TheNatural21
CGN Regular
- Location
- Fort Nelson, BC
I ordered my TUFF-22 from Dlask on Monday, received it Friday (impressive given that they had to assemble and test fire it), and took it to the range on Saturday to see how I liked it. I actually happened to be at the range on Friday when my wife picked it up at the post office. She came and dropped it off for me, but of course it didn't have sights on it and I didn't have any 22 ammo with me so it was a bit of a tease.
The spec:
-TUF-22 with integral 30moa rail
-16.5" carbon fiber wrapped barrel
-Timney trigger (that I already had - did not order from Dlask)
-Hogue stock and everything else that comes with their basic assembled rifles
My initial impression was that these things are quality. I tore it down to clean and lube properly before firing it and there were no rough edges anywhere, tolerances were tight, and machined surfaces were quite smooth. I found a couple cosmetic imperfections on the receiver, but they are not obvious and it's better than most factory firearms I've received. Every component I disassembled continued to surprise me. It was difficult to remove the barrelled action from the stock it was such a tight fit. The bolt was a similarly tight fit - there is just enough clearance to lift it straight out, it certainly doesn't fall out easily like some factory offerings. This is actually my first 10/22 type rifle.. I've stayed away because of their reputation for being kind of sloppy and inaccurate, but that is absolutely not the case here. The rifle as received from Dlask (no optic or mag) weighs 5lbs 3oz.
The Hogue stock seems like a great hunting stock. Everything I read online appeared to be true - the forend is quite flexy so it is not going to be great if you shoot with a sling. It free floats the barrel with plenty of clearance if there is not a lot of stress on it though. Shooting off of a bipod is fine.
The assembled rifle I received from Dlask seemed very smooth when manually cycling the bolt. However, the Timney trigger caused a bit of a hiccup. There was not enough clearance between the bolt and the ejector and it caused some friction. After lubing it up and running it back and forth 50 times or so by hand I decided it was much better and it would self clearance and polish itself during break in.
I mounted a Falcon S8i and headed to the range!
As expected, I had some cycling issues due to the ejector. Things improved steadily and by 200 rounds it had smoothed out and was running well.
I tried 11 types of ammo - CCI SV, American Eagle, 3 lots of SK Standard+, SK Flatnose Basic, SK Rifle Match, Lapua Midas+, Lapua Center-X, Eley Contact and Eley Sport. The only thing that didn't shoot well was the American Eagle (big surprise). At 50m, the best group was a tie between CCI SV and Lapua Center-X which both shot 0.32". That's a single best 5 round group, not an average. There were a few types of ammo that averaged less than MOA, the ones it liked best averaged around 0.4". Further testing is necessary to select which ammo it likes best, but I narrowed it down quite a bit. This was off of a Harris style bipod with a rear bag and the optic set to 8x.
The included magazine is interesting. It took a few tries to get loading it right, but once I figured out the stripper clip system it was faster than loading from the top and fed reliably.
The base price of $750 makes me wonder why anyone bothers with mass produced low quality 22's. If you are annoyed with low quality materials and poor quality control like I was, grab a TUF-22.
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