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The 10/22 Companion

Started by FiremanBob, December 21, 2025, 06:41:29 PM

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FiremanBob

Attached is the PDF version of my book, The 10/22 Companion. I am making it available as a gift to all Appleseeders - instructors, volunteers, and students. You may print it and use it for yourself and family. I ask that you don't try to distribute it for money; after all, it is still my work.

Merry Christmas to you all. %)  %)
Author of "The 10/22 Companion: How to Operate, Troubleshoot, Maintain and Improve Your Ruger 10/22"

"Remember constantly that a nation cannot long remain strong when each man in it is individually weak, and that neither social forms nor political schemes have yet been found that can make a people energetic by composing it of pusillanimous and soft citizens." - de Tocqueville

Leadslinger66

Thank you Sir! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
John

"We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." - the signers of the Declaration of Independence

desert_diver

Thank you!  This is very handy.

Cannibal

"The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" - Thomas Jefferson

Rifleman - October 7, 2023 - Dunbarton, NH
Pistoleer™ - August 30, 2025 - Candia, NH

BrianMac


TOMINCT

crak's battle road IBC 10-09
Ramseur 2-12!
ninsho's battle road IBC 6-13

Bundt Pan

NRA Training Counselor, Chief Range Safety Officer and Life member

No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms. 1st Draft of the VA Constitution by T. Jefferson

UpACreek

I've heard about this book - thanks so much for writing and sharing it.  Wow - the pictures and descriptions are fantastic!  Great winter reading and learning.

:1luvu  :1luvu  :1luvu
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nightpoison

What a great gift. Thank you Bob. I hope all has been well.
One-third of humanity remains honest, one-third corrupt, and the final third sways to the will of others. With two-thirds either compromised or weak, what is left for the honest to do?

Bear Arms

Wow - that is a lobor of love!  Thank you very much!
2/17/2018 - First Appleseed
4/21/2018 - First Redcoat target cleared
6/16/2018 - Earned Rifleman patch and accepted orange hat
7/14/2018 - First IBC
8/04/2018 - First instructor only shooting development day
12/16/2018 - Earned red hat
3/30/2019 - KD Qualified
9/10/2022 - Rimfire KD qualified

"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks." - Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, August 19, 1785

TheMenace

Thank you Bob! Very generous of you to share your work with us. I've had a paper copy for years. Glad to have it now in pdf.
Sons of Liberty!
Defend the Constitution,
The Law of Our Land
https://youtu.be/w6H12dyS8FI
Joshua 1:9
"Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."—William Faulkner, American author

Ghostring

Well done Bob!
You are awesome!!
"Whoever looks upon them as an irregular mob, will find himself very much mistaken...
     They have men amongst them who know very well what they are about..." - Lord Hugh Percy

"If a man's from Texas, he'll tell you.  If he's not, why embarrass him by asking?" - John Gunther

"That's Kirby-level shooting, right there!" - Trailman

Snow Snake

 Thank you Bob thanks. Very generous, This is a gift we'll all use and reuse.       :bow:
Without Knowledge,Skill cannot be focused.Without Skill,Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength,Knowledge may not be applied.
   - Alexander The Great
"The other side of every fear is a freedom."- Ferguson
" Hey Mikey, I'm about to punch that time clock"-Lone Survivor

ScottInTX

Bob thank you so much for sharing your book with us!
Rifleman: 1/23
Distinguished Rifleman: 2/23
Pistoleer™: 3/23
Distinguished Pistoleer™: 5/24
Morgan's Shingle: 10/24
Known Distance Rifleman: 3/25

Eagle Keeper

Thanks Bob;
I bought a copy back in the day but that I-pad died. So, I am very happy to have a fresh copy.
 EK
I have come here to chew gum and teach riflemen the art of shooting one hole groups and I'm all out of bubblegum.
   Z-man
If the arrow is set up correctly , the Indian can focus on learning his craft.
 Z-17
Do you ever change to a new rifle thinking it will make you better?

Roswell

Thanks Bob! Have a Merry Christmas!
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again."
– Thomas Paine
Common Sense; 1776

Hasty Sling

Fireman Bob,

I bought a copy a few years back. An invaluable resource. Personally that is not the full extent of your influence on me. When I started my Appleseed journey in 2019, I devoured the pages and pages of tips in the Skill Sets of Shooting portion of the AS Forum. Your expert advice is sprinkled throughout there. Can't tell you how much I learned and improved as a shooter because of you.

My many thanks,

Hasty Sling

P.S. Sorry to hijack the thread per se, but the moment was ripe for the picking : )

Rangerat67

Thanks Fireman Bob,

I bought a copy at a gun show several years before I became involved in Appleseed. From use, my copy became tattered and torn. I wanted to purchase a new copy, searched for it on-line but could not find one. Amazon teased me, but it was out of print. One day, I noticed a post by the one and only Fireman Bob with a tag line "Author of the 10/22 Companion". Made my day and after a PM, I was happy to purchase a pdf copy a few years ago! Sharing a copy with your fellow instructors is very kind of you!

Merry Christmas!

Rangerat67
Rick

BrotherPilot

Thank you Bob!  This book and the website for it have -definitely- been a help!
Jay
VA State Coordinator
540-855-4651
"It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."•Samuel Adams
Diligentia Vis Celeritas

Tango Bravo

Bob,

It seems there is more I can learn. this will be very helpful!
Thank you!

TB
No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.
Robert Baden-Powell