i been wanting a new ruger 10/22 sporter 22lr so are these good rifles?

midland man said:

and guys i love squirrel hunting and soon as those cool mornings start coming in this new rifle will be going out after those bushy tails any of you guys hunt small game with your 10/22's?

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I've hunted gray squirrels and shot a few grouse with my 10-22, when out scouting for deer, etc.

My heavy-barreled 10-22 has a free-floating, Shilen heavy-fluted barrel beyond the front bedding screw area. It shoots really great, having shot 10 consecutive 5-shot groups at 50 yards that averaged under 1/2" at 50 yards. It's been quite a while since doing that, but it still shoots great with target and match ammo.

jmr40 said:

That's a MUCH better option than the standard carbine. But I like this version even better.

Ruger® 10/22® Sporter Autoloading Rifle Model 31166

A slightly heavier 20" barrel, but not a true bull barrel. Ruger made a limited run of these a few years ago and I like it a lot. It is just enough heavier to shoot well without being too heavy to carry. Mine is extremely accurate, much more so than any other unmodified 10-22 I've ever owned. The newer versions have the barrel threaded while mine does not. Other than that they are the same.

They offer it in SS too.

Ruger® 10/22® Sporter Autoloading Rifle Model 31167

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Mine looks like yours, but has an after-market Shilen bull barrel and it's delivered some really impressive results.

Riomouse, THAT's the ticket; the Monte stock. Handled a blued one, and nearly bought it (actually, sorry I didn't).
Gad, that is a pretty rifle.
Are those a standard production item, or a special run?
Moon

I like mine. Plenty accurate to minute of squirrel.

I got a carbine, basic one a few years ago - seems to work good. I think the sporter stock is considered a nicer version.

Tallinar said:

I like mine. Plenty accurate to minute of squirrel.

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Tallinar, had those sights on the last 10-22, along with an M1 carbine stock. It made a great little rifle, but ended up swapping it on a PC9 Ruger carbine.
My gun's original stock was not nearly so nice as that one.
Moon

Good guns and sometimes you get lucky with the wood. This stock has since been routed for the Clark mid-weight barrel/Nodak receiver rifle I built as an LTR.



This stock is French walnut from a TALO ~2009 special.

Riomouse911 said:

Or you can go Continental with a stainless RSI model.

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And they shoot pretty well, too. (Disclosure: I did add a BX trigger to the rifle after I bought it.)

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Stay safe.

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There you go. Every time I see one of those I want it but then I wonder if I would get the same crappy accuracy as I got with my 2 regular 1022 rifles. They are the only attractive 10/22 made IMO.

halfmoonclip said:

Riomouse, THAT's the ticket; the Monte stock. Handled a blued one, and nearly bought it (actually, sorry I didn't).
Gad, that is a pretty rifle.
Are those a standard production item, or a special run?
Moon

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I got it from Buds in March-April of 2020. I think they’re regular production, but I am not 100% sure so don’t take that as gospel.

Back then I was bidding on S&W Model 63’s for my collection. Those were bidding up so high that I quit trying… so I bought a 10” Mark IV and the 10/22 RSI together at Buds for less that one of the 63’s were going for.

Stay safe.

doubleh said:

There you go. Every time I see one of those I want it but then I wonder if I would get the same crappy accuracy as I got with my 2 regular 1022 rifles. They are the only attractive 10/22 made IMO.

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Mine shoots well. Certainly not a Feinwerkbau or Anschutz, but then again I don’t run summer biathlon events anymore so an inch, inch and a quarter at 75 yards is plenty good enough for my needs.

These are a full 10-round mag at 50 yds. Blazer and Sterling Cross the gun liked, the Armscor not so much.



Obviously not a guarantee, but with loads it liked it can shoot pretty good.

Stay safe.

Well, hell. That's pretty fair shooting!
Did you ever find your 63? Our Club had some we were no longer using, and sold them off to the members.
What kind of money were the 63s drawing?
Again, nice shooting.
Moon

halfmoonclip said:

Well, hell. That's pretty fair shooting!
Did you ever find your 63? Our Club had some we were no longer using, and sold them off to the members.
What kind of money were the 63s drawing?
Again, nice shooting.
Moon

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I found a nearly new-condition Model 34 instead of the stainless 63, just a turn line and a hint of holster wear on the outer edge of the muzzle. It was still pricy but at least a couple hundred bucks less than the 63’s were commanding.



