Ok, it comes with a Weaver rail to mount on it. I'll get some rings for that.
No, it comes with a Ruger rail (in (roughly?) Weaver format).
Here is the process you should follow to mount a rail on a 10/22:
- Verify that the iron sights work - that you can center the front sight in the back sight.
- Mount the Ruger rail, and then re-verify that the iron sights remain unoccluded.
- If not, then buy a Weaver TO-9/9S/9M rail, and install that.
I'm not saying that all 10/22's lose their iron sight picture
when the included Ruger rail is mounted.
I'm saying that happened for our
Takedown 10/22.
Also, I did see a guy using one at an Appleseed and was getting a tremendous amount of lead buildup at the connection point, enough to render the firearm unusable after a few hundred rounds.
That makes no sense to me.
The front half of the takedown 10/22 includes the entire chamber.
(Not my rifle, it's a photo from someone complaining about breech damage.
But it's an OK photo of the area).
From the support for the case rim, to the crown of the muzzle,
is one seamless barrel.
Including the extractor notch in the breech.
So how is lead getting out of the rear of the chamber,
and then traveling forward to the field joint?
(To use Morton-Thiokol SRB nomenclature).
And how would lead deposits around the field joint
interfere with operation, since there are no action parts
in the receiver forward of the chamber's extractor notch?
As a matter of fact, I think one could fire a takedown 10/22 front-half
by slamming the breech against a hard flat surface,
without using any part of the action whatsoever.
And if you slammed it square so that all parts of the rear
of the case was supported by the surface,
maybe (
maybe) you'd even live to tell the tale.
If not, maybe the brass would burst to the rear,
and you're not gonna have a good day.