Before one of the range meet ups a friend of mine was mentioning how they had a 10/22 but they hated it because it was way too heavy for what they wanted (they wanted a lightweight standard version of the 10/22 as a quick plinker that they were planning on putting a peering sight on).
So I asked him to bring it to the meetup, and then we decided that I could borrow it on the long term til I decided if I wanted to either buy or trade it from him.
I already have a vintage 1968 10/22 with a solid walnut stock that I been pretty happy with and put a scope on. But decided I would go ahead and see if I could get into the benchrest style of a 10/22 which he allowed me to change up configurations as needed such as taking off his cheaper bushnell scope, and swapping the stock for something else.
The vintage 1968 10/22 18” on top, the 2025 10/22 LVT TALO 20” on bottom.
Basically from what I understand the 10/22 LVT TALO was an exclusive configuration where they used a tapered medium-heavy bore (0.93” down to 0.75”) that’s 20 inches and threaded. As well as having a solid wood stock with some checkering decor. And I was curious how such a barrel would compare to my standard vintage one.
So this is the set up
- I moved over my Monstrum 3-9x40 AO scope, with a extended rail with bubble level over to his.
- Took off the wood (walnut?) stock and put on a Magpul X-22 Hunter
- Added an inexpensive MLOK bipod (didn’t have anything to tap in a swivel nut)
- Gave it a good clean up (he really seemed to like to over-oil everything, I cleaned it and had mostly dry with just point application of oil for the frozen michigan outdoor usage earlier)
- Had to switch back over to 1-inch center height scope rings instead of 0.8” like on my vintage, due to the front bell coming in contact with the extended rail. (so 2.2” total HOB)
- Tested with the shim in the X-22, but free floating as expected stayed tighter.
- Tested with a 0.5” cheek riser but was too tall, but base was a lil lower than I like and Magpull doesn’t seem to make 0.25” risers.
All in all looks like a different rifle now.
Armscor is more ‘usable’ in the LVT than my vintage (vintage hates it, larger flier groupings etc), but still has more fliers away from my cross hair than I’d like.
Just gotta get a sling on it then maybe see if I can deal with some standing shots given the heft of the barrel. Thinking MLOK to QD adapter on the front/left as I already put in a QD plug on the buttstock.
Definitely a different style of usage.
