10/22 heavy barrel

[grendel]

It is official now.  Next time I order a heavy barrel to replace the standeard factory barrel on a Ruger 10/22, I order a stock to go with it.  I just spent the a good deal of the last three nights hoging out the barrel chanel on my Rugers factory stock to fit the Adams and Bennet (sic) barrel that was my birthday present to myself.  Well actualy on the first two nights were spent with the sand paper and the 1/2" drill.  Last night was spent bedding the action and first 3-4" of the barrel with Acru-glass SteelBed.  That being all I had on hand, it is probably overkill on a .22LR but it will do.

Sometime this week I'll get a chance to see if this money and work has made the gun any more accurate.  

Grendel

[jh45gun]

I am sure your work was well spent as the stock ruger can be improved as far as accuracy goes. Not knocking the stock ruger they are great guns but can be improved which must be quite a business considering the number of  companies out there that sell aftermarket parts. Jim

[grendel]

Well I took it out to the rifle range yesterday.  I would have to say that all the effort was worth it.  A 25 meters, off sandbags its groups went from 10 shots into 1 inch to 10 into -1/2 inch.  This with Federal bulk pack 22LR HPs.  It shot about the same with Remingtion bulk pack HPs also.  I was also amused to notice that the every shot from the  first 10 round group with the new barrel (freshly bedded also)  would have taken a squirrel at 25M.  The group was less then an inch low and right.

Also dispite the warning on the barrel that "Unfired rounds might not unchamber" or somthing like that, I found that unfired rounds cycled easly and were not marked.  I have one of Paco Kelly's Acu'rzers  http://www.sixgunner.com/paco/paco_ad.htm I'll have to give it a try again and see if it helps.

Grendel

[stuporman]

Try some "good stuff" and youll see your groups tighten up even more.

The ammo youre shooting aint the worst out there, I think you will agree that there is some room there for improvement.

You wouldnt put regular gasoline in your new Maserati, would you?  It would certainly get you there, and get the job done...but she wont perform for you.

Try www.22ammo.com for some more choices.

I like Aguila and Eley myself, but some people swear by Wolf and others.
It is a gun-specific thing, so buy four or five boxes of different ammos.  Have Fun with your new barrel, and good job on the floating.

BTW:  did you remember to re-seal the newly exposed wood?

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[grendel]

I have read about the 22LR finickiness with different types of ammo and will try other brands.  However when I can get 550 rds of Federal or Remington for just under $10 that is a deal that is hard to pass up.  I intend to stock up a couple of thousand rounds of one of them in the next couple of months.

The major room for improvement I see is the fact that the Remingtion ammo seems to have about one misfire in 20 or 30 rounds.  In the 10/22 that is, it has not yet misfired in my Single Six.  Seems the Single Six has a little harder hammer fall then the 10/22.

As I said I'll try the others if only to see how good the gun can do.  But for practice and squirrels I don't see much of a need for better.   I would probably be better off with the practice with an extra thousand or so rounds of Fed. bulk ammo will allow me rather then to try to buy the extra skill.

All newly exposed wood has a nice new coating of Steel Bed over it.  

Kind of wished I had tried bedding the standared barrel first, just to see what kind of accurace it was capable of.  As it is to say the new heavy barrel is more accurate then the stock barrel is a claim I can not in truth make.

Still I'm happy with what I'v done.

Grendel

Try some "good stuff" and youll see your groups tighten up even more.

The ammo youre shooting aint the worst out there, I think you will agree that there is some room there for improvement.

You wouldnt put regular gasoline in your new Maserati, would you?  It would certainly get you there, and get the job done...but she wont perform for you.

Try www.22ammo.com for some more choices.

I like Aguila and Eley myself, but some people swear by Wolf and others.
It is a gun-specific thing, so buy four or five boxes of different ammos.  Have Fun with your new barrel, and good job on the floating.

BTW:  did you remember to re-seal the newly exposed wood?

 :shock:

[jh45gun]

Glad everything is working good for you. I have had problems with Remington Misfires or duds also. IT gets under your skin when you pay almost 12 buck for a box Rem Premier VMax 22 mag and have duds. Something to think of, some of the "better" or more accurate ammo out of your gun may be 2 1/2 times the cost a brick like 20 to 25 bucks a brick maybe even 30 for some but it would be worth it to have a few bricks of that put away also if it shoots good in your gun. I plan to buy a brick of  wolf 22 match when they get it in again as it shoots awsome out of my Romanian 69. Of course it is a good idea to have some cheap plinking ammo also.  Jim

[stuporman]

I agree with jh on that one...wasnt suggesting not buying the big box 'o ammo at the bargain price...just try some slightly different.

I notice that packaging can affect things, too.  Winchester Super X HP is a nice round, but 1 in 5 has a bent rim or projectile from the head to toe packing.

CCI Blazer is a nice, cheap round that actually does pretty good.  No misfires but about 1 in 60 or so.  And, Im not so sure that aint my firing pin being a little worn-out.

You may see SUCH a difference with, say a $1.75 box of 50 rounds you may want to buy a couple of boxes just for hunting. Aguila SE HP, for example.

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