I recently acquired a rifle to replace my SIG522. My requirements were as follows:
1) Must be reliable: needs to fire 500 rounds of RWS Target Rifle ammo with a suppressor without failing due to dirt build up. This is because this gun will be used for a bunch of suppressor tests along with my R55 Benchmarks. To give you an idea about the volume of fire, I have one suppressor being tested right now which is sitting at 25000 rounds through it since January last year.
2) Will be used for off-hand shooting mainly. Needs to be lightweight with some adjustment available for length of buttstock and comb.
3) Must have an integral Picatinny rail on the receiver.
4) Must accept high capacity magazines.
5) Must be threaded for a suppressor.
6) Spares must be readily available in the UK, or easily sourced abroad.
7) Must meet or exceed the accuracy of the SIG522.
After researching it for a month or so, I arrived at the Rimfire Magic, based on the Ruger 10/22. South Yorkshire Shooting Supplies here in the UK mill their own receiver, and then they install various other after market components to make a complete rifle. Anybody can do that, but they test and tune the rifle so that it will perform as flawlessly as possible.
How it works is you select the components from their list, based on your requirements. Here is the final rifle:
It's a Rimfire Magic receiver with a Ruger Enhanced BX trigger unit, after market charging handle and extractor, enhanced bolt release, Volquartsen barrel (threaded, 16") and Magpul Hunter X22 stock.
The stock is very nice, it comes with four spacers for adjusting the length of pull and I also bought the optional comb riser kit which will provide me with a higher comb if I choose to mount a scope one day. The X22 is also nice because it has a reversible bed liner, which means it can accommodate a target barrel or regular Ruger barrel.
The optic I use is a Burris Fast Fire III. This was on my SIG522, along with the 1/2" riser from Yankee Hill Machine. It is needed because the FF3 sits very low without it.
By the way, I can't say enough good things about the FF3. It's a great, rugged sight with a crisp 3 MOA dot. I have one on a semi-automatic 12g shotgun, with the Flat-top mount and it has retained zero just fine on that gun.
Although this gun is for off-hand shooting, it will do decent groups even with that FF3. Recently at the range using a front bag only, I was able to put 25 rounds all within an inch, which is good enough for a rifle in that configuration (that was at 27 yards).
I have had one or two teething issues with the gun (on day one it had a few stove-pipe failure to feed jams). But in general it is performing very well. Here is another view:
Can't have too many mags!
I started with 5 rounds unsuppressed, as fouling rounds since the rifle had just been cleaned. Those rounds were in the 10 round mag.
After that I fired 500 rounds of RWS Target Rifle, using the 25 round mags. When I was done, the suppressor was too hot to hold and so was the chamber end of the barrel where it is not covered by carbon fibre.
That suppressor is the A-TEC CMM4(6) which I am abusing. In this case I attached it to the rifle via an adapter since the rifle has 1/2" x 20 tpi threads and the suppressor is threaded 1/2" x 28 tpi.
A well-known THR member made a set of adapters for me (you know who you are, and thanks again mate!)
Altogether I regard this as a potentially awesome gallery gun, or just a fun plinker especially when testing suppressors.
1) Must be reliable: needs to fire 500 rounds of RWS Target Rifle ammo with a suppressor without failing due to dirt build up. This is because this gun will be used for a bunch of suppressor tests along with my R55 Benchmarks. To give you an idea about the volume of fire, I have one suppressor being tested right now which is sitting at 25000 rounds through it since January last year.
2) Will be used for off-hand shooting mainly. Needs to be lightweight with some adjustment available for length of buttstock and comb.
3) Must have an integral Picatinny rail on the receiver.
4) Must accept high capacity magazines.
5) Must be threaded for a suppressor.
6) Spares must be readily available in the UK, or easily sourced abroad.
7) Must meet or exceed the accuracy of the SIG522.
After researching it for a month or so, I arrived at the Rimfire Magic, based on the Ruger 10/22. South Yorkshire Shooting Supplies here in the UK mill their own receiver, and then they install various other after market components to make a complete rifle. Anybody can do that, but they test and tune the rifle so that it will perform as flawlessly as possible.
How it works is you select the components from their list, based on your requirements. Here is the final rifle:
It's a Rimfire Magic receiver with a Ruger Enhanced BX trigger unit, after market charging handle and extractor, enhanced bolt release, Volquartsen barrel (threaded, 16") and Magpul Hunter X22 stock.
The stock is very nice, it comes with four spacers for adjusting the length of pull and I also bought the optional comb riser kit which will provide me with a higher comb if I choose to mount a scope one day. The X22 is also nice because it has a reversible bed liner, which means it can accommodate a target barrel or regular Ruger barrel.
The optic I use is a Burris Fast Fire III. This was on my SIG522, along with the 1/2" riser from Yankee Hill Machine. It is needed because the FF3 sits very low without it.
By the way, I can't say enough good things about the FF3. It's a great, rugged sight with a crisp 3 MOA dot. I have one on a semi-automatic 12g shotgun, with the Flat-top mount and it has retained zero just fine on that gun.
Although this gun is for off-hand shooting, it will do decent groups even with that FF3. Recently at the range using a front bag only, I was able to put 25 rounds all within an inch, which is good enough for a rifle in that configuration (that was at 27 yards).
I have had one or two teething issues with the gun (on day one it had a few stove-pipe failure to feed jams). But in general it is performing very well. Here is another view:
Can't have too many mags!
I started with 5 rounds unsuppressed, as fouling rounds since the rifle had just been cleaned. Those rounds were in the 10 round mag.
After that I fired 500 rounds of RWS Target Rifle, using the 25 round mags. When I was done, the suppressor was too hot to hold and so was the chamber end of the barrel where it is not covered by carbon fibre.
That suppressor is the A-TEC CMM4(6) which I am abusing. In this case I attached it to the rifle via an adapter since the rifle has 1/2" x 20 tpi threads and the suppressor is threaded 1/2" x 28 tpi.
A well-known THR member made a set of adapters for me (you know who you are, and thanks again mate!)
Altogether I regard this as a potentially awesome gallery gun, or just a fun plinker especially when testing suppressors.
