 This is Survival Dock. Today, I want to talk about the most popular 1022 made in the United States. This is my Deluxe Sportster model, made out of with the stock of walnut. I've made some modifications to this rifle. I have added tech sights, also had a bolt release installed in this rifle that allows you to release the bolt from the handle. In addition to the bolt release down here, the Ruger 1022 comes with a 10-round rotary magazine. The nice thing about the rotary magazine is it fits flush in the bottom of the rifle. This is a great rifle. It is a great training rifle, not only for youngsters, but also for adults, because the 22 long rifle is a very inexpensive round. And you can get them for less than a nickel a piece, compared to like 50 cents or more a piece for your 30 calibers. And all of the principles of marksmanship that you learn on a 22 will apply to a larger caliber rifle, such as a 30 out of 6 or a 308. And that's the reason that apple seed, we use the 22 for most of our marksmanship training. We shoot on a typical weekend. We'll shoot 500 rounds or more. And you can imagine that can be very expensive with your 30 caliber. We also have long distance ranges, but we start people off on the 22 because you can learn everything about the steady hold factors, trigger control, everything on a 22 at a 25 yard range. And then you can transfer that information to a larger rifle. This is my older Ruger 1022. But today in particular, I want to talk about my brand new Ruger 1022. Now, I just got this rifle yesterday. I haven't had a chance to make a lot of modifications to it. This is the bolt block right here. Now, one modification I really like is the one that I have done with my other rifle, which I plan to do with this one here. And that is it's kind of cumbersome to release the bolt down here. So I'm going to put a bolt release in the bolt handle. Another modification is the Ruger. The sights that the 1021 come with leave a lot to be desired. And so I prefer to put the tech sights on or a scope. And the Ruger 1022, of course, comes with the scope mount, which mounts right up here if you want to use the rifle with the scope. But the great thing about this new model, this is the 1022 takedown. And this is the reason it's called the takedown, which we'll do first is lock the bolt back, press this lever right here, turn the barrel counterclockwise. And as you can see, it comes apart. And this model comes with this nice carrying case. The barrel portion goes in here. The rest of the rifle goes in here. Now, you can also, if you have a scope on your rifle, it will fit in the case with the scope, in which case you would use this part over here. And this case comes with all of the takedown models. And it gives you a very low profile. Also has these pockets here to put your extra magazines. The Ruger 1022 comes with one 10-round rotary magazine. The first thing you want to do before you leave the store is you want to buy another magazine. You'll need at least two magazines. The Ruger says that when you put the barrel together, making sure that it's unloaded and also pointing it in a safe direction at all times, you should run the bolt and drive fire the rifle a couple of times to make sure that the barrel is easy to remove the barrel. But you have to remember that you have to lock the bolt back first. Put your thumb on this lever right here, pull it forward toward the muzzle, and just slide it out. And by turning this little screw here, you can turn it clockwise to loosen or counterclockwise to tighten to adjust the snugness of this fit. Because when you lock the barrel in, you want it to fit lock in snugly. Now, in addition to the 10-round rotary magazines, you can also get 20 and 25-round magazines for the Ruger 10-22. Here's the magazine release right here. Let's press forward. One thing I've noticed, though, is that this 25-round magazine does not actually fit into the takedown model because this area right here is thinner. Now, I don't know about this is an off-brand aftermarket magazine. This is not the Ruger. Ruger does make one of these. And I don't know about the Ruger. The Ruger may fit in there. I haven't checked that out yet. At Apple Seed, we teach the proper use of the sling, which is very important for good marksmanship. And we use the GI sling. Now, the Ruger 10-22 takedown did not come with sling bases. Here they are on my other 10-22. But I'm going to have to install sling bases on my Ruger 10-22 takedown. What I'll do is I'll drill a hole in here and install the sling base here. Now, up here at this end, unlike my Deluxe Sportster model, which does not come with a barrel band, the takedown model comes with the barrel band here. There are a couple of ways you can go about putting the sling on here. One way is with this little piece right here. And what you do is you unscrew this and slide this piece in here like this. Now, I tried that, and I didn't like it because it made the barrel band fit loosely. The instructions with this said to file this down to make it fit properly. And since I'm not going to file that down, I decided to go with another tight sling base here. First of all, I'm going to remove the barrel band. I don't like it there. It serves no purpose. And I'm going to drill a hole here and install the sling mount up here. Here it is. So I'm going to drill a hole here and install this type of sling base right here, where this will look similar to my other 10-22. You have to remember, before you can take it apart, you have to lock the bolt back. Now, to drill the hole here, of course, I'll have to take off the fore end stock. And what I'll do is carefully drill the hole right through here. And this is the sling mount or the sling base with the machine screw. I'll put this through here and put some Loctite on this and put the nut on the other side. And may have to saw this machine screw off if it's too long. The other swivel base has a wood screw. And this is a simple matter. I'm screwing the proper size hole in here and then just screwing in the swivel. Here's my Ruger 10-22 after installing the sling bases. You may wonder why I don't want the barrel band on there. And the reason is when you put tension on your sling, it can bend or flex this part of the rifle slightly and affect your accuracy. And so this way, without the barrel band, the barrel is not so much wedded to the forestock. And so the forestock can flex a little bit without flexing the barrel. Now if you do get a GI sling, and these are the slings I recommend and these are the slings that we recommend at Apple Seed, make sure that you get the swivels with the 1 and 1 quarter inch swivels for the 1 and 1 quarter inch slings. Because a lot of these swivels are 1 inch for 1 inch slings. But the GI sling is 1 and 1 quarter inches. I like these quick release type swivels because at Apple Seed, we teach proper sling use. And we remove the sling frequently to make the loop sling here for shooting when the left arm is supported, such as in prone and sitting position. The Ruger 10-22, the best selling rifle ever. Ruger has sold over 5 million of these rifles. The 10-22 takedown with the black synthetic stock and stainless steel barrel is destined to become one of my favorite rifles. This is survival doc, reminding you be prepared or be prepared to be pleased.