Ruger 10/22 Bull Barrel upgrade?
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Captain33036
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I have no experience with the target model. Reports are good, however.
I have had a couple 10/22's and had fun tricking them out.
The very first thing I would do, before getting another barrel, would be to get a very good trigger. I used a Kidd trigger and was very happy. Personally, I would see what that did for me first, before going on to another barrel.
Just my 0.02. Hope this helps.
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J
I have had a couple 10/22's and had fun tricking them out.
The very first thing I would do, before getting another barrel, would be to get a very good trigger. I used a Kidd trigger and was very happy. Personally, I would see what that did for me first, before going on to another barrel.
Just my 0.02. Hope this helps.
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J
Hope to see some great responses to your quest. I loved what I did with mine. Just don't do anything with it now. Very happy that I bought a whole bunch of match grade ammo in "the days". Now... well it mostly just makes me happy when I pick it up and look at it. Please post pic when done.
Captain33036
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Do you have the model with the wood laminate stock?
If so, you should be well served by it. A no cost thing to do is to make sure the barrel is floated. Take a crisp $20 bill and slide it under the barrel, between the barrel and stock. It should slide all the way back to the action, effortlessly.
If it does not, sand the barrel channel down until it does. Easy thing to do. Will definitely enhance accuracy.
You could also bed the action (I never bothered and still had great results).
I went through a couple difference stocks with mine. If you have that laminate one, there really is no need for a different stock. Save that money. If you want to make that stock a little fancier, sand it lightly and varnish, with a gloss varnish (Minwax Helmsman spar polyurethane is cheap, easy and very good).
Only after you do all those things, and as suggested above, shoot enough ammo to find what the gun shoots best, would you consider another barrel.
rimfirecentral is a very helpful site.
Hope this helps
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J
If so, you should be well served by it. A no cost thing to do is to make sure the barrel is floated. Take a crisp $20 bill and slide it under the barrel, between the barrel and stock. It should slide all the way back to the action, effortlessly.
If it does not, sand the barrel channel down until it does. Easy thing to do. Will definitely enhance accuracy.
You could also bed the action (I never bothered and still had great results).
I went through a couple difference stocks with mine. If you have that laminate one, there really is no need for a different stock. Save that money. If you want to make that stock a little fancier, sand it lightly and varnish, with a gloss varnish (Minwax Helmsman spar polyurethane is cheap, easy and very good).
Only after you do all those things, and as suggested above, shoot enough ammo to find what the gun shoots best, would you consider another barrel.
rimfirecentral is a very helpful site.
Hope this helps
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J
I had a factory bull barrel model and after I tuned the trigger I don't think a replacement barrel could have shot better. That rifles now my sons and I have a 10/22 LVT (light varmint target) model. 20" varmint tapered barrel, same weight as the target.
Biggest improvement I got from a bull barrel was weight reduction. Backward I know, but I opted for a Tac Solutions aluminum barrel with insert. Accuracy is great with bulk ammo. If your talking about threading the needle with match grade ammo, I couldn't speak about the differences in bull vs tapered.
I have the LVT stainless all stock inclding the trigger. The trigger was a bit gritty and heavy . After 500 rds it smoothen up but not much. At 50 yrds on sandbag rest slowfire it was 1 .5 inch grp using bulk WWB from walmart. I wouldnt do a thing as long it works for my intended purpose that is plinking . Maybe i ll freefloat it as its not at the moment.
Floating a 10/22 barrel is more involved than most guns due to the aluminum receiver and single action screw.
Many find that pillar bedding the receiver with a pressure pad in the forearm of the stock the easiest method. Some glass bed the entire barrel, the opposite of free floating.
Ruger's target barrel is hammer forged and not rifled in the same manner as a true match barrel. The chamber is cut to the larger sporter dimensions rather than the tighter Bentz chamber used for most semiauto match barrels. The factory barrel can be cut back, but at the price of a Green Mountian or similar barrel it doesn't make much sense.
A 16 inch barrel will have less harmonics and balance better than a twenty. Many match rifle barrels are counter bored back to 14 to avoid the need for a tax stamp. My twenty was very accurate but different ammo required very different zeros. After cutting it down to 17 it is just as accurate but more consistent between ammo types. If I were to run irons on a 10/22, I would still buy a 16 and install a bloop tube to increase the sight radius.
Many find that pillar bedding the receiver with a pressure pad in the forearm of the stock the easiest method. Some glass bed the entire barrel, the opposite of free floating.
Ruger's target barrel is hammer forged and not rifled in the same manner as a true match barrel. The chamber is cut to the larger sporter dimensions rather than the tighter Bentz chamber used for most semiauto match barrels. The factory barrel can be cut back, but at the price of a Green Mountian or similar barrel it doesn't make much sense.
A 16 inch barrel will have less harmonics and balance better than a twenty. Many match rifle barrels are counter bored back to 14 to avoid the need for a tax stamp. My twenty was very accurate but different ammo required very different zeros. After cutting it down to 17 it is just as accurate but more consistent between ammo types. If I were to run irons on a 10/22, I would still buy a 16 and install a bloop tube to increase the sight radius.
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I bought a Kidd light weight barrel for one of mine and it is great! It really cut the weight down, shoot phenomenal, and makes for a dandy package with a 16" barrel. I would give them a look:
http://www.kiddinnovativedesign.com...t-Aluminum-Sleeved-Rifle-Bull-Barrel_p_8.html
http://www.kiddinnovativedesign.com...t-Aluminum-Sleeved-Rifle-Bull-Barrel_p_8.html
I agree that the next best accuracy improvement will be the trigger. But at this point what I want to know is if retrofitting the Target bull barrel with a Green Mountain or a KIDD (as an example) really provides any significant improvement and if it's worth the investment?
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http://www.scopedin.com/articles/equipment-tests/customizing-the-ruger-1022/
The 10/22 target can definitely be improved with a new barrel and trigger. While the target barrel is an improvement over the pencil barrel, it still has a "standard" chamber, and in accuracy is about halfway between a standard barrel, and a true match grade target barrel.
I have a 10/22T, and I sold a standard model to get it. I should have upgraded the barrel and trigger of the standard, I would have ended up with a more accurate rifle for about the same cost.
CraigC
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Ruger doesn't build a bad barrel, they just cut a sloppy chamber for absolute 100% reliability with whatever crap the owner decides to feed it. You can see substantial improvements with any Ruger barrel by setting it back, recutting the chamber and crown. I don't think a Green Mountain would be any better and some of the cheaper barrels probably won't do as well. If you want to see serious accuracy improvements you need a better barrel. This is where barrels that are $200 and up come into play. Makers like Shilen, Lilja, Volquartsen, Clark and KIDD. It also doesn't ave to be a bull barrel to be accurate. The sporter and mid-weight barrels from Shilen and Clark will shoot just as good as their straight taper counterparts without being so damned heavy.
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Ruger barrel and stock
Ok, I guess I am totally lost. Don't even know where to post this.
I have a Ruger 10-22 model 1261, for now I would like to use the original barrel, but would like to change the stock to something that looks like the Boyds' TactiCool Stock. Most of these stocks look like they will only fit the larger bull type barrels.
Any ideas as to what will work with the stock barrel,
Thanks
Ok, I guess I am totally lost. Don't even know where to post this.
I have a Ruger 10-22 model 1261, for now I would like to use the original barrel, but would like to change the stock to something that looks like the Boyds' TactiCool Stock. Most of these stocks look like they will only fit the larger bull type barrels.
Any ideas as to what will work with the stock barrel,
Thanks
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