I thought I'd share this, and I'd be curious for your comments/thoughts.
Yesterday I went into the BPS in Foxboro. I've been itching to do a 10/22 build, and I picked up the first (and arguably most necessary) part of the build. I managed to find a 10/22 'target' model, which seemed like a good starting point.
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I wanted to start here because it would let me upgrade it bit by bit - it comes with a factory bull barrel, so I wouldn't have to replace the stock and barrel at the same time - I can get decent performance and start on the slow side and get to know the rifle a bit, first.
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I would give the whole process, start to finish, an A-. It took some time to get someone's attention, and they seemed put off that all I was interested in a 10/22 at first - it was tough to have some questions answered. Finally, they handed the sale off to Steve, who did a great job walking me through my first purchase. When I got home, I discovered that I was missing a rail mount screw, and they offered to replace it free when I came in for a no-charge scope mount and boresighting.
The Funny thing was, the next day, I got a call at 10:00 a.m. from a very polite and apologetic guy at BPS looking for some "more information" that was "periodically and randomly requested by the ATF", wherein he asked for a read-back of the S/N of the rifle and a recently generated "control number" on the packaging. He assured me everything was fine, and the call concluded.
So, that's my experience. Has this happened to anyone else? I'd be curious to know.
Yesterday I went into the BPS in Foxboro. I've been itching to do a 10/22 build, and I picked up the first (and arguably most necessary) part of the build. I managed to find a 10/22 'target' model, which seemed like a good starting point.
<Tangent>
I wanted to start here because it would let me upgrade it bit by bit - it comes with a factory bull barrel, so I wouldn't have to replace the stock and barrel at the same time - I can get decent performance and start on the slow side and get to know the rifle a bit, first.
</Tangent>
I would give the whole process, start to finish, an A-. It took some time to get someone's attention, and they seemed put off that all I was interested in a 10/22 at first - it was tough to have some questions answered. Finally, they handed the sale off to Steve, who did a great job walking me through my first purchase. When I got home, I discovered that I was missing a rail mount screw, and they offered to replace it free when I came in for a no-charge scope mount and boresighting.
The Funny thing was, the next day, I got a call at 10:00 a.m. from a very polite and apologetic guy at BPS looking for some "more information" that was "periodically and randomly requested by the ATF", wherein he asked for a read-back of the S/N of the rifle and a recently generated "control number" on the packaging. He assured me everything was fine, and the call concluded.
So, that's my experience. Has this happened to anyone else? I'd be curious to know.