Ruger 10/22 Trivia

 

Here are 30 questions, see how many of them you know

#1 Which weighs more the 10/22 original walnut stock or the current production beech wood?

#2 What year did Ruger move production of the 10/22 from Southport, CT to Newport, NH?

#3 What is the name of the plastic used in the 10/22 butt plate?

#4 What year did Ruger begin sponsoring the USA Shooting Team?

#5 How long is a standard 10/22 with the 18.5" barrel?

#6 What is the name of the material used in the 10/22 laminated stocks?

#7 What was the MSRP of the 10/22 when introduced?

#8 What year did Ruger add the warning label to the barrel?

#9 True or False, the 10/22s with the prefix "FBI" were made for a special division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation?

#10 Who once owned the 10/22s with the serial numbers 28 & 29?

#11 What year did Ruger introduce the SR22 rifle?

#12 Who did Ruger make the 10/22 model 1115 for?

#13 The 10/22 with serial # 102222 left the factory with what supposed manufacturing mistake?

#14 What language, other than English, did Ruger produce the 10/22 owner's manual in?

#15 Why did Ruger produce the BX 1 magazine in clear plastic?

#16 How long did Ruger produce the 10/22 before raising the MSRP?

#17 What is the standard length of pull on a 10/22?

#18 Who was given the 5 millionth 10/22?

#19 What is the twist rate of the rifling in a 10/22?

#20 The BX-25 magazine came in one color other than black, what did Ruger call the color?

#21 Who was gifted the 10/22 with serial #16?

#22 What year did Ruger produce the one millionth 10/22?

#23 How long did it take Harry Sefried and the Ruger engineers to create the BX1 rotary magazine?

#24 How much weight was saved when Ruger switched the trigger housing, barrel band and butt plate to plastic?

#25 What year did AMT begin producing a copy of the 10/22?

#26 In Field & Stream's list of the top 50 guns ever made, where did the 10/22 rank?

#27 True or False: The Ruger 10/22 is the best selling 22 rifle in history

#28 What was the 10/22 prototype given for a serial number?

#29 SE Overton Co produced the 10/22 stocks for the first 7 years of the 10/22s production, what rifle did they produce stocks for during WWII?

#30 Which serial number 10/22 was the first to leave the factory (in private hands)?

Answers:

#1 - Beech wood by 1/2 ounce

#2 - 1970

#3 - Celcon

#4 - 2007

#5 - 37 inches

#6 - Stratabond

#7 - $54.50

#8 - 1978

#9 - False, they were made for distributor Faber Brothers Inc.

#10 - Elmer Keith

#11 - 2009

#12 - Walmart

#13 - The barrel had no rifling.

#14 - Spanish

#15 - A salesman's sample to show the inner workings of the magazine.

#16 - Six years

#17 - 13.5 inches

#18 - The 4-H Shooting Sports Program

#19 - 1 turn in 16 inches, RH twist.

#20- Raspberry

#21 - Gun dealer/writer Herb Glass

#22 - 1978

#23 - 18 months

#24 - 2.7 ounces

#25 - 1984

#26 - it ranked #8

#27 - False, the Marlin model 60 holds that distinction.

#28 - X1

#29 - The M1 Carbine

#30 - Serial #4, it went to an employee who purchased the serial #4 of every new model Ruger produced while he worked there.