Thread: Minties 1022, and of course its a shortie!

I'd been giving my mates shit for years about their crappy 1022s, but one day the modularity got to me and I decided to jump on the band wagon too.

About 16 months ago a good deal came up on here for an 80s manufactured 1022 in good shape but with a pretty weird carved stock on it, whoever did it did a good job but it just wasn't my thing. Around the same time another member here was selling a beautiful Volquartsen laminate grey stock which caught my eye, only problem was the barrel channel was set up and bedded for a heavy fluted barrel. I bought both but didn't actually get my hands on either of them for about 6 months as they sat at friends houses.





When they both got to me I got my hack saw out and chopped the barrel down nice and (legal length) short, I then set the barrel up in the dogs on my lathe and profiled it right down in OD all the way back to the V block - this was to drop weight and also create some shroud volume. I removed the bedding in the stock (which was lovingly graffitied up by my mate that had been holding onto it) and figured it was about the right channel size to run 25mm carbon fiber tube as my shroud.





I spun up a shroud end with a female 1/2x20 at one end and a male 1/2x20 at the other end and milled 3 exhaust channels into it. Then I made up a nice matching hidden thread protector and the receiver end of the shroud. The thought here was that it could be used just as a short shroud with a lower than normal muzzle report, or you could add a further silencer to the shroud to make it super ninja quiet.







https://photos.app.goo.gl/Y39SxrrpjWnYpeWU8

Next came some mods to the trigger group, I installed the Volquartsen target hammer set (massive improvement!), did the bolt hold open release mod, added an extended mag release, polished the bolt and everything up and installed a bolt buffer.

I went with a Tourbon sling, Altas copy bipod on a alloy rail I installed under the forearm, 3d printed suppressor and a Hawke 4x32 mildot scope. The scope may seem a little sub par but I assure you it is decent glass, light weight and the 4x32 actually works really well on this platform.

As always its not quite finished yet, I plan to remove some wood from inside the stock to lighten it up a little, bed it properly and add an extended bolt handle.

On the range it performs flawlessly with CCI subs or std, 10 shot groups at 50m are around 10mm and open up to around 20mm at 100m, which is just less than 1 mildot down when its zerod at 50m making it pretty easy to judge holdovers.

So far its been my go to rig for pest work, it has taken down many Pukeko, Rabbits, Plover, Hares and Mynahs, some out past 100m.

Moral of the story.... maybe with some care and attention the 1022 isn't as crap as I gave my mates a hard time for.

Clever chap, looks like you could have made the entire damn thing if you wanted.

Some nice photos in there too

I was the same as you Mintie, a mate had an absolute shocker of a 10/22 in the 80's . I have never seen any rifle ever shoot so badly, a 10 ltr paint bucket at 50 mtrs and maybe 2-3 shots would have hit it.
So after years of slagging 10/22 rifles and their owners I got a new houge stainless one, Gundoc tweaked it for me before I had fired a shot but my expectations for it were pretty low.
To my surprise it punched a 6mm group at 50 mtrs... man I ate humble shit pie for awhile after that.
Like you say, very reliable , mine cycles everything and regularly hit rabbits well out pass 100 mtrs...................... they can be great shooters, I am a convert also.

I actually dont mind that stock
Nice job on the rifle

nice work

Originally Posted by csmiffy

I actually dont mind that stock
Nice job on the rifle

Yeh the work done on it was to a really good standard and it looked great in the flesh, Just not the sort of thing I like to have on my rifles.

Very interesting read enjoyed it.

@Mintie do you have link to the 3d printed suppressor STL file? Looks nice!

I have a PCP air rifle with a shroud and suppressor and its super quiet. So would be a great combo on a 22.

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

@Mintie do you have link to the 3d printed suppressor STL file? Looks nice!

I have a PCP air rifle with a shroud and suppressor and its super quiet. So would be a great combo on a 22.

No link to the file sorry, A mate of mine printed a few of them and gave them to me for trials, Pretty impressed to be honest! A few thousand rounds through that one now and its still holding up.

Some updates on my project 10/22... and yes, I am still enjoying it!

Finally got around to adding the extended charging handle and putting the whole lot on the kitchen scales, 2.66kg all ready to go (with mag in but no ammo).





I still have the Hawke 4x32 sitting on it but I have also set up reticles in both my Pard NV008 and my Pard SA45lrf for more dedicated night work if I need to.





Did some more ammo testing at the range, all 5 shot groups at 25m off a bipod. One day I will pick the top 5 and try again at 50m but to be honest this thing just keep shooting beautifully!



This Pukeko shot was at 115m resting on my car door just a few days ago, 1 shot for a nice hit, flew about 15m before it realized it was dead and dropped to the ground.

Nice I like that charging handle too