10/22 Compact Questions

[arizonaicedtea]

So I was looking at the 10/22 Carbine and Compact models on Ruger's website, and a few things struck me. The first was that the fiber optic sights on the compact look much nicer than the standard 10/22 iron sights. The second was that the compact does not have a barrel band. Now, its my understanding that the barrel bands are really a no-no in terms of mechanical accuracy due to the barrel harmonics/vibrations and whatnot, and this understanding is reaffirmed by the fact that the 10/22 Target does not have barrel bands either.
Would this mean that the Compact model might actually have a higher accuracy capability than the carbine? Might this be offset by the slightly shorter sight radius?
Any help or input would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[Jahred.F]

I have seen CRR model 10/22s with standard sights, so be careful in that respect. Yes, the fibre optic sights are quite nice though.

The barrel band will most likely hurt accuracy, but I wouldn't expect the mere absense of it to make a fantastic difference. The target model does not have a barrel band because the barrel band is a "carbine" feature.

The shorter barrel is theoretically more accurate, but theory doesn't always transfer to practice. The reality is the gun will be as reasonably accurate with open sights, as you can be shooting them.

As far as sight radius and such, all 10/22s furnished with open sights have a pretty coarse sight picture, you likely couldn't notice a difference between the various sights and barrel lengths.

 

[arizonaicedtea]

Ah, thanks. I'm used to Anschutz target aperture sights and the plain sight arrangement of the standard 10/22 is tricky for me to shoot well with at this point. (Which I guess is an excuse to shoot more... )
Thats a good point, since I'm not scoping it I guess it really just comes down to which feels more comfortable for me.
That being said, those Ruger 10/22 takedown models look pretty nice too