New barrel for a 10/22

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witch barrel do yall think is the best..
ER Shaw
Butler creek
Green Mountin
My girl friend said that its ok to pull the trigger for a new barrel for my 10/22
so what do yall think all are good barrels so I need help.. Thanks.
 
er shaw. your gonna need a new stock too btw. the barrel channel needs to be bigger for the .920 diameter after market barrels.
 
Checkit....http://www.rimfiretechnologies.com/default.asp

http://buy.nordiccomp.com/default.aspx

http://www.wpgbc.com/

https://www.volquartsen.com/

http://www.tacticalsol.com/store/pc/home.asp

http://www.hornetproducts.com/default.asp

http://www.hawktecharms.com/barrels/bbls.htm

Really, as far as barrels go, there isn't any one aftermarket barrel that is any better that the other when it comes to 22LR barrels.

Weight, configuration, twists turns wiggles waves compensators brakes color material...you name it!

And the most defining aspect...cost!
 
I've been very happy with the green mountain .920 barrel on my 10/22 and my dad's. I haven't tried a shaw or butler creek but GM seems to be a very good barrel without breaking the bank according to the guys at rimfire central.
You'll need a stock for a bull barrel so factor that in. I like the hogue overmold stocks, they've both held the receiver snug and let the barrels free float.

I'd strongly recommend spending the extra $50 or so and getting a target hammer and bolt release kit like this one Example at Midway The stock trigger pull is pretty awful and the lighter trigger makes good groups much easier (in fact I'd do that before a barrel to get a better idea of how much you improve the accuracy). The auto bolt release is just a nice feature. You can do both of those parts for free if you are brave and modify the stock pieces using some of the online guides if you don't want to spend the $.

If you don't want a bull barrel (and the stock you'll need for it to fit) you can get a sporter profile barrel, although part of the accuracy improvement may be from ditching that barrel band on the front and floating the barrel.

Does your gf know how much a barrel costs? There are a lot of cool products for the 10/22 and that "barrel" could cost $500 or so if you get carried away :D You should be able to do a bull barrel, stock, and trigger job for around $250, or about half that if you get a sporter barrel, reuse the stock, and do the trigger yourself.
Make sure to try several different types of ammo, they all seem to like different diets. Mine seems to like CCI mini-mags and especially CCI subsonic. They group as well as the higher priced stuff like eley and green tag.
 
For an accurate plinker the Green Mountain is hard to beat for the money, I put one on mine and have been very happy with it. It won't win any bench rest matches, but I wouldn't no matter which barrel I was shooting.
 
For an accurate plinker the Green Mountain is hard to beat for the money, I put one on mine and have been very happy with it. It won't win any bench rest matches, but I wouldn't no matter which barrel I was shooting.
Correct, for the MONEY. It is actually quite easy to out shoot a GM barrel, factory barrels that are tuned shoot stupid accurate. If you want a drop in, quick, cheap, relatively accurate and reliable barrel the GM is nearly impossible to beat. But the most accurate are going to be your Rimfire Tech, Volquartsen, Kidd, and Shilen, and you will pay for them, but you get what you pay for.
 
I have barrels from Volquartsen, Adams & Bennett (Midway house brand, usually made by Green Mountain), and one from Hogue, made by who I have no idea. If there is an accuracy difference between them, it's overshadowed by a lot of other factors. The one that shoots best for me is the one that has the best scope on the rifle at the time. I have my suspicions that the Volquartsen might be inherently the most accurate, but it's always had just a fixed 6X scope on the gun, and I need a bit more to really get the point of aim consistent.

Before worrying about brand, my question would be, what is the rifle going to be used for? Bull barrels get heavy real quick. The standard Ruger 18.5" barrel weighs a scooch under 29 ounces. A 20" .920 barrel weighs 58 ounces, so it adds almost two pounds to the gun, fine if it's a range gun, not so much fun out in the woods.

Since you mention Butler Creek, their all steel barrels are fine, but they sell a "carbon fiber" barrel that is best avoided. Where a true carbon fiber barrel like the Volquartsen has a barrel that is tensioned by being tightened against a sleeve of carbon fiber, the Butler Creek version is simply a light barrel with a plastic sleeve textured to look like the real thing. It has a reputation of not shooting as well as a factory barrel.

What makes the aftermarket barrels more accurate is more a factor of their chambers that their diameters. They are cut to what is called a Bentz chamber.

If you look at a long rifle cartridge, there is a little step where the bullet goes from the rounded portion to the full diameter portion where the cannelures are. A sporting chamber is cut .775 long, which is just where that little step is. So when the round is in the chamber, the bullet is just short of the rifling. The nose of the bullet is in there, but it isn't touching, because it's under bore diameter.

