Ruger already make about 5 main versions of the 10/22 and a whole pile of dealer exclusives as well and from what I hear from the people I talk to the tactical version is about the best but they still don't compare to the best of the ones made from the aftermarket providers , now if we take the tactical version with the bull barrel and the hogue stock we are looking at a list price of $550 while the standard tactical version is $316 and comes with a plastic stock and a light weight barrel , some people tell me that the only thing that lets the Hogue stock and bull barrel model down is the trigger which is much better than the standard one but still not as good as many of the aftermarket versions , when you build up a aftermarket 10/22 then all you use from ruger is the receiver and it's the same for Ruger if they make up a target version , it shouldn't cost them any where near $1000 to make one as good as the aftermarket ones , hell they should be able to do it for about the same as the $550 Tactical as they are almost there now , not that it would do me any good as it's a semi auto and banned here in Australia ,
A mate in the USA recently told me that he's made up his own aftermarket 10/22 , he bought a gun with a buggered barrel and bought a
Bell and Carlson Anschutz-Style stock for about $180 , a 1.5 lb let off trigger group for about $200 and a match grade barrel for about $250 and fitted a legal silencer to it , yes it's a expensive set up but from the pictures of the groups he sent me I'd say it's worth it for him , he definitely thinks so as he reckons it out shoots his target anschutz , would it be worth it for me , no it wouldn't , but if it were available here I would consider buying the $550 tactical even though the stock is still a little short for me
David