10/22 accuracy

That actually decent info SJR. What kind of optics are you using on your knock-about guns? As stated above I'm leaning twords a fixed power with a small red-dot for close in stuff. I figure this will suffice for MOST gopher shooting as awell as action 22 type events.
Cheers!!
 
I'm not going to candy coat things or stretch the truth. My 10/22's shoot fist sized groups at 50 yards fairly consistently. Mind you they both wear 5 MOA red dots, and I am dumping 25 round magazines as fast as I can pull the trigger. :) For accurate target shooting I will use my Savage MKII with 16x scope and the ammo it prefers, or if I'm feeling spendy my HMR will shoot an honest sub MOA group at 100 yards. For fun shooting the 10/22's work for me and I have zero complaints.
 
spacesaver said:
Mornin all,
Am heading out in an hour or so for the first shots through a new-to-me 10/22. What kind of accuracy can I expect as a baseline? I've heard of ragged hole groups at 50m, clover leaf, and @ 1". I'm gonna try my varmint scope(3-12) as well as a red-dot, may also try the irons.
Cheers!!
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I'll feel free to say what many others feel too macho to admit ;) : those terms really do sound pretty cool, so of course I'm fascinated by them ! :D

That said, a lot depends on ammunition, sights and the shooter's discipline...:yingyang:...for example, I can use my stock 10/22 with Tech Sights (okay, it now also wears a Tapco stock, though that can hardly be said to increase accuracy...:p...) to blanket that bullseye circle @ 25 yards with CCI Blazer, and I'm rather content with that.

Because I know the rifle, the sights and the ammunition, and I really can't ask too much more of that combination !

Now, my Remington 552 can do that same "bullseye circle blanketing" @ 50 yards (and with Winchester 333/555's, no less ! ), but that's a wholly different rifle/sight-scope/ammunition combination, and I'm well aware of that.

The point of all this rambling? Know your combination of rifle, sights and ammunition and you'll at least get consistent, predictable results - and that's nothing to sneeze at.

And, with all that said, there's nothing quite like looking through a powerful-enough scope and actually seeing your rifle/ammo combination shoot "to its limit" when you are zeroing at a distance....
 
With my stock 10/22 and Blazer ammo, I get about 1" at 50 yards. I'm using a fixed 4x scope. The rifle is around '06 production, and is completely stock (except for auto bolt release).

The key I've found about the Ruger 10/22's is to find a brand of ammo it likes. I did an ammo test with mine a few months back and noticed a huge difference between different brands of ammo. I found Winchester Wildcat was the worst and Blazer was the best (of the ones tested, I didn't try any fancy target or match ammo, just the bulk stuff that you get at Canadian Tire).

For those of you that aren't getting less than 2" at 50 yards, try a bunch of different ammunition types. I would be shocked if you don't find one that shoots about 1" @ 50 yards.

As for the 50 yard ragged hole, I can believe that if it's one of the fancy 10/22's with a bull barrel, bedded action and aftermarket trigger group.
 
rugerfan said:
For fun shooting the 10/22's work for me and I have zero complaints.
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You nailed it Rugerfan.

As for scopes.
Right now, 2 have bushnell rimfire 3x9s for short range and 2 have Tasco 6x24s for long range stuff.

We tried a few cheap red dots but the kids kept leaving them on. lol
Everytime we went out one of the red dots needed a battery. PITA

Maybe going to try one of the Bushnell TRS25s this summer.
3000 hour battery life.
http://www.bushnell.com/products/scopes/riflescopes/trophy/731303/

Spacesaver for dirt pigs and action shooting a red dot is the way I would start.
Good luck and have fun.
 
I see this at the range all the time, some tard shows up with a brand new 10/22 and the cheapest ammo they can find. Then wont stop crying about how crappy their gun is.
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:rolleyes: Please. I've tried everything in my 10/22 and it still stovepipe jams. I've tried moly lube, I've tried grease, I've tried working the action manually to break in the spring with no luck. My 10/22 is just a stinking piece of sh!t. I know it's not the only one out there. Many of them seem to demand after market parts.

Sorry to say it - there it is.
 
Idcurrie said:
:rolleyes: Please. I've tried everything in my 10/22 and it still stovepipe jams. I've tried moly lube, I've tried grease, I've tried working the action manually to break in the spring with no luck. My 10/22 is just a stinking piece of sh!t. I know it's not the only one out there. Many of them seem to demand after market parts.

