Latest gun is a Feddersen 22XA, a Ruger 10/22 clone. Actually the receiver was free. The manufacturer posted on RFC that he was going to give 15 (later 50) away to the first members to respond. He seems to have just started making them and wanted to start a little excitement. I never win much of anything but I sent an email and got a response the next day asking me to have my FFL send them his info. I did and the next Monday it was there. No shipping charges, just the transfer fee here in NJ. And it is a high quality receiver, with a Picatinny Rail integral on the top. I pieced the rest of it together with OEM stuff from eBay, a Shilen barrel (for cheap) from eBay and a Fajen stock from Gunbroker. I never put one of these together but it was pretty simple. And it shoots! Seems to be pretty accurate. I do think I am going to have to glass bed it as the stock seemed to have settled in and got loose, opening things up. The only other issue is that some types of 22LR don't extract, live rounds that is. They chamber but the extractor can't pull them out without firing them. Other ones do extract just fine. For instance CCI Std Vel and Win T-22 don't extract without being fired. But CCI Mini Mags do fine. It is a match chamber in the barrel and the nose sticks in the rifling. A common problem with these hot-rodded 10/22's. I am going to put a Power Custom Extractor in and see if that changes things. Not a huge problem at the range but it would be a safety issue if you were hunting. Attachment 194676Attachment 194677Attachment 194678Attachment 194679Attachment 194680
I am attaching some pics. That is an old Weaver T-10 scope I had laying around, 10X and an adjustable objective. I thought the whole deal came out pretty well. And I can recommend the Feddersen receivers if anyone is looking to build one. They make barrels too. I haven't used one but they have a great rep on RFC. Nice thing about this gun, I don't have to reload for it. Just sweep the cases up when I am done!