JamesRich

I hear you on the price. If your wanting a target 10/22 you would be better off starting with a factory target model. I bought mine several year back so I'm not sure what they cost now but I paid $275. Now I could change out the trigger housing and maybe a better recoil spring and firing pin and still be under $600 for a pretty accurate target rifle. Not having to change the barrel and stock saves me a couple of hundred. That carbine is a good take anywhere rifle, especially the stainless and composite version you have. They are light and easy to handle, short enough to hold in one hand and the barrel won't touch the ground. A perfect survival rifle! Firearms is my first hobby so I don't worry too much on the price, if I want it I save up for it. I built a dedicated 22lr AR M4 that cost me $800. That's expensive for a 22lr but it's what I wanted and it's more accurate than my standard AR15 with the conversion unit. That was before S&W and all the other manufacturers started building them for a lot less. The good thing about mine though is it's a standard AR lower so I can change the upper to what ever caliber I want. James

After beating the hell out of it in the woods for a week and a half I gave it some much needed rest. It has been sitting for the last week, but back to work today! James

Something like this is what I would go for to improve the trigger. http://www.midwayusa...ger-10-22-black Saves time and your done with the trigger all in one purchase! A bone stock 10/22 is a very accurate rifle already though. How much could something like this improve it. I never tried benchrest shooting with either of my 10/22s other than to sight in the scopes. So not sure about improving groups. B, If you want a bull barrel go for the carbon fiber tension barrel. They are supposed to be as accurate as factory bull barrels without all the weight. You wouldn't believe how heavy these things are! James

Pretty gun! Myself personally I like black guns. I think I only have one stainless gun, a ruger GP100. Everything else is blued. I see you have done some mods to it. Mine is still factory except for polishing the trigger myself. I thought about upgrading the trigger with one of those complete drop in housing but I don't shoot it enough. If I need small game accuracy I grab the 17. The 17 rem is a cannon compared to the 17 HMR. I think the rem pushes 20 grain bullets around 3500 or 4000 fps where the HMR is only 2300 fps. It is extremely accurate though. After sighting mine in the first time I shot off the tacks that were holding the target at 50 yards. Here's a quick pic of my 10/22s The one on the bottom is a standard carbine that my dad gave me when I was 13. I gave it hell but it still looks good and functions perfect for a 30 year old gun. Middle is my target version and the top one is my standard contour barrel savage 17 HMR that I paid $169 for brand new. My brother got the heavy barrel 17 but it doesn't shoot any better than mine. That vid is sweet! I never tried shooting passed 100 yards with any 22lr. Now I'm going to have to try! Our range has gongs at 100, 200, and 300 yards. Should be fun. James

Hunting with a pistol is just for the challenge. I sometimes carry my T/C pistol with a 30-30 barrel when I'm deer hunting but never got an opportunity to use it on a deer yet. When it comes to hunting small game with a rifle I use my Savage 17 HMR. There is no comparison in the accuracy. I have a regular 10/22 and a factory target model with the bull barrel and I reworked the trigger but neither come close to the accuracy of the 17. I can head shot squirrels under my deer feeder at 75 yards with the 17. With the 10/22 I burned a few but didn't kill them. I never did try target ammo in the 10/22 though, just regular federals. James

I never got around to mounting mine yet but my plan is to build a battery box in the back on the passenger side for an AGM and mount the inverter on top. Passenger side because it would be a shorter run of cable from the trucks battery to keep it charged. Then I will run an outlet to the front bumper. An electric hedge trimmer sure beats the hell out of swinging a machete when clearing brush. I'll probably keep an electric chain saw in the truck too. I have a 2000w harbor freight inverter that serges to 4000w that I paid $149 for on sale. I ran a small window unit A/C off of this inverter once, it's pretty strong! James

Ruger 10/22 pistol with a 50 round drum! Love the play toys! I just ordered another 75 round AK drum and another 100 round AR drum, got to love the Christmas specials. I hear those little pistols are accurate enough to hunt with so it's not just a play toy. A game warding might frown on you if your hunting with a 50 round drum though! James

195# and that ain't the problem. If it was my mother in laws ford would be draggin the front bumper by now! I notice a lot of Titans around here look like that first pic, I guess people just don't notice or care about the crappy ride. I'm really picky about my vehicles and from being a mechanic I notice things like this. I love the local firestone, they really know what they are doing. My Titan was aligned twice by the dealer when it was new and it always drove crappy. After the firestone aligned it it drove like a different truck. Maybe it's just that our local nissan dealer doesn't know what they are doing! I just put a set of tires on my wife's quest there but didn't go with the lifetime alignment because I'm not planning to keep it that much longer. As soon as I get a chance the pathfinder is going in for the lifetime alignment too. James

Not on my pathfinder though, I had to show the Titan some love. Nissan must be jobbing out their springs from china now. At 77K miles the front springs on my Titan were shot! It was almost riding on the bump stops. I could feel it bottom out on almost every bump I hit on the road. Got a whole set of Ranch RS9000s with the quick lift in the front because I needed springs too and because they are pre assembled it will save me a lot of time. Now it's riding higher in the front than in the rear! Rancho states that the springs will settle in after driving it a few miles so I guess I'll go jump a few rail road tracks to help them settle so I can get it re aligned. Raising it up this much really screwed the alignment. My firestone lifetime alignment is paying off! How many of y'all are running Rancho RS9000s on y'all pathfinders? I set them all on the 5th position and my Titan never rode this good. It's as smooth as a car till I hit big bumps then it firms up. Next time I pull my camper I will crank the rear all the way to 9 so It should help with the bouncing. I think I will get a set for my pathfinder too since I like them so much but the control knob worries me. I don't run over stuff with my Titan but in the pathfinder in the woods I'll pass over anything in my way that doesn't look too big and I'm sure I'll pull off one of the adjusting knobs. I guess I could turn the knob in twords the axle but that would make them harder to set. James