Sorry to say it - there it is.
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Sometimes you do get lemons. I'll give you $100 for yours. ;)
 
Okay. Read everything here. Not impressed with many of the responses. I got my 10-22 in '77. I have shot thousands of Wildcats through it with satisfactory results. Satisfactory being I hit every rabbit or can I ever I aimed at. Last year I went out for gophers here in AB. Now gophers are just little items. At 50yds I can hit a gopher each and every time. Tried different ammo and found it liked Winchester target dynapoints. It will eat blazers and even cyclones, but it likes dynapoints. I could get easily 1" groups at 100yds with it. Sighted for 75yds and I got around 3/4". Part way through the year, I started to get FTFs and stovepipes and even some FTEs. Checked online and decided it needed cleaning. Took it apart and did so. Noticed some wear on the buffer. Decided that I needed to make a few changes since I was shooting it so much and the ol' gal needed some new life. Swapped in a new Volquartson extractor, cocking handle, buffer, and trigger group. Shoots like a dream now. 1/2" at 75yds. I believe that most people here who complain about poor accuracy should possibly check their trigger time and shooting discipline. While my 10-22 will never out-shoot my Stevens 300, it easily passes my "trial". A 22 must knock a 12ga shell (laying down across the top of a target frame so you can only see the brass end) 7 out of 10 times at 25yds. If it will do that, then it will hit a gopher 2 out of 3 times at 100yds. I am good with that. I can't get ragged one-hole groups out of mine at 50yds, but I can make 'em touch 7 out of 10 times.
 
Ar180shooter said:
Sometimes you do get lemons. I'll give you $100 for yours. ;)
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Actually it will be listed in the EE shortly. I am getting an aftermarket extractor because I don't want to sell a poorly functioning firearm and if that fixes the stovepipe issue, I will sell it on EE. I really don't think it will do a thing for accuracy though :p
 
Idcurrie said:
Actually it will be listed in the EE shortly. I am getting an aftermarket extractor because I don't want to sell a poorly functioning firearm and if that fixes the stovepipe issue, I will sell it on EE. I really don't think it will do a thing for accuracy though :p
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Really? before putting it up, send me a PM. I'll take it as is for a reasonable price.
 
Basically what we are talking about is "hunting" accurate. I'm sure the 10/22 is plenty accurate within the range limits of the .22's killing power.

How you get there, whether printing 7 out of 10 rounds touching, or like me blasting a shotgun pattern the size of your fist in a target in under 5 seconds, the result would be the same, game on the table....
 
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Idcurrie said:
:rolleyes: Please. I've tried everything in my 10/22 and it still stovepipe jams. I've tried moly lube, I've tried grease, I've tried working the action manually to break in the spring with no luck. My 10/22 is just a stinking piece of sh!t. I know it's not the only one out there. Many of them seem to demand after market parts.

Sorry to say it - there it is.
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someone may have already mentioned it, but are you using factory 10 round mags or butler creek 25 round banana mag's ?

my 10/22 with all its mods and accessories still wont run reliably with BC 25 rounders, it doesn't matter if they are plastic or steel lips.

hutchster
 
The differences in people's experiences with the 10/22 really is fascinating. I would like to know how this alone compares with other rifles out there.

Mine runs the 25 round magazines just as well as the factory 10 rounders, and always has, with both the stock and after-market barrels.
 
someone may have already mentioned it, but are you using factory 10 round mags or butler creek 25 round banana mag's ?
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Factory mag. Brand new out of box. It's not a feeding issue. It's a stovepipe jam on ejection after firing.
 
Idcurrie said:
Factory mag. Brand new out of box. It's not a feeding issue. It's a stovepipe jam on ejection after firing.
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that's just it though, with mine, when i run the BC mags i get Fail to feeds (the bullet cone catches on the edge of the chamber) and stovepipes, but when i run factory mags it runs flawlessly.

as a last ditch effort have you tried a different factory mag ?
 
Idcurrie said:
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Ruger 10/22 "accuracy"

It's a total joke. 5MOA or so. Maybe 2-2.5 at 50 yards.

Buy a savage mark 2 - save some money and hit what you're shooting at.

If you're looking for a repeating toy with tons of stocks and other toys to bolt onto it, might I suggest airsoft.

I have a ruger 10/22 and I couldn't be most dissapointed with it. It stovepipe jams constantly and I can't seem to find ammunition it works with reliably. this is brand new this year, BTW.

This gun is over-rated crap.

The best argument I can find for it is that, although it's kind of crap out of the box, if you just spend $$$ on these third party accessories, it can be made as decent as any other gun that costs 1/5 as much
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Either you a crappy shot or have a lemon of a gun. The stovepiping can be fixed with a $8 part...my old 10/22 with 5,000+ rounds would stove pipe maybe 3 times outta a box of 525 rounds of cheap ammo. I'd run the 10 round factory mag as well as a steel feed lipped Bulter Creek mag...no isses. I never added a single after market part. If you want PINPOINT accuracy...why are you buying a $300 semi?

Personally my 10/22 would group around 2.5"-3.5" at 50 yards...iron sights, off hand...shooting pretty quickly. I am not a scope and bench rest buy.
 
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I'm so tired of hearing that the 10/22 is not accurate. Certainly mine is...

Stock carbine 10/22 (circa 1980)
Burris Fullfield II 3 X 9 X 40 scope
100 yds bench rested w/little to no wind
Bulk Winchester 333 ammo
Rate of fire = approx 1 rnd/sec.

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This gun has 10,000+ rounds through it over 30 years.
 
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