Max effort 10/22 accuracy build.

[Spats McGee]

I'm not sure my 10/22 will ever be a real good accuracy build, but I have apparently started down The Customization Rabbit Hole. That being the case, I've enjoyed reading this thread to see what you folks (who know far more about this than I) have had to say.

 

[Orion8472]

THANK you, LiveLife! Much appreciated!

 

[R.W.Dale]

I finally got the ruger to the range and as promised a pic of the rifle.

first impressions. The trigger is almost useless for accuracy shooting even for someone like me with good benchrest trigger discipline

the stock while good looking is poorly contoured for bench shooting. This is already getting addressed by Richards Microfit. You really have to “drive” the rifle to stay on target

if I keep this receiver and I probably will a 20moa base will be required for matches using std velocity ammunition

the ruger barrel is very impressive despite this. It produced the best group of the day using quality ammunition and is nowhere near as seasoned as it should be. In fact when I took the rifle down and gave it a good detail clean I determined that it’s essentially new. I’m thinking a barrel swap might be the last modification I make.

I’m posting my h&r m12 group which is one of my rifles I compete with for a control. Same ammunition same range same target. Flame suit on but the ruger is already outshooting the CZ 455 it replaced.

 

[R.W.Dale]

 

[Skylerbone]

Dale, if you decide to go with a new base, run a straight edge on the receiver top to check it's flat. Some 10/22s have a slight ridge to the front that will leave a gap to the base. If present, the options are file it flat, relieve the base at that end, or EGW offers a pre-relieved base.

Very fine shooting by the way.

 

[R.W.Dale]

Dale, if you decide to go with a new base, run a straight edge on the receiver top to check it's flat. Some 10/22s have a slight ridge to the front that will leave a gap to the base. If present, the options are file it flat, relieve the base at that end, or EGW offers a pre-relieved base.

Very fine shooting by the way.

good to know. I’m not opposed to once I find a good base to screwing and gluing it on to eliminate any possible movement

 

[Skylerbone]

Some pics of the 10/22 TD with Evolution Gun Works base.

 

[LiveLife]

Dale, if you decide to go with a new base, run a straight edge on the receiver top to check it's flat. Some 10/22s have a slight ridge to the front that will leave a gap to the base

FYI, my 10/22 Collector #3 (Also Collector #4) came with factory picatinny rail and ghost ring sights - https://ruger.com/products/1022Carbine/specSheets/31154.html

 

[Jim Watson]

Years ago, a guy here had what was then a top of the line rifle built from the AMT Lightning copy.
A good barrel in a bedding block on a target style stock, action free floated, trigger pull reduced, good scope, etc.
Darn thing was very accurate.


I wonder where the line is between an accurate auto and a very accurate bolt action.
The automatic doesn't require you to shift around to work the bolt handle.
I bet a biathlon shooter would use an automatic if allowed. Instead they use straight pulls that are very convenient to cycle. Shooting at a pass/fail 50mm plate at 50 meters, I believe.

 

[R.W.Dale]

It's been awhile. It's cold snowy and thus perfect weather for diy gunsmithing indoors.

It took awhile but the Richards stock finally arrived and was fitted to the reciever. I would say that the inletting needed was fairly minor

 

[R.W.Dale]

This was my first 10/22 to bed.

The bedding was done in 4 parts. First the barrel pad was done. Then using steel putty I bedded the rear of the receiver. Lastly a raven eye bedding pillar was installed and glued in underneath the mounting bolt.

 

[R.W.Dale]

 

[amd6547]

I was on the lookout for a 10/22 to do a full accuracy build. What I lucked into was a like new, in the box 1965 model. The box had a $58.99 Sears price tag on it, and the whole package looked like somebody bought it and stuck it in a closet. Got it for $225 on Armslist.
I mounted a cheap Barska 4x rimfire scope on it and tried it out at the rifle club. I had a five bullseye rimfire target posted at 80yds and fired off the bench, using a forehand rest on the tool box I use for range visits. I was shooting Blazer bulk.
The rifle repeatedly delivered dime-sized one hole 10 shot groups right at POA. So plans for an accuracy build were scrapped. Keeping just as it is, completely 1965 stock.

 

[earplug]

My Kidd Classic with a victor stock and rear screw will maintain 1 MOA and better at 100 yards. Its much easier to shoot prone then my CZ 455 due to the semi auto action.

 

[Picher]

Wow! What timing? Yesterday I shot my 10-22 "build", 30 years in the making. Standard 10-22, birch stock bought on closeout from a closing sports store. I did a few things, V hammer, fiber buffer, barrel block. No biggies. At the same time I had two different Ruger target models which left me wanting. A good friend offered me a Jard trigger group for a nice price (bought it,) and a year ago gave me a Ruger laminated target stock, free floated. I bought a Shaw bull barrel with Bentz chamber. Put it all together and added a 6-24X Bushnell scope with fine cross hairs and mil-dots. Total outlay, $500. Yesterday I took it and my 1926 Win 52 for a trial. 52 was a disappointment but Ruger, 42 year old Eley Club, several five shot groups under 1/2" at 50 yards. Fed automatch, 3/4". CCI green tag, sorted by weight and rim thickness, waste of time. CCI std vel, no better. Got done shooting groups and started popping clay bird fragments on the hillside at 110-140 yards from the bags. 4/5 per magazine using the third mildot down. Next, the local club 50 meter match. Still going to try some other match ammo. Forgot, Wolff match extra, five in 3/8".

That batch of Wolff Match Extra seems like the best in your particular rifle, so far. The problem with .22 Rimfire Match ammo is that it can shoot 30 shots fine, then throw a flyer that kills your score. That's the most frustrating part of the game.

One thing I found about the 10-22 is that the factory receiver is pretty flimsy and that most rifles shoots better with a pressure point at the forend and the receiver bedded both front and rear, and an inch or two up the rear of the barrel. The aluminum receivers are quite flexible.

I've bedded and worked several 10-22s, but there was one that threw me. I did all I knew to make it shoot and it just wouldn't. I decided to replace the SS factory Bull with an after-market bull and the rifle turned into a super-accurate target gun!!! Who'd a thunk that a Ruger factory bull-barrel would be a Clunker?
JP