Your Results with a 10/22 Carbine with Stock Barrel
I am going to tune my new 10/22 soon. I like the rifle as it sits. that the reason I bought it. I am going to float the barrel, install swivels, barrel tuner and new hammer in the future. I am going to tune it with what I have and cheaply. I am not going to replace the barrel or the stock. It is going to be a plinker, small game rifle and primer to getting a deer rifle. My goal is 50 yards in a 3 inch pattern if I do my part.
Wondering what has been everyone's results with minor parts and tuning without spending a crap load of money?
With my stock-barreled carbine I have no trouble hitting 3" targets at 50 yards off hand with a red-dot, and even quite quickly if I use the bipod. Same at 100 yards, with the targets being 6" wide instead of 3" wide.
Off a bench Ive heard of lots of 2MOA stock 10/22s at 50 yards.
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get an el cheapo scope I have a tasco scope (under 20 bucks at k-mart)I hit a can everytime ( well almost) at about 50 yards I havent don't anything but clean it.
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My experience has been the same as all of the above. 3" @ 50yd out of the box is really not an issue, especially with a cheap scope. You're really gonna enjoy that little rifle. I know I do.
I agree. I can pretty much count on any ammo to drill 1" orange dots at 50 yards more often than not. That's shooting off a bench, front rest only, 4X scope. My gun is totally stock except for the scope.
It makes a great squirrel gun. I take only head shots at the little critters, and only when there is a branch or tree trunk behind their head. Works great!
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I agree. I can pretty much count on any ammo to drill 1" orange dots at 50 yards more often than not. That's shooting off a bench, front rest only, 4X scope. My gun is totally stock except for the scope.
It makes a great squirrel gun. I take only head shots at the little critters, and only when there is a branch or tree trunk behind their head. Works great!
This last week I installed Uncle Mike's swivel studs this week. I did this with my drill press, angle gauge and alot of masking tape. The stock is finished rather nice and I didn't want to scratch it up. I picked up a Butler Creek sling for it also. I floated the barrel this week and resealed it with Miniwax Helmsman's polyurethane. I installed a section of bike inner tube where the barrel band mounts. At least now the barrel is floated where a bill glides through easily.
I don't think I will much shooting time till the weather gets better, 9 below tonight guys.
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I have a Ruger 22 super single six (22 & mag) Purchased in 1972. Still shoots good.
Also Ruger 10/22 from KMart. My brother & I did a trigger job on it. No new parts. Pretty easy actually. Knock out 3 drift pins and everything comes out. You MUST take your time when stoning.......and reassemble every 15 minutes or when you think you have taken some off. Then check the pull and go from there. Like most 10/22's the trigger was terrible. Now breaks at exactly four pounds without too much take up. Would not want to go lighter than this doing it myself. Also is best to use a Smith or someone watching who has experience with this stuff, and make sure upon reassembly and testing to only load two shots at a time and work up until you are satisfied you haven't affected the disconnect. Groups at 40yds (squirrel distance) with a 2x7 scope are all inside 1 in. Many times it shoots 5 into a half inch.
That wasn't the case though, until I put Ely ammo in it. The brown box. Night & Day. Same with my 22 Br buckmark/target sites that I carry as a companion when squirrel hunting. Usually most fall to the rifle. But playing cat and mouse and dropping one with a pistol is one hell of a lot of fun. One last thing, someone in this post suggested getting an el cheapo scope. I couldn't disagree more. You don't have to go nuts, a simple four power 32obj of known quality is plenty. A cheap scope will break your heart !
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my buddy bought a bonestock one for 100 bucks.
i gave him a 4x old school tasco and he has been happily killing p-dogs in his pasture until recently when he ran out of rodents.
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I bought one for my ex-wife a few years back, miss the rifle not the woman.
But seriously, the little bugger performed beutifully OOB, even with the bargain bucket ammo. With same ammo, it would jam about once every 50 or so shots but worked great with the quality stuff.
Accuracy was also great, we could both do a 7 inch patern at 50 yards, with no modifications or scope. So 3 inches with a scope should be a breeze.
if you remove the barrel band (if it has one) it may greatly improve accuracy.
as for factory barrels, they really are better than most people say...if you clean before you shoot the first time, and then give it 500 rounds to wear in. I have a 10/22 magnum that I hit golf balls all day at 200 yards with a factory barrel!
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The 10/22 needs a trigger job. I bought a stock one, except for a trigger job. Put on a 6X24 scope I use for testing new rifles. Easily shoots 1 inch at fifty yards with CCI standard velocity. Better with Federal match.
Avoid the See Thru Mounts. Use standard mounts and bases and you'll be better off. Get a scope that has an adjustable paralax or a ".22" scope (their paralax is usually 50 yds I think). I know that the old 3-9x w/see thrus are the WI standard, I set a ton of guns up that way for people, but this is a much steadier set up. As far as using the iron sights for up close, when is the last time you were charged by a squirrel?
Cool! Now I just have to shoot straight!!!
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