With my youngest son Mason about to turn seven, I decided to do some custom work to his Ruger 10/22 rifle. After all, what 7 year old boy doesn't want a customized .22 rifle capable of shooting one hole groups at 50 yards? Up to this point his existing rifle was mostly stock save for an aftermarket hammer and a recoil buffer. 
My plan was to shorten and inlet the factory stock, re-install the factory butt plate, eliminate the barrel ring and install a .920 heavy barrel. I started by cutting two inches off of the butt stock. I have found that if you run a piece of masking tape around the stock and make the edges line up where they overlap, giving you a very straight cut. Next I inletted the barrel groove to accept the larger .920 barrel.
I removed the majority of the material with a router, finishing it with a one inch dowel wrapped in abrasive paper. I then lopped off the piece of forend where the factory barrel ring went, and began re-fitting the butt plate.
After getting the radius close with a jig saw, I used a used a small bit in a router to make the recess on the top of the stock where the butt plate screws on.
I used a fiberglass bondo to fill the viods (my screw up's) between the plate and the stock. Once sanded and prepped, I gave the stock and barrel a couple of coats of grey primer. My intention is to let Mason choose the paint scheme.
As it sometimes goes with best laid plans, my timing was such that the completion of the rifle directly conflicted with the opening of archery antelope for my oldest son Dawson. So as of yet, we haven't been to the range to shoot any of those "one hole groups" with Mason's custom shooter.
My plan was to shorten and inlet the factory stock, re-install the factory butt plate, eliminate the barrel ring and install a .920 heavy barrel. I started by cutting two inches off of the butt stock. I have found that if you run a piece of masking tape around the stock and make the edges line up where they overlap, giving you a very straight cut. Next I inletted the barrel groove to accept the larger .920 barrel.
I removed the majority of the material with a router, finishing it with a one inch dowel wrapped in abrasive paper. I then lopped off the piece of forend where the factory barrel ring went, and began re-fitting the butt plate.
After getting the radius close with a jig saw, I used a used a small bit in a router to make the recess on the top of the stock where the butt plate screws on.
I used a fiberglass bondo to fill the viods (my screw up's) between the plate and the stock. Once sanded and prepped, I gave the stock and barrel a couple of coats of grey primer. My intention is to let Mason choose the paint scheme.
As it sometimes goes with best laid plans, my timing was such that the completion of the rifle directly conflicted with the opening of archery antelope for my oldest son Dawson. So as of yet, we haven't been to the range to shoot any of those "one hole groups" with Mason's custom shooter.