Yes the motor should be fine hanging on just the two mounts as long as your mounts are good. James

The electric bike would be a cool alternative. My usual ride to work and back is easily within its range. It wouldn't work for what I love my bike the most for though, joy riding for stress relief! I don't get to do it much but I like to hop on my bike, join a few friends and roll to the next state. Eat lunch at some small town cafe and then head back home on every back road we can find. The thing that worries me with any electric vehicle is the batteries. How long will it last? How much will a replacement cost? How hard will it be to find a replacement? Then the electric motor. Will it last 100K miles like most gas motors? The maintenance will be much easier on an electric vehicle that's for sure! The compressed air bike looks a lot more compact and lighter but I just don't see getting a lot of range or power from an air motor. James

I started to laugh at this comment till I remembered that I'm the same age as B. Hey wait a minute! James

Come on B just admit it! The mall parking lots have just been really clean lately. James

They are suppose to be ceramic coated. I did open the box and inspect them, they look awesome! They are so shinny I cant tell if they are chrome or ceramic but I'll figure it out when installing them. The ceramic will scratch very easy so tape them up before installing! I don't want to chance disabling my truck till after hunting season so I won't install these till probably February. I was hoping they would have gotten here before the season started. I know Doug Thorley has a great reputation but my luck usually runs on the crap side. One bad set in a thousand and I'll get it. James

I got mine in last night too. Mine are staying in the box for now so someone needs to get theirs installed so we know they built them right! James

I’ve seen pics this morning on facebook, the flooding looks pretty bad. Also just like down here I see some people think their car will double as a boat too! Some people will never listen. I hope any members up there got out in time if they needed to, and I hope you have a home to go back to if you did have to evacuate. Prayers going y'all way! James

You are better off with the new one. What most people don't know is when you machine a flywheel surface with a hydraulic clutch you must shim the flywheel on the crank the same amount or your clutch pedal will be low. Most people don't do this and fight problems with the clutch dragging while shifting. James

I bought my bumper back when they were KMA. Bumper fit great but I did wait twice as long as they quoted me for delivery time. James

Yea that's what I was thinking, VG33 are cheap and you have a decent truck. James

Why is it so cheap? Can it not be titled for the road? Looks like it would make a nice wheeler like it is. James

Good idea, I'll have to do that because I'm always dragging over things in the woods. I never really slowed down long enough to notice how long they were. This was my last trip to one of my hunting spots. A large tree fell across the fire lane so I had to go around it. I got stuck crossing over a smaller tree on the ground then when I got over the tree it sunk to the axles. This was going in so I had to take the same route going back out. When I was finally past the downed tree on the way out I could hear something dragging. When I got back to the road so I didn't have to lie down in the mud I found this wrapped around my drive shaft. Took me 45 minutes with a pair of cutting pliers to snip it all off. That was the first coat of mud for my new muffler. It's very easy to install, you will need to jack the rear up to get the tail pipe over the axle but everything else I did without a jack. The part you will have trouble with is the cat so it might be a good idea to just order a new one. The bolts that hold cat to the pipe both front and back are threaded into the flange on the cat, no nuts behind it so they will probably break. I broke all four on the original cat. The cat on my truck right now is from my 94 parts truck. I broke one bolt in this one and had to drill it out. I went ahead and ran a 3/8 x 16 tap right through the metric thread and then put a nut behind the flange. James

Finally got the photobucket app on my phone to work again! Here are a bunch of pics nice186 wanted. It's been to the woods so it's covered with mud and looks like it's been on there for a year already but it's only been installed for a month. That's why I went for the stainless system. It came with a tip but I didn't put it on. The tail pipe was about a 1/4 inch from the hitch so I cut 1/4 inch off the tail pipe to give it more clearance. Other than that it was a perfect fit install. I haven't had the time or help to make a good video so I grabbed this with my phone one morning leaving for work, at 4 in the morning. It's running with the fast idle around 1500rpms. [media=] [/media]James

Changed the plug on my TPS on the back side of the TBI. The two wires were covered with corrosion and y'all wouldn't believe how bad it will run without that connected! James

I have to agree with tungsten on the Nissan blocks. I've never pulled the heads on a Nissan motor that had a ridge in the cylinders. Usually you can still see some of the hone cross hatch patterns. Then again I haven't pulled the heads on that many Nissan because they usually don't quit if they are maintained properly. My first job out of UTI was a engine replacement shop. I swapped one VG30 in a 86 300ZX turbo because a rich teenager owned it since it was new and finally spun a rod at 60k. Maybe a couple of Z24s but that was it for Nissans and we had 5 guys swapping 3 to 4 motors a week each. James

I'll try to get some pics this afternoon. I was screwing with it last night checking fuel pressure and I think I screwed up the TPS while trying to get the fuel hose off. Now it's just dumping fuel and barely running! Crap! A week before my first hunting trip too. James