Help. I want an accurate 22 LR rifle.

[Picher]

One of my 3- Kidd Supergrade 22s 5 shot groups. They all shoot this well at 40 yards. There are some other good ones out there for a lot less money that could probably shoot as well. Good luck.

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Some may shoot as well, but few are anywhere near as pretty. Georgeous piece!

 

[Picher]

It's been a few years since I've accurized a 10-22, but still feel that the heavy-barreled model can be a great shooter with a few improvements. First, I bed the action, then add a pressure pad near the forend tip that provides at least 6 lbs of uplift. The receiver is quite flexible and most actions use only one screw to hold it to the stock. Unless there's a barrel pressure pad, the action rear can wobble vertically. The action is quite flexible, so even if there's a rear action screw, the barrel can wobble unless anchored with a pressure pad (not recommended for barrel-band models).

There are lots of other mods that can add accuracy, like milling the bolt face to 0.42" headspace, improving the trigger and installing trigger stop screw. Filing or grinding the bolt handle so it slides easily in the bolt slot will eliminate first-round flyers.

Those are just a few mods, but some of the most important, if someone is serious about accuracy.

 

[Picher]

If you want a really good shooting .22LR at not too much money, it's hard to beat a used Rem 581. I've got one with a custom barrel that will beat lots of target rifles. That action has extremely fast lock time and strong pin impact. The trigger can be tuned to provide a 2 lb pull with little backlash. Mine has a barrel that's held in by High-Strength Locktite only, so no pins to deform the bore.

I had a take-off bull barrel on this one at first, but it wasn't a good shooter. The stainless barrel shown was a relatively new Lilja take-off from a gunsmith's benchrest rifle that he thought didn't shoot well, but was wrong. It was something else. He offered the barrel, set up for my 581 and tapered for about $150, so I jumped at it.

Yeah, mine's a bit modified, but my son has one box-stock that shoots quite well.


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The Lilja benchrest-quality barrel lets this baby shoot 3/8"-1/2" groups at 50 yards with good ammo. It's also great shooting offhand.

 

[Hookeye]

I put my VX1 2-7X on the CZ455, and added my old Bianchi double suede cobra sling.

So far it likes SK rifle match the best.
But does decent w CCI Blazer too.

So I chose to stick with it and dump the 10/22s.

 

[natman]

Thanks to my wife and Ruger I have become interested in shooting .22 rimfires again. In addition to stocking up on ammo I have evaluated my pair of 22 rifles and neither has the level of accuracy I want for small game hunting.

One candidate is a Ruger 10/22 that I have own for many years. It has been lightly used and is in excellent condition. It's level of accuracy puts it in the plinker category. As there are so many custom parts available for the 10/22 I suspect I can improve it considerably with a better barrel, trigger, maybe a different stock and quality scope.

The other course of action would to be to buy a more accurate out-of-the-box gun. My first choice is probably a semi-auto but not that is not set in stone. Level of accuracy wanted is nickel size off-hand and smaller groups at 25 yards and dime size from the bench with select ammo from the bench. I aim for bunny's eyes when hunting.

Customizing my 10/22 has a lot of appeal as it already paid for. In addition I am considering a Henry AR-7 or 10/22 Takedown so I will have the plinker / fun gun still covered. in addition the 10/22 looks to be easy d-I-y gunsmith project. I am setting my price cap at $500.00 without the scope.

Candidates?

Take a good look at one of these:
https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/415003407

You can improve your Ruger, but by the time you buy a new barrel, stock and trigger you will probably have spent more and be lucky if it shoots as well.

 

[ford8nr]

Or 10/22 LVT

https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/411540173/ruger+lvt++22lr+ss+mat+10