10/22 vs TM-22. Is the 10/22 overrated/outdated? (not for sensitive 10/22 fanboys)

True Shadows said:
It's a semi not a bolt gun. It will never beat a bolt gun for accuracy... but that's true of any calibre.

You can get pretty good accuracy with the right build though.
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Actually, I had.... A Robinson arms XCRM in 308 that would regularly shoot 1/2 moa with 168 SMK handloads. Thing was an absolute beast that would hold it's own against many bolt action rifles. Yes, you can get under 1/2 moa with a bolt action rifle but 1/2 moa for a semi is a thing of glory !
 
OK Shooter: Please contact me next time you are having one of your " club shoots". I'll bring my IBI barrelled Deuce, PVA barrelled RimX and IBI Barrelled Tikka TX!. These three all have TT Diamonds in them for triggers. You can shoot any or all and I'll shoot one of my "Jeeps". Loser buys chicken wings. If I come in "middle of the pack" I'll take you to your favorite steak house. You can reach me PM. Regards Dan
 
Daniel G. Banting said:
OK Shooter: Please contact me next time you are having one of your " club shoots". I'll bring my IBI barrelled Deuce, PVA barrelled RimX and IBI Barrelled Tikka TX!. These three all have TT Diamonds in them for triggers. You can shoot any or all and I'll shoot one of my "Jeeps". Loser buys chicken wings. If I come in "middle of the pack" I'll take you to your favorite steak house. You can reach me PM. Regards Dan
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I'm talking about Ruger 10/22s. Is your 10/22 stock? Probably not.. Exactly my point. In order to have a accurate 10/22, you need to change everything but the reciever and bolt. All the 10/22 that made the 1/2" club were all aftermarket barreled.

Also none of the guns you said are 10/22s.

Your taking offense over nothing.

BTW these shoots are off hand. So doesn't matter what custom #### you got. Most of the people that use 10/22s at these shoots. Shoot too damn fast.

Can a 10/22 be competitive? Yes... But after you change out alot.
 
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Or just build up a 10/22 clone from aftermarket parts, and there has been a wonderful variety of suppliers there. No sense buying a factory gun and throwing half the pieces away! It's a fun tinkerer's gun just for the range of things you can do with the parts available.

And there will be overlap between the best and worse of the 10/22, TM-22, and bolt-action families, and then you have to factor in the shooter behind each.
 
Never shot a TM-22 but have spent a bit of time with 10/22s.

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2019, when I was serious about rimfire prs, I got several match barrels for my 1022 so I could test various specs with little gunsmithing fuss. The rifle shot so well, I competed with it. Many CRPS matches reach out to 400+yds. My friend shared this rifle and we took home 1st and 2nd in Open.

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Ended the season very well with an overall win at the CRPS Western Championships. My friend did the same in 2020 in Alberta

Still quite alot of factory parts in mine... just a great McGowen match barrel, properly bedded into a decent stock. Was very little money back then. Found a great lot of Lapua CenterX. Got on a bunch of podiums... then covid changed a lot.

Anyways, it was certainly accurate enough for the game back then against all manner of quality bolt rifles. The game has changed today but I think it can still be competitive, even if I am not.

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Final iteration before it went on to its new home. Rotating safety is a must have.

Have fun...

Jerry
 
I have a 12" Dlask Tuf22 (3 of 100). It has the better Ruger trigger pack. It has a 1x6x PA LPVO with a .22LR reticle.

It will not match my CZ455 sporter at 50 yards but the 455 has a 4x14 Bushnell Elite. This rig hits 12 gauge hulls at 100 yards everytime off the bench and bags.

The Tuf22 shoots 0.65" at 50 yards off the bags with Minimags.
 
Going back 10 years it seemed everyone was building a 10/22, usually spending more than $1000 to do so. Now at our club, we see the odd "stock" 10/22. it seems that CZs are the new project gun with the interest in precision shooting. My 455 project, I can honestly say, everything I did to it, starting with a trigger job and chassis either improved its accuracy or made accuracy easier to achieve.

Certainly there was some of that with the 10/22, but it would be hard to argue that most of what people were doing did much more than improve their idea of what it looked like.

TM-22s are a great design, I doubt they will ever be accuracy/precision contenders with the likes of CZ and Tika.

Marlin made their 60 with tubular mag but they also built one with removable mags. People seem to hang on to both of those, as they seem to be great rifles.

Mendoza is making a bit of a copy presently, their 6000; all tubular mags though. :( https://www.mendozafa.com/en-us/categories/rifles
 
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