Ruger 10/22 Factory Stocks

 It occurred to me the other day that Ruger has offered a ton of different factory stocks.

There is no way I could cover them all, there are probably hundreds of them, but I thought I would catalog as many as I could.

I'll try to keep these in chronological order if possible.

Well start at the beginning, the original 10/22 stock was made of straight grain American walnut. Usually the grain was pretty plain, but occasionally the stock would have some burl or fiddle back. Below is a 1st year production.

In February of 1966, just two years after the introduction of the 10/22 Ruger offered two other stocks, the International model with a Mannlicher style full length walnut stock and the Sporter with a monte carlo style stock.

The International commanded a $20 premium, the Sporter a $10 increase over the original $54.50 retail price.

Both models could be had with hand checkering for a few dollars more.

The international model had a straight grain American Walnut stock, reminiscent of the Mannlicher-Schonauer rifles, with a plastic grip cap and butt plate. The forend was finished with a blued steel cap and it featured some unique sling swivels. The front had a pivot pin that transversed the forend (Mannlicher style) while the rear was typical, except made from flat stock with more squared edges.

The Sporter aka Finger Groove Sporter had a straight grain walnut monte carlo style stock. It also featured the same plastic grip cap and butt plate. The rear swivel was the same as the International model, while the front was similar to what the was used on the Winchester model 70 Safari models. 

In 1969 the International model was dropped, but it was brought back in 1994 and several times since for short runs as distributor exclusives.

The new walnut models have a rubber butt pad.

They also offered walnut stocks in French walnut as well as basket weave checkering.

Birch and laminated stocks have also been offered from time to time.

 and in 1971 the Finger Groove Sporter was replaced a new version of the stock, now called the Deluxe Sporter.

This new stock was a monte carlo style with a more traditional forend, gone were the grip cap, finger grooves and beaver tail profile. The plastic butt plate, American walnut remained and checkering was now standard.

The Deluxe Sporter came and went from the catalog, when it was brought back in 1987 it now had a rubber butt pad.

The Deluxe Sporter has been offered in three different types of wood over the years, walnut (top), birch (middle) and maple (bottom)

In 1980 Ruger, for economic reasons, switched the stock material to birch (then to beech) wood, stained to resemble walnut.

Back in 1986 Ruger began offering a laminated stock, made from a plywood type construction called "stratabond". Many special edition laminated stocks have been made, the black ones were for Walmart

In 1996 Ruger began offering an "all weather model" with a stainless steel barrel and silver anodized aluminum parts. The plastic stock is commonly called the "boat paddle" stock for the void in the butt stock.

After a few years Ruger gained the ability to cast a hollow butt stock, and the "boat paddle" stock was replaced with the new plastic stock. These new ones are usually black but are sometimes ordered by distributors hydro-dipped in a camo motif. Some of these also have cast in swivel mounts.

 

In 2004 for the 40th Anniversary of the 10/22 a special stock was made with a medallion in the butt stock.

In 2009, Ruger introduced the SR22, basically a 10/22 in an aluminum chassis made to resemble an AR-15 rifle.

The chassis were made by Nordic Components with other parts like the Hogue grip and AR compatible butt stock wearing the Ruger monogram.

2014 saw the introduction of a new plastic modular stock that had extra pieces to adjust length of pull and comb height. They also offered it in a compact version for smaller shooters. This stock was also used on the 50th Anniversary models.

2016 brought another unique stock, while the aftermarket had these available for a few years prior, Ruger (through a distributor) now offered the 10/22 with a M1 Carbine tribute stock.

In 2019 the Ruger announced a new Custom Shop 10/22, a fiberglass composite stock similar to the old Finger Groove Sporter. The Custom Shop has since introduced two laminated versions as well.

I believe it was in 2018 or 2019 that Ruger and Samson reintroduced the factory folding stock for the Mini-14 (called the A-TM), it wasn't too long before a 10/22 version was created (called the B-TM), Ruger now offers the 10/22 with these stocks in both blued and stainless.

Here are a few other factory offered stocks, many of which were distributer exclusives.

Talo introduced a series of French Walnut classic stocks that feature a pistol grip and a Schnabel forend tip.

Talo had a special run of animal stocks, including a shark, tiger, wild hog, eagle, gator and a dragon.

There was also a Boy Scout tribute

And several different red, white and blue laminated stocks for the USA Shooting Team

Stocks that are available in the aftermarket have also been factory installed at the request of Talo, Lipseys, Davidsons and other distributors.

The ever-popular Hogue over molded stock, whose design is taken from the original Finger Groove Sporter.

A couple of ATI tacticool stocks.

One of the Ruger Collector Series, this one with a Magpul Hunter stock

Here is a laminate thumbhole stock added to the catalog in the last few years

This one is a Davidson's exclusive