M1 Carbine 10/22 Stock
Good fit. Off colouring. Will need full refinish to make look right. Front sling is a bit cheap but works. Overall a good enough product.
Would you recommend this?
Yes, I would recommend to a friend
Rufer 10/22 M1 carbine stock
The stock insert should have been threaded. To capture the take down screw.
The upper hand guard with out the rear sight cutout needs the underside to have a relief for the rear sight.
Great and Poor
The stock is pretty nice, but the finish is poor. Looks like a spray on lacquer stain. When I attached the sling I set it gently on the couch. After picking it up the finish came off where the button made contact with the stock. Also, where the foregrip screws to the stock, the stock has a small sharp place just below the screw. It looks like there is a nail or something shot into it there and it is protruding up a very little bit leaving a sharp point.
I plan to sand it all off and put a proper gun stain and finish on it.
Overall the stock looks good from a distance, but the details are lacking.
IMHO it's not really worth the money.
I thought I was buying American but it turns out I was buying a product from Taiwan. The wood is supposed to be hardwood but it seems very soft like Pine. The stock takedown screw from my 10/22 will not go into it to hold this stock do the rest of the rifle. Brownell customer service told me that they will try to get me one (screw) that will fit from the manufacturer but I haven't heard anything in a few days. I think it would be a decent deal for around $100 but not for what they're asking.
Not bad
Haven't used it yet. The primary cover with the cutout is a perfect fit. The secondary cover is out of alignment and not really usable.
Need Big Hands for this one.
This is a Nice Rifle Stock for a person with a Short LOP. HOWEVER the Pistol Grip was So Thick that the Pistol Grip was made for a person with Really Large Hands. Soooo We had to Sand and Sand and Sand to get it Downsized for Our Smaller Hands. Then we Purchased Birchwood Casey Kit to Re Stain the Stock. It was a Water Based Stain and it would not Take in some parts of the Stock. After Two Tries we had to go Purchase some Oil Base Stain and that Solved our Problem. Now we may have to do a little Fitting to get the Top Strap piece of wood to sit down without pinching the Barrel. Not sure about that yet.
Cool but needs improved
This is a cool looking stock, but it needs some improvements. The overall fit was ok, but not perfect. When you try to install the screw into the lug through the bottom, the hole is not aligned. It also seems that the stock is too tall and the trigger guard and safety do not protrude far enough down and this brings me to my next issue. When switching the safety, it came in contact with the wood and scratched it. This seems to be made of a softer wood because after shooting it just once the stock already has dents and dings, and this is not from being rough with it. It is a cool concept overall but the measurements need to be reevaluated and it needs to be made from a harder wood.
Could be Better
Stock looks ok, but finish is thin spray on dark stain and did not reach into the sling cutouts, it also scratches easily. Receiver fits loosely and stock inletting is not deep enough for safety button to work correctly. Handguard shape is not symetric and buttplate screws were rusty. Also bought the blonde color stock which was MUCH MUCH MUCH better in fit and finish, and had a different type of foward sling swivel. I don't mind the extra work, when done it'll look and function fine.
Made In Taiwan
I thought this was Made In The USA but I was wrong. Overall this is a good product and for the price hard to beat, but, the fit of the buttplate to my stock was very noticeably crooked. The inletting of the rear of the stock where the buttplate fits was uneven and required some reshaping and redrilling of the upper buttplate screwhole in order to straighten it up.
