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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?
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?
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