A Bentz chamber is cut to about .690, which means that when a round is chambered, the bearing surface of the bullet is forced a little way into the rifling. This improves accuracy dramatically, but nothing comes for free. In a lot of cases, depending on the individual barrel and the type of ammo, you won't be able to extract unfired rounds. An aftermarket extractor like the Volquartsen helps a lot, but you may have to plan on shooting the gun to clear it.

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/index.php

Rimfire Central has a forum topic just for barrels, so browsing around there should answer just about any question.
 
What makes the aftermarket barrels more accurate is more a factor of their chambers that their diameters. They are cut to what is called a Bentz chamber.

Does that mean that CCI mini mags are too long for that chamber?
 
Stingers and Velocitors are. I thought Mini Mags are standard, though. I use the things for pistol match shooting, and they work great.
 
Does anybody know anything about new barrels for the AMT 25/.22 it was the clone that got AMT sued by ruger for 10/.22 patent infringement. will a 10/22 barrel fit this gun
 
mini mags are standard its the stingers that are too long for a bentz chamber

if you want a cheap reliable .920 diameter barrel there is also buttler creek mine has served me well

as far as barrels with the best reputation id say whistle pig or green mountain

and if your looking for a bentz chamber in a stadard taper your looking at too much money IMHO because you can buy a stock and bull barrel for 1/4 of the price
 
Right, Stingers and also the CCI Quik-shok have a long case, and are not suitable for Bentz or match chambers.

Some folks also do a nice job of reworking factory barrels. The breech end is trimmed, the shoulder moved, and the chamber and extractor slot recut. It effectively gives you a Bentz chamber in a factory barrel.
 
I put a Tactical Solutions on my ARish 22 build... I have to say it's quite nice... now if I didn't have plans to put a suppressor on it in the future I may have choose a different barrel... but I have to say it shoots pretty damn nice.

My roommate just got a 10/22 so I put them both on a sand bag at 25 yards... stock barrel... ~6" group 10 shots... TS barrel on mine ~2" group 10 shots...

So.. I'd say I'm happy.
 
Green Mountains are supposed to be awesome. I have a tactical solutions and it is pretty frigging sweet
 
OK, I am going to put this out to correct some people. The Bentz chamber is a shorter chamber that takes standard sized cartridges. Many cartridges listed are NOT longer "Stinger" length.
Here is a list of the ammo that is to long to use in a Bentz, Match, or any other type of non sporter chamber.

CCI Stinger.

Umm, that is it, unless someone comes up with an ammo that is super rare or very old. No one makes a long cased 22lr anymore except the CCI Stinger. I checked all the major manufacturers.
 
CCI also makes what they used to call Quik-shok, and now call Segmented HP, which uses a Stinger length case, though oddly enough it isn't nickeled like the Stinger. But you are absolutely right, Mini-mags and Velocitors use a standard length case, and shoot quite nicely in Bentz chambers.
 
CCI also makes what they used to call Quik-shok, and now call Segmented HP, which uses a Stinger length case, though oddly enough it isn't nickeled like the Stinger. But you are absolutely right, Mini-mags and Velocitors use a standard length case, and shoot quite nicely in Bentz chambers.

You are correct. I was going by CCI's website and they say not to use the Stinger in match chambers but mention nothing about the SHP. So I pulled a box out and what do you know, they are longer.

No wonder the accuracy sucks.
 
I just put a 16.5" CRR- compact barrel on my 10/22. Pretty sweet-looking and shooting.
The CRR barrel comes with the Williams Fire Sites. Makes the little carbine just a little more handy.
 
the barrel on my 1022 custom says mdway on it but i'm almost certain green mountain made it for them.... i got a thumbhole barrel and stock set from midway almost 10 years ago now.... i can't imagine a .22 rimfire shooting as well as this barrel does............ one hole groups at 40-60 yards off sandbag rest.................

LIFE IS SHORT.....
 
now if I didn't have plans to put a suppressor on it in the future I may have choose a different barrel
I chose GM barrels threaded to 1/2"x28tpi from hi-desertdog. They've worked great with a can and were something like $40 more than a standard GM.
 
if depends on what you want. Go to the rimfire sites listed above. I wanted to stay as stock looking as possible. My wife gave it to me for Christmas, I had the barrel and the trigger reworked by "Nemo". Went from about 1.5 at 50yds to where a dime will cover 5 shots. Mine shoots a little better with the barrel on.
If you like the way your gun looks now, I think you'd be happy with the rework. If you want to change the looks then the sky is the limit. I think of GM barrels as a Best Buy.
 
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