Hello,
I am a new shooter, and I recently purchased a 10/22 as a first rifle.
I was thinking about a scope, but now I'm leaning to learning to use the iron sights first. I've been to the range twice with it so far, and I've only shot (with iron sights) up to 10-15 yards, with probably at best 1-1.5 inch groups, on average a lot worse. Still practicing...
I don't plan on changing much on the rifle, I pretty much like how it is and it looks. The only changes I'm making is an extended mag release and automatic bolt release, solely for practical convenience purposes. I'm not really interested in super trigger-jobs or fluted barrels or a new firing pin, mostly because I can't really recognize the difference yet, and I would rather use the money to buy a milsurp or whatever.
I've heard some people advocating installing new peep sights on their 10/22's, since the stock iron sights have a crappy sight radius and all. Is it worth the money to replace the stock iron sights and learn with these peep sights? If so, can anyone recommend any good 10/22 peep sights?
By the way, I'm not ruling out the possibility of a scope. I plan on getting one but leaving to install it later, in a few months or so, when I'm confident with the iron sights.
I am a new shooter, and I recently purchased a 10/22 as a first rifle.
I was thinking about a scope, but now I'm leaning to learning to use the iron sights first. I've been to the range twice with it so far, and I've only shot (with iron sights) up to 10-15 yards, with probably at best 1-1.5 inch groups, on average a lot worse. Still practicing...
I don't plan on changing much on the rifle, I pretty much like how it is and it looks. The only changes I'm making is an extended mag release and automatic bolt release, solely for practical convenience purposes. I'm not really interested in super trigger-jobs or fluted barrels or a new firing pin, mostly because I can't really recognize the difference yet, and I would rather use the money to buy a milsurp or whatever.
I've heard some people advocating installing new peep sights on their 10/22's, since the stock iron sights have a crappy sight radius and all. Is it worth the money to replace the stock iron sights and learn with these peep sights? If so, can anyone recommend any good 10/22 peep sights?
By the way, I'm not ruling out the possibility of a scope. I plan on getting one but leaving to install it later, in a few months or so, when I'm confident with the iron sights.