Ruger 10/22 for Sale: In-Stock Deals, Price Ranges & Buying Tips

The Ruger 10/22 is a .22 LR rifle. Shoppers searching it want the carbine that has been the default rimfire for decades, not a 9mm pistol and not the Charger.

What you are actually buying

The Ruger 10/22 is a carbine rifle in .22 LR. The factory rotary magazine is 10 rounds. Higher-capacity aftermarket magazines are a separate product, and some states restrict them. Many current rifles wear a rail or receiver that takes rings. Iron sights are on some models and absent on others. A scope in the box is a package, not the base rifle.

A blowback .22 with a huge aftermarket for stocks, barrels, and triggers. The barreled action is the part people keep. A synthetic carbine and a target rifle can share the name and not the job.

Variants worth separating

The classic carbine, the takedown, the competition and target barrels, the stainless guns, and the wood-stocked collector models are all 10/22 rifles. The Charger is the pistol version and is not this rifle. Threaded muzzles matter only if a .22 suppressor is part of the plan.

Who it suits

A first rifle, a trainer, and a rimfire plinker. It is not a handgun, even though some shopping lists file it next to pistols.

What to look for in a deal

Barrel profile, stock, sights, and threaded versus plain muzzle. A takedown is a different rifle from the fixed carbine. Packages with a scope need the optic judged on its own. Match carbine to carbine. Leave the Charger pistol and the precision chassis guns in their own rows. The wider in-stock set is on Ruger deals. If this size is wrong, the Ruger LCP Max is the nearby model. The category board is rifle deals. The category buying guide is Best .22 Pistols.