ruger 10/22 compact vs carbine for accuracy ?

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Looking at buying a 10/22 compact 16"bbl, and was wondering if it was as accurate as a carbine with the 18.5"bbl ? Since the sights are closer together, its probably not as accurate, but it does come with fiber optic sights, which might help with aiming.

If both the carbine 18.5"bbl vs the compact 16"bbl were equipped with identical scopes, does anyone have any idea if one is more accurate than the other, or is the accuracy very similar with no real difference ?

I would love to hear from any guys out there that have both a carbine & a compact, and have experience shooting both, to see how the accuracy compares between the 2 models ?

If the compact is less accurate than a carbine, if they are both equally scoped, then I will likely pass on the compact, and buy a stainless/synthetic or regular carbine.
 
There is zero difference between the two. In fact, a shorter barrel in theory should be more accurate as it is stiffer and experiences less barrel whip/harmonics. The rimfire cartridge is ideally suited for 16.5" barrels. Any longer and you're actually losing performance, or so the science says.

Buy the compact and enjoy.

TDC

ETA: Damn, beat out by Dilligaf.
 
TDC said:
There is zero difference between the two. In fact, a shorter barrel in theory should be more accurate as it is stiffer and experiences less barrel whip/harmonics. The rimfire cartridge is ideally suited for 16.5" barrels. Any longer and you're actually losing performance, or so the science says.

Buy the compact and enjoy.

TDC

ETA: Damn, beat out by Dilligaf.
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Explains why i can shoot a nickle at 100 yards with my compact then hahaha. Interesting factoid.
 
TDC said:
There is zero difference between the two. In fact, a shorter barrel in theory should be more accurate as it is stiffer and experiences less barrel whip/harmonics. The rimfire cartridge is ideally suited for 16.5" barrels. Any longer and you're actually losing performance, or so the science says.

Buy the compact and enjoy.

TDC

ETA: Damn, beat out by Dilligaf.
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Makes sense, but as you mentioned it has a point of diminishing returns between velocity and rigidity.
 
Kevin M. said:
Makes sense, but as you mentioned it has a point of diminishing returns between velocity and rigidity.
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That point is around 5.5". If you read through the "Ultimate 10/22" handbook it goes into detail about velocity and barrel length. A barrel of around 5.5" will produce some 90+% the velocity of a 16.5" barrel(the ideal length). And we know that shorter barrels are stiffer barrels which means they should be more accurate.

TDC
 
interesting - anybody know the velocity difference between a 16.5 and 12.5? I was thinking of changing my dlask 16.5 (extreme chamber) to the standard chamber 12.5. Velocity isn't a big deal, I'd be more concerned about a loss in accuracy with the standard chamber.
 
If you can (consistently) hit a nickle @ 100 yards with any un-modified/stock 10/22, go buy a lottery ticket...you're a lucky man.

I would think that barrel harmonics and 10/22s barely belong in the same sentence. The OP's thread starter is a fair enough question, but they're not match guns. I'd be more worried about the crappy trigger on a 10/22 vs. which version of a stock gun is more accurate.

And yes...my safe is full of bolt guns. :) I made the 10/22 mistake a few years ago though.
 
I was actually quite amazed at the accuracy of my Compact with Hogue overmolded stock. I didn't think it could out shoot my bolt guns.
It was actually more accurate than one of my German .22's...a Krico

I can hit clay pigeons no problem at 100 yards with a 1x red dot....(not in the air..LOL)

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