How accurate do you think my 10/22 is?

More rigid stock?

Adam,

You mentioned a Hogue stock. These area nice stocks, and great for off hand shooting or plinking. Do to construction, think you can see some flexing if shot from a front rest or sandbags as you've mentioned.

Rather than the sandbags, you may want to try a heavy front rest. If using the Hogue, you may want to place the stock onto the rest closer to the front of the receiver to minimize the flexing that can occur. Would suggest picking up a more "bench rest" suitable stock, or one that tracks better in the bags and try that. Think you will pick up an improvement in group size or at least consistency in group size.

There is also a book on rimfire ammunition out there, "The Rifleman's Guide To Rimfire Ammunition." In the case of the 10/22, think you'll find it interesting reading, to set expectations with the 10/22 and its autoloading variants.
 
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For any kind of bench type shooting for accuracy, I would definitely lose the flexible Hogue stock. They are fine for off-hand hunting and 'tacticool' rifles (I own one, on a 'black rifle' build)..... but you need a good wood or fiberglas stock. I would also avoid a laminated stock in the 10/22 format, I can't understand why Ruger makes their 10/22T model with one.

Walnut (DSM) stock or even a Boyds would give you much more consistent bedding of the action. Like Travelor said, If you use a pressure pad under the barrel near the action.....this will help, given how these barrels are mounted.

You're already getting much better groups with the Kidd bbl, so now it's a matter of finding the 'right' ammo, and the small variables that you CAN control.

Definitely get a couple of inexpensive wind flags, and learn to 'read' them. You may be very surprised at what's possible.

Good luck!
 
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for bench rest shooting i'd get rid of the 10/22 and start over with a great bolt action.

i have a hard time believing anybody has a 10/22 type actioned rifle that will shoot in the .1's regularly!!!!!! .3's are a strectch!!!!! and i mean regularly!!! they may have a dozen pieces of 1000 taqrgets that measure the .1's!!! not ganna do it regularly!!!! sorry. it aint happening. maybe at 25 yards yep!! 50 yards no way in hell!!!!
 
10/22 accuracy Mr. Nobody believe.........

Mr. Nobody, I know it's hard for you to believe that a 10/22 can shoot .187 inch groups. When Ervin told me this I thought he meant at 100 yards. You don't know Ervin. He owns a first class rifle and pistol range and is a mutiple time state champion in many shooting disciplines. I haven't seen him in many years but he promised me he would let me shoot my custom 52 Winchester and 54 Anshutz rifles in the 100 yard wind tunnel he had built with electronic target set up like they use in the olympics. When money and time are not limiting factors I think .187 inch for five shoots at fifty yards isn't even that impressive. A first class benchrest rifle, which my
Winchester is, can shoot half that and my 54 Anshutz, a silhouette rifle has had bench days where I never shot over .187 inch and that's outdoors.
I can't wait to shoot in a tunnel with electronic scoring targets. The only reason I have continued to shoot firearms is because I forever am amazed at what a first class shooter can do in always raising the bar. ifldned
 
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I simply use my Canadien Centennial 10/22 with a thumbhole stock, 1x4 scope, Kidd trigger with Eley 10x for squirrels, and am more than happy with that.
 
Butler creek bull barrel, Boyd laminated stock, trigger and bolt work by Randy @CPC. Shoots consistent half inch groups at 50 yards with Aguila match, subsonic or Wolf match. The big difference came with the bolt work, polished and pinned firing pin.
 
At one of our IR50/50 matches we only had 3 shooters show up, need 4 for a sanctioned match. There was a club member shooting on an ajacent range he had a tricked out 10/22, I had seen him and shot next to him in practice many times so I knew he had a pretty decent shooting rifle. We asked him to shoot IR50/50 with us, begged him, told him he could shoot for free. The guy wouldn't have any part of it, never could figure out why. Thanks, Douglas
 
10/22 accuracy

Douglas, I don't know the shooter you had your experience with. I've competed in many sports in my life time and as one progresses up to sports that involve life and death consequences,...." I've raced cars and motorcyles that top out and over 193 mph", as well as being a first class rifle a pistol shooter when I was younger. The trophies and accolades most shooters are competing for don't mean much. Let's face it, there are hardly any professional shooters that make a livelihood out of the sport, let alone shooters who compete on a life and death situation. People that push themselves in sports where life and death are concerned shoot rifles and pistols as a way to relax and for recreation. Maybe your shooting friend was one of these people?
ifldned
 
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I took my Ruger 10-22T and replaced the action with an Anschutz model 54. Then I replaced the barrel with an Anschutz with a Hoehn tuner. Then I replaced the stock with a Kelbly BR stock. Then I mounted a Weaver 36X scope to it. It shoots okay now.
 
10/22 in match

I've shot a 10/22 in a 50/50 match before... I shot a bit over 240 with only 3 misses,,ie the ones that missed, missed quite far. This was more than 10 yrs ago, but a gunsmith named Voelker (please excuse the spelling) back then shot many 250's with a 10/22 and when Remington came out with that repeater that would remind you of the ruger, he built rifles on that action that shot 250's.

surely somebody remembers him,, he may still be active,

I had won a shilen barrel at a bench shoot back in the 90's and chose the 10/22 drop in they build.. Even put a jewell trigger on it..(Jewell didn't make triggers very long for this action)..the rifle shoots very well, but not competitve. they are fun to shoot though..

just thought you would be interested..

Kirk
 
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