anothernewb
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In it's stock form. a 10/22 is IMO arguably one of the best 22's available. it's a but spendier than a few of it's primary rivals. but it more than makes up for it in reliability. seems like there's almost nothing out there that a stock 10/22 won't send down the bore.
I put a few mods in my 10/22 that totally transformed it's shooting from merely good, to outstanding. It's still no target rifle, but it's in the 1/2" or so at 50 yards all day long now with automatch, cci, or blazer ammo.
Like others have said, a trigger job is almost a necessity. If I were to do one and only one thing to it. I would stop there. the rest of the gun really is a fine unit.
In addition, if you want to go barrel, aftermarket barrels can do wonders. I'm not a fan of bull barrels - so I hunted around and found a factory taper one. The biggest thing there is chamber - the stock chambers are very generous - which does add a lot to the reliability of the 10/22. tighter chamber helps tons. That and well, the stock barrels these days are parkerized I think. I like the old walnut and blue, so I found an old walnut stock from at least 20 years ago, and the ER Shaw factory taper I have is just a gorgeous dark blue. for me it was merely a cosmetic thing. the improvement in accuracy was a happy side effect.
With the OP having the takedown model - an aftermarket barrel might not be feasable, but there is an individual who will modify the chamber on the stock barrels. really tightens up the groups - but it does come at the cost of limiting your ammo selection. there's a chance of higher failures with some of the bulk ammo brands.
I also had a bit of work done to the bolt. not much, just tightening up and squaring off the stock dimensions.
yeah, it made my 22 a bit overpriced, I figure I spend a little over $250 on the mods. which makes it something like $500 invested in it. way too much for a 22, but it's a real nice shooter now, and still retains mot of the original ability to digest pretty much any 22 out there.
all that aside - the humble 10/22 may be the most customizable firearm in existence today. I know of no other long gun or pistol with such a wide range of styles, quantity, and quality of aftermarket replacements, doo-dad's, add-on's, and custom options. Even the mighty AR platform lacks the sheer number of total and absolute transformative options out there. Esprcially when you consider there's nothing I know of to transform an AR into a wood stocked humble looking woods gun - but the possiblities do exist to turn a 10/22 into every bit the shining example of tacticool anti zombie TEOTWAKI monster.
I put a few mods in my 10/22 that totally transformed it's shooting from merely good, to outstanding. It's still no target rifle, but it's in the 1/2" or so at 50 yards all day long now with automatch, cci, or blazer ammo.
Like others have said, a trigger job is almost a necessity. If I were to do one and only one thing to it. I would stop there. the rest of the gun really is a fine unit.
In addition, if you want to go barrel, aftermarket barrels can do wonders. I'm not a fan of bull barrels - so I hunted around and found a factory taper one. The biggest thing there is chamber - the stock chambers are very generous - which does add a lot to the reliability of the 10/22. tighter chamber helps tons. That and well, the stock barrels these days are parkerized I think. I like the old walnut and blue, so I found an old walnut stock from at least 20 years ago, and the ER Shaw factory taper I have is just a gorgeous dark blue. for me it was merely a cosmetic thing. the improvement in accuracy was a happy side effect.
With the OP having the takedown model - an aftermarket barrel might not be feasable, but there is an individual who will modify the chamber on the stock barrels. really tightens up the groups - but it does come at the cost of limiting your ammo selection. there's a chance of higher failures with some of the bulk ammo brands.
I also had a bit of work done to the bolt. not much, just tightening up and squaring off the stock dimensions.
yeah, it made my 22 a bit overpriced, I figure I spend a little over $250 on the mods. which makes it something like $500 invested in it. way too much for a 22, but it's a real nice shooter now, and still retains mot of the original ability to digest pretty much any 22 out there.
all that aside - the humble 10/22 may be the most customizable firearm in existence today. I know of no other long gun or pistol with such a wide range of styles, quantity, and quality of aftermarket replacements, doo-dad's, add-on's, and custom options. Even the mighty AR platform lacks the sheer number of total and absolute transformative options out there. Esprcially when you consider there's nothing I know of to transform an AR into a wood stocked humble looking woods gun - but the possiblities do exist to turn a 10/22 into every bit the shining example of tacticool anti zombie TEOTWAKI monster.
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