Ruger 10/22 “M1” Carbine.
The ultimate WW2 cosplay rifle?
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Feel like storming the Normandy Beaches or planting the flag atop Mount Suribachi? You can make everyone’s favorite 22 look like the WW2 classic M1 carbine.
I was looking for a non-laminate wooden stock for my Ruger 10/22 Carbine that would have a wider forend than the factory stock. It needed a comb-height to accommodate a set of tech-sights. After some searching, I found the 10/22 “M1 Carbine” stock.
Made by our Taiwanese friends, it was reasonably inexpensive. It even fit the reproduction M1 carbine GI sling.
Now a trip to the local pistol range is a deployment to the Ardennes to save democracy from marauding NAZIs.
So... I did a thing. I took a page out of @Kent Goldings' book, and will join him with the Rear Det at Normandy HQ. I have to say, I have no regrets, and this thing looks purty next to its Underwood grandpa. Can't wait to take it out to the range, though I have zero (no pun intended) expectations for the performance of the sights. The goal was an M1 Carbine clone, and to that end I feel it passes the sniff test.