where my mom was with the gun over my shoulder. No one said a word to me about it. Imagine that today. I still have that gun.

That's over $200 in today's money, so as far as the price goes, not much has changed. They did cheapen the model with plastic pieces, that's for sure. What's happening to .22 ammo right now is just ridiculous. I am glad I don't need much ammo.

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Yes, the base model 10-22 carbine has been cheapened a good deal over the years. Mine is a pre-warning model, made in the late '60's. It has a blued finish and a walnut stock. My oldest son's, that I bought for him for Christmas five years ago, has a "matte" finish and a "hardwood" stock. While even in the era in which mine was made Ruger certainly was not known for their exquisite finishes on their 10-22's, this modern one takes it down several notches from there. Still very functional and accurate, though.

At least you found a box for sell. The last couple months .22 has been hard to come by. Last month Cheaper than Dirt was completely sold out.

My 13 yr old is saving up for his first .22 and wants a 10/22. There's a great aftermarket for accessorizing them now but I can't believe the prices of it all. My first .22 was $50 (used)
I always wanted but never could afford a Marlin 39A lever. I should just find one and check off that box.

It does not help my wallet that Clarks Custom Guns is practically in my backyard. A slicked-out bull-barrelled 10/22 is plinking Heaven! Ruger 10/22 Rifle Conversions by Clark Custom Guns, Inc.

And yes, although they have changed/evolved over the years, they are still IMHO the best little 22 for the buck. Easily customized, sort of like an old VW Beetle. And now there are even "WalMart" specific carbines with black synthetic stock and stainless steel. Great value. Throw on some decent glass ( I love the Nikon 3-9x40BDC for these), and you can drive tacks all day long. Also check out the new HC3R magazines on youtube, they are MUCH better than the Ruger or Butler Creek mags.

May get this thread kicked into PARF land but to me this thread on the 10-22 illustrates the futility of all the arguments, bandwidth and hot air being wasted on how to stop the gun violence / mass shootings which are getting all to frequent. My Ruger 10/22 shown in post #1 has all the attributes of being defined as an assualt weapon ( except it being .22 rimfire). It has folding stock with pistol grip, high-capacity magazine, flash suppressor and is semi-automatic. In the environments that the recent mass-shootings have occured, load the magazine with long rifle hollow points and it is just about as lethal as any AR-15 assault type weapon, etc. Yet, put the factory stock, 10 round magazine back in and remove the flash suppressor and it is not an assault weapon ??.

As to the psychiatric/psychlogical profiling / testing/reporting issues some propose to keep weapons out of the hands of people who are disturbed? - whatever that is (after all, it is not the gun, it is the shooter).... is frought with privacy issues, who administers this program, what constitutes problem areas, etc etc.... this ain't gonna happen and it wouldn't have made any difference in CT.

We can't have required background checks on all gun purchases but we can have a national system to track anyone who has issues ?? Sounds like a great idea but in my opinion the reality is, neither would start to eliminate the potential for mass shootings. With many millions of firearms, high capacity magazines and untold numbers of wacko/disturbed people in this country, it is just going to continue to happen.

End of rant and no more St. Arnold's pilsner tonight....