10/22 Stock idea - thoughts?

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I've been thinking about this for a little while since I saw this F-Class post by Mysticplayer in precision rifles. 10/22's are fun to work on but there are some inherent/incessant problems with them. Ruger 10/22 receivers can and do experience barrel droop if the barrel is free floated, and most rifles tend to shoot better with the barrel bedded just forward of the receiver. There is also only one action hold down which is not conducive to great accuracy.

A barrel bedding block would seem to alleviate many of these problems and should give a super stable platform for bench rest shooting. The rifle pictured is a Stevens model 200 action, but the concept should work for a 10/22.

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Here's a few pics of mysticplayers finished project...

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I keep coming back to this as a possible way to get some great accuracy out of the 10/22.
Some more thoughts on using a bedding block for the 10/22:
1)You would have to machine out an area for the v-block and screws as well as the barrel channel. With all the variations from rifle to rifle in this area you would probably have to bed this section custom the each rifle. Or would the bedding block work fine installed forward of the v-block?
2) You would probably be able to use much longer barrel?
3) The block should act like a big heat sink improving accuracy somewhat?

Anyway, these are just some thoughts. If you have any opinions I'd like to hear them.
 
Why not just bed the action then bed the barrel 2" or so with a adjustable v- block or shim the existing V- block to get the barrel straight.. After that it would be good every time it goes in and out of the stock.. I am going to make my own adjustable V- block.
 
The above rifle already uses a threaded barrel and steel action. Mysticplayer bedded the rifle this way so that it would shoot bughole groups at extended ranges. It does just that.

To me, it seems like a reasonably good way to combat the shortcomings of the 10/22, without having to go to threaded barrels, steel actions, second hold downs etc. It should be fairly easy to get a machine shop or CNC shop to make the bedding block. Essentially all you would need to do is bore out a .920 hole in a hunk of aluminum, cut the block in half, drill and tap six screws holes to attach the block to the barrel, then drill and tap the bedding block at the bottom to attach it to a stock. You could probably get this done for $250 bucks or so. Then you could make a custom stock out of a take off etc...

I'm just wondering if perhaps I'm not thinking this through properly, or has it just never been tried before?
 
It's an interesting idea.

My only concern is cost/time.

You estimate it will cost you $250 plus your time. Maybe but these things usually end up costing more than expected and your time is of value as well.

$539 (Wholesale sports), you can get a Thompson Centre benchmark R55. All steel receiver, barrel threaded on. Last shot hold open as well. These are very accurate right out of the box. That $250 goes a long way towards this purchase.

That being said completing a project is fun too.
 
I honestly think that .22 is limited not by how much you can do to make the rifle more accurate but rather the ammo itself. A longer barrel will not help due to the gas already reaching its expanding potential pretty quickly. Also with any bull barrel on a .22 they do not tend to heat up that much, with experience I shot about 250 rounds through my Buttler Creak barrel as fast as I could and it only got warm, with long range shooting you will not be putting that much led down range so heating up/cooling will not really be an issue.

I think that a thread barrel as well as the front block will have some intriguing results.
 
Epoxy7 said:
It's an interesting idea.

My only concern is cost/time.

You estimate it will cost you $250 plus your time. Maybe but these things usually end up costing more than expected and your time is of value as well.

$539 (Wholesale sports), you can get a Thompson Centre benchmark R55. All steel receiver, barrel threaded on. Last shot hold open as well. These are very accurate right out of the box. That $250 goes a long way towards this purchase.

That being said completing a project is fun too.
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Yeah I hear you. But there's something about doing something that nobody has tried before. I wanted to talk this through with those that had some interest in how this would work out, or even if it would work.
 
you have to ask him . i dont remember many details , only some articles written by him and others involved in those projects few years back

If he doesnt have an active project involving this right now , he will tell you
 
22Short_Improved said:
you have to ask him . i dont remember many details , only some articles written by him and others involved in those projects few years back

If he doesnt have an active project involving this right now , he will tell you
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Thanks for the info. Interestingly enough I duplicated this post on rimfire central and it looks like someone is going to be marketing a commercial version very shortly.

Here's his post...
Chuckersgun said:
Yep great idea. I am in the middle of R and D and doing some testing on the system. Will be into production shortly. I like the idea so much I designed this one. Should be available to the shooing world with in the week. Scope mount not attached to the barrel so barrel droop is not an issue, and makes the rife lots easier to bed. Only have block for .920" diameter barrels. Making one with out the scope mount attached to accommodate the receivers which have rails on them already.

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First look. The barrel and action are floating in the stock. Accuracy seems to be excellent and repeatable. Block has been designed so it is easy to install and bed.

I will post a thread next week and let you know the details.

Your friend, Chuckersgun.
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I was thinking of using a much larger barrel bloc, but It would be interesting to give this a try.
 
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