Back then the vintage 4” Model 63’s were drawing $950 and up with box and papers. Both Rugers combined ran me about $750.

Stay safe.

Picher said:

My heavy-barreled 10-22 has a free-floating, Shilen heavy-fluted barrel beyond the front bedding screw area. It shoots really great, having shot 10 consecutive 5-shot groups at 50 yards that averaged under 1/2" at 50 yards. It's been quite a while since doing that, but it still shoots great with target and match ammo.


Mine looks like yours, but has an after-market Shilen bull barrel and it's delivered some really impressive results.View attachment 1101571

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What Target ammo does yours prefer if I may ask ?. Strange as it sounds I had really Good luck with Wolf Match Extra and as we all know ,it used to be a REAL Bargain back in the day . Eley Tenex just too expensive IMO ,had decent results with SK Rifle match and RWS .
I had to laugh when I shot Federal match ,as it looked like that Remington bucket stuff out of #3 of MY .22's .
I found out the HARD way NOT to clean a .22 RF barrel !. Like to have took #250-300 bullets to foul it up to where consistency was semi normal .

Here's another laugh ; When I bought that 10/22 Ruger carbine $29.99 included CA. Sales tax and the Sales Lady handed My Friend and I are free boxes of ammunition ,with Rifle in hand as we paid and left . Boy how times of changed NOW days ,Huh !!.

You can't even go into a Gun Store and buy ammo without signing your life away and showing ID ,from what I'm told . Let alone go in and just buy a gun and take it with you . Perhaps we should insist on doing that with people who vote

Thankfully upon Wife's retirement ,WE ESCAPED and Now when I want something ,I either hit LGS or order it via a local shop and walk in pick it up . I was thinking out loud the other day and came up with a suggestion ;

Perhaps what we need in the USA ,is Compulsory Military Service and then not so many Morons would be so willing to shoot up everywhere and go on shooting sprees . We've Got to do something and more restrictions and gun laws is LUDICROUS ,they DON'T do a thing because Criminals NEVER OBEY A LAW !. Political Idiots put band-aids on Arterial tears ; IMO .

I have the Deluxe model and it rivals my CZ 452 . Mine likes Wolf ammo the best so far , but it doesn’t do bad with most any brand . My Marlin 60 is more picky for groups and ejecting the low velocity stuff .

BushMaster-15 said:

What Target ammo does yours prefer if I may ask ?. Strange as it sounds I had really Good luck with Wolf Match Extra and as we all know ,it used to be a REAL Bargain back in the day . Eley Tenex just too expensive IMO ,had decent results with SK Rifle match and RWS .
I had to laugh when I shot Federal match ,as it looked like that Remington bucket stuff out of #3 of MY .22's .
I found out the HARD way NOT to clean a .22 RF barrel !. Like to have took #250-300 bullets to foul it up to where consistency was semi normal .

Here's another laugh ; When I bought that 10/22 Ruger carbine $29.99 included CA. Sales tax and the Sales Lady handed My Friend and I are free boxes of ammunition ,with Rifle in hand as we paid and left . Boy how times of changed NOW days ,Huh !!.

You can't even go into a Gun Store and buy ammo without signing your life away and showing ID ,from what I'm told . Let alone go in and just buy a gun and take it with you . Perhaps we should insist on doing that with people who vote

Thankfully upon Wife's retirement ,WE ESCAPED and Now when I want something ,I either hit LGS or order it via a local shop and walk in pick it up . I was thinking out loud the other day and came up with a suggestion ;

Perhaps what we need in the USA ,is Compulsory Military Service and then not so many Morons would be so willing to shoot up everywhere and go on shooting sprees . We've Got to do something and more restrictions and gun laws is LUDICROUS ,they DON'T do a thing because Criminals NEVER OBEY A LAW !. Political Idiots put band-aids on Arterial tears ; IMO .

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When I shot my best composite target, I used Lapua match ammo, because that's what I was shooting in my bolt gun for Rimfire Benchrest matches. I don't have any more of that ammo and don't shoot matches these days, so sold other kinds of match ammo. I was not happy with the "games" the ammo companies and shooters were playing to save great lots for name-recognized shooters. It may have been good business for them, but stinks for the less-recognized shooters.

The quality-control of rimfire ammo, even the most expensive, has been inferior to centerfire...not intentionally, but the basic design of rimfire ammo makes it harder to achieve consistency on par with centerfire ammo. Priming method is one problem area