SR-22 Longer barrel - thoughts?

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I've been thinking about swapping out the barrel of my SR-22 to go to a longer, more match grade stainless barrel. Main goal is improved accuracy, but I also love the look of a nice stainless barrel on a black bodied rifle. I'm contemplating 16, 18 or even 20 inch lengths. Starting to narrow it down to 18" but open to comments / suggestions please.

What are your thoughts - longer barrel or not worth the time/money?
 
I like the look of mine. It's not an SR22 but close.
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I haven't had a chance to check out the accuracy yet, it's a 19 inch weight forward barrel (standard profile up to the last 4" then it widens out to .920) that I picked up on the EE.
 
I am currently running two custom SR22's. One is wearing an 18" Kidd barrel and the other has a 20" tube on it. Both shoot one hole, 5 shot groups at 50 yards (with match grade ammo) but the 20" shoots a smaller hole. The longer barrel will shoot smaller groups if barrel length is the only change. A quick email to Tony at Kidd or to the lads a Lilja will point you in the right direction.
 
I know that the SR-22 is essentially a dressed up 10/22, but are there any differences in the barrel if it's going on an SR-22 versus going on a 10/22?? Just trying to confirm 100% if possible.
 
The SR-22 bbl is .750 diameter, the 10/22 tapers to something smaller than that. But they are 100% interchangeable.

edit - just thought of something. The bbl support in the SR-22 may have to be filed down / removed if you are going with a bbl greater than .750 (ie .920). I took my support out and have not noticed any issue.
 
Have you thought about weight? The stock sr-22 is about 6.5lbs without optics. You can add 2.5+ lbs to that adding a SS longer barrel and optics.
9lbs semi auto rimfire. Too much weight for me. However my bolt action BTVS is almost 12lbs with optics and a bipod.
I use my ultralight 10/22 3.75lbs for 50yds and under and my Savage for 50-200+yds.
IMO unless you are training with your SR-22 a 9lb semi for 50yds and under is silly but that's just my me.
If you're looking at swapping barrels, why not as others have said, sell the SR-22 because it's totally overpriced. Buy a stock 10/22 and put any barrel you want on it and you'd be saving a tonn of money.
Do you want a SR-22 that costs over $1000? Or a 10/22 that costs under $500?
 
kb007 said:
I've been thinking about swapping out the barrel of my SR-22 to go to a longer, more match grade stainless barrel. Main goal is improved accuracy, but I also love the look of a nice stainless barrel on a black bodied rifle. I'm contemplating 16, 18 or even 20 inch lengths. Starting to narrow it down to 18" but open to comments / suggestions please.

What are your thoughts - longer barrel or not worth the time/money?
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Anything longer than 16.25 is a waste of time as 16.25" is the optimal length with regards to maximum velocity. The inherent accuracy of the rifle has more to do with the quality of the barrel than the length. You can achieve nearly 95% of a 16" barrels' velocity from a barrel as short as 5.5". If I were you I would look for a better quality barrel, and possibly shorter to reduce weight. You need to run a premium ammo if you expect to see anything significant in group size reduction.

Tdc
 
gcdavidson said:
The SR-22 bbl is .750 diameter, the 10/22 tapers to something smaller than that. But they are 100% interchangeable.

edit - just thought of something. The bbl support in the SR-22 may have to be filed down / removed if you are going with a bbl greater than .750 (ie .920). I took my support out and have not noticed any issue.
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Thanks. I already took the support block out, so no issue there. Ordered an 18" McGowen stainless from Jerry at Mystic.

Thanks for the input guys. As for the weight, don't care - it's mostly a bench rest gun so the added weight is not an issue for me. Length - that's an aesthetics thing for me, I like the look of a longer stainless barrel on a black rifle.
 
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