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During component shortage while conserving reloading components for centerfire pistol/PCC and rifle, I found myself shooting more 22LR out of my ARs with CMMG 22LR conversion bolt, 22LR pistols and rifles.
I even bought Advantage Arms 22LR conversion slide kit for Gen3 Glock 22 and it has been functioning reliably and shooting around 1" groups offhand at 7 yards for cheaper point/target shooting drills with various ammunition.
After 30,000 rounds and concluding "Real World" break-in threads for 10/22 and T/CR22 shooting nearly 4000 rounds for 10/22 Collector #3 and 2000 rounds for T/CR22 while documenting group size trends during barrel rifling/trigger break-in and wear and doing myth busting for dirty vs clean barrel accuracy, I thought it was time to move on from factory stock parts and do some accurizing "on the cheap" with low cost modifications and parts replacement.
During my testing, I have enjoyed following Rimfire Central threads like this for factory stock accuracy - https://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1207739
And for "Real world ... On the cheap" thread, referencing this mega RFC thread for "most bang for the buck" mods and parts replacement - https://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=535662
Why you ask "Accurizing ... On the cheap"? Because not everyone can afford to spend $1000+ to accurize their 22LR and modest improvement in accuracy of sub quarter size groups at 50 yards is more than acceptable to many plinkers and sub dime size groups may not be needed.
I even bought Advantage Arms 22LR conversion slide kit for Gen3 Glock 22 and it has been functioning reliably and shooting around 1" groups offhand at 7 yards for cheaper point/target shooting drills with various ammunition.
After 30,000 rounds and concluding "Real World" break-in threads for 10/22 and T/CR22 shooting nearly 4000 rounds for 10/22 Collector #3 and 2000 rounds for T/CR22 while documenting group size trends during barrel rifling/trigger break-in and wear and doing myth busting for dirty vs clean barrel accuracy, I thought it was time to move on from factory stock parts and do some accurizing "on the cheap" with low cost modifications and parts replacement.
During my testing, I have enjoyed following Rimfire Central threads like this for factory stock accuracy - https://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1207739
And for "Real world ... On the cheap" thread, referencing this mega RFC thread for "most bang for the buck" mods and parts replacement - https://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=535662
Why you ask "Accurizing ... On the cheap"? Because not everyone can afford to spend $1000+ to accurize their 22LR and modest improvement in accuracy of sub quarter size groups at 50 yards is more than acceptable to many plinkers and sub dime size groups may not be needed.
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