Ruger 10/22 Carbine with Compact barrel

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Here is my 10/22 carbine with a compact barrel. Just got the gun and the barrel in the mail last week. I believe its an older model because the mag release is only a button and the trigger and barrel band seem to be aluminum. Serial dates to around 2006 so the plastic changes must have happened shortly afterwards. The reason for my post is this. The barrel band as seen in the last couple of pics doesnt touch the compact barrel when tightened down. I've read in other post that people simply remove the barrel band to free float the barrel. Am I good like this or do I need to completely remove all wood making contact with the barrel to have it truly free floating. As it is, the barrel simply sits in the stock with no heavy contact. The band tightens to the stock but isnt touching the barrel at all. Gonna pick up some glass for my weaver rail soon. Got 5 factory mags. Probly wont do anything else to her. My first 10/22 and i'm in love. cheers
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Looks good Beaner.
Just leave the barrel band on but hone out the barrel channel a bit and put a pressure pad (a piece of rubber inner tube will work) about 1" in front of your take down screw.
This will lift the barrel up and off of the barrel channel.
Just make sure that when you lift the barrel, your barrel band does not interfere with the clearance under it.
 
That's a 10/22 CCR. This version of the 10/22 comes stock with a 16" barrel.

However, that stock is not the original stock. The original stock for the CRR does not have a barrel band.
The contour of the barrel is such that the barrel will not make contact with that barrel band in that stock.

Here's mine:
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An alternative to Wham-O's suggestion is pressure bedding - free float from chamber to the last inch or so of forend then shim under the barrel little by little to tweak pressure on the barrel and tune it for a specific ammo. For this to work properly you must either torque your action screw to the same torque each time, or properly pillar bed the action and use reasonably consistent torque on the action screw. First Id try what Wham-O suggested and see what that does for your groups and if you want more try the shim/bed method. Try some CCI ammo in that barrel, I have a feeling mini-mags, velocitors and stingers could do well with the sporter chamber. Blazer is ok but a little too inconsistent for target work. You usually end up with 3 or 4 shots in a tight group with 1 or 2 flyers.
 
Leave it as is it looks fine. The barrel is now free-floated and you still have the M-1 carbine look to boot on a very tidy carbine. Buy lots of ammo and introduce her to tin cans.
 
Heh heh heh, this is what I did;

I oiled a patch, trimmed and folded it so it fit snugly under the band (taking up that gap and nicely compressing the barrel to the stock, and tightened the action screw well, with red loctite. Accuracy has held very well since doing so.

...just reviewing before posting; I also made sure the barrel wedge bolts were nicely snugged. No loctite. :)

My two cents.
 
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