What's wrong with my 10/22?

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I bought a used 10/22 heavy barrel a couple of years ago. It was never a tack driver, but it was minute of gopher past 50 yds.
I went to the range today and it was all over the place. Same Federal blue box bulk ammo. I gave it a wipe through with bore shine at the range but that did'nt help.
Can a .22 be shot out? I have put a couple of thousand through it, but I have no idea what it had before that.
I will give it a proper cleaning and try some other ammo, but I'm a bit worried. I might park it for now and look into rebarrelling it in HM2.
 
migrant hunter said:
I bought a used 10/22 heavy barrel a couple of years ago. It was never a tack driver, but it was minute of gopher past 50 yds.
I went to the range today and it was all over the place. Same Federal blue box bulk ammo. I gave it a wipe through with bore shine at the range but that did'nt help.
Can a .22 be shot out? I have put a couple of thousand through it, but I have no idea what it had before that.
I will give it a proper cleaning and try some other ammo, but I'm a bit worried. I might park it for now and look into rebarrelling it in HM2.
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could be any number of things. Scope, mounts, scope rail, crown damage, loose V-Block. You need to do more investigation. It should not be shot out after only 2k.
 
Typically, .22's are good for many thousands of shots ...chances are slim that the barrel is shot out. If you have checked the mechanics, you might try different bullets. The brand that worked last year may not work this year...there can be a difference in lots made in the same year...so from year to year...things can change.
 
My bet is on the rail mounting to the receiver... If its a newer one, the finish is garbage and rubs off easy, might be shifting.
 
It's jumping around with literally every shot. At 50 yds it was 6-7 inches or worse. With the heavy barrel I could see the strikes on the paper and they were just random(high/low/left/right)
Everything is tight, scope/rail etc. Checked the v block, it's tight.
I'm stumped for now, might try some paper shims under the barrel, a different scope and some different ammo.
 
migrant hunter said:
It's jumping around with literally every shot. At 50 yds it was 6-7 inches or worse. With the heavy barrel I could see the strikes on the paper and they were just random(high/low/left/right)
Everything is tight, scope/rail etc. Checked the v block, it's tight.
I'm stumped for now, might try some paper shims under the barrel, a different scope and some different ammo.
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start with the scope.
 
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I would check the scope first. Pull the one you have on it, and replace it with one you know is good. Then shoot the rifle a bit.

Funny things happen to scopes. They get bounced around in the pick up truck, left out in the sun and heat where the glued lens separate, have loose innards from rough rides, jarred lenses out of line, etc.

Check for loose screws in the bases. Check the bedding and the action screws.
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Going to the range in the morning with a few different bullets and the 3-9x50 burris off my win mag.
How good should a well used heavy barrel 10/22 shoot anyway?
When I strip it the trigger group pins just fall out, while on my wife's 10/22 I have to tap them out with a punch. I think this gun has seen a lot of rounds!
 
My 10/22 is from about 1980. It has passed about 10,000 rds. It was shooting about a 4"-5" diameter group at 75 yds. I removed the Tasco junk and installed my spare Burris Fullfield II 3-9x40, dialed it in and immediately got 2" diameter groups at the same distance. Groups were 10 rds each. Fired from bipod prone pos. Ammo used was Win 333. Wind was very light.
 
How good? Under an inch at 50 yards with ammo that your gun likes.

Pins drop out. Big deal. Mine did that from new, back in '85. I put a strip of black electrical tape over them to keep them from buggering off.

Still shoots just fine. Minute of baby gopher out at 75 yards, yesterday, anyways.

If you are not willing to go over it and check torques (or at least, check that everything is tight) once in a while, eventually something coming loose will bite you in the butt.

Cleaned sometimes annually, whether it needs it or not, too.

Cheers
Trev
 
I checked everything on it. I pinched up a thread here and there, but nothing I think that would make a difference. The scope is a 3-9x40 peice of crap from somewhere far away, does'nt even have a legible name on it any more.
It did shoot a lot better before and has sat in the safe since. The Burris will tell the story tommorrow.
 
That was an education!
Went to the range today with some of last year's federal high velocity ammo, and the box I just bought(of the same stuff)
1 inch at 50 yds on the first target with the old stuff, 4 inches with the new stuff! at 50 yds!
T22 is as good as the old federal, and I have 1000 of it. I just never used it as it was'nt hollow point. If anything it feeds better.
I tried winchester hi velocity, T22, CCI standard velocity and the 2 federal loads. Groups ranged between the one and four inches.
I knew different rifles liked different bullets, but I never realised how much!
 
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