There is a growing trend in the industry.  More and more companies are making guns with threaded barrels.  Ruger’s been doing it for a while, so it isn’t really news.  But occasionally a company will really nail a design and combine all the right elements into something that seems meant to be.  So it is with the latest 10/22 Takedown.

The gun comes in two variations, now.  The old takedown is a fine gun.  But the new version is even better.  The main difference is the threaded barrel.  But that one addition makes this rifle much more appealing.

The Sturm Ruger 10/22 Takedown T

The tactical Takedown’s overall length is just over three feet.  The barrel is sixteen and a half inches,  The gun has a modest length of pull: a touch over thirteen inches.  It weighs just over four and a half pounds empty.  The stock is synthetic and the barrel is a blued alloy that’s almost black.  The gun ships with one magazine (a ten round box), and it has a section of rail that can be screwed to the top of the receiver.  And it all comes in compact black bag.

If I have one gripe about the 10/22 line, it is that the compact gun can’t decide if it is a youth rifle or not.  As much as I love the rifle, and I do love it, I have to get all squished up to shoot the thing.  But I’m tall.  And it still works.  I guess I need to find an aftermarket stock that will let me stretch it out.

The front sight is a tiny brass bead on a ribbed black post.  I’ve always liked the size of it.  It works very well for me.  The back sight has two wings with a notch in the middle.  With the brass bead in the notch, and the notch covering your intended target, the gun is very accurate.

With other 10/22s, the front post is lower.  I have one that is set up to shoot pumpkin-on-a-post, which is my preferred set up for rimfire (as I can see the whole target, and see where the bullet impacts).  But the height of the bead on this rifle is meant to clear a silencer, so that set up is much harder to attain.  As such, the sights end up covering a bit more of the target than I’d like.  But I can live with it.  It will only take more practice for me to get used to it.

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