Long Range 22LR

[Critter Picker]

The Ruger 10/22 is an accurate little rifle. It surprised me when a friend got tired of watching me plunking .45 moa groups at 100 with my Tikka T1x and decided to try his luck at it. He was a pistol instructor and not much of a rifle person to start out. He is also a bit frugal. He bought a bottom of the line Ruger 10/22 and mounted a cheap 3/9 on it and tried to match my groups at 100. I was surprised at how accurate the rifle was out of the box and with a, very cheap 1 inch tube on it and $3 a box ammo. We started playing with ammo to see what the rifle liked. In the end, SK Long Range Match was the winner with SK Auto Match coming in close behind. While he whined about the $5 per box price (at the time) the cheap setup was able to shoot 1 moa. He has since invested in a good 4 - 12 x 44 scope and his groups have shrunk to 0.9 moa. Don't sell the 10/22 or for that matter other inexpensive 22 rifles short. I would like to see what the target version is capable of doing.

Stop over. I have the target version and another that has a green river barrel, BX trigger and Boyd's stock. Be glad to let you burn some ammo in them. You won't wear them out.

 

[huntsman22]

green mountain, maybe?

 

[Critter Picker]

Maybe, I'm old and feeble minded. Don't pick on me!

 

[Taj]

Stop over. I have the target version and another that has a green river barrel, BX trigger and Boyd's stock. Be glad to let you burn some ammo in them. You won't wear them out.

It's great he has a rile that shoots that well because it can be hit and miss. A close friend recently purchased a Ruger Precision rifle to use in local .22 PRS matches. He was having a tough time getting it to shoot under 2 inches at 50 yards so he brought it over to the shop. Must have been a Monday/Friday rifle. I put the bore scope down the barrel and it looked like they chambered it with a pocket knife. Crown wasn't any better. Rifling in front of the lead was "smeared" like it was cut with a dull tool/reamer. He recently sent it back to the factory to see if they will make it right. I have seen plenty of 10/22s that won't shoot and it's usually either due to a bad chamber or excessive headspace caused by an over cut bolt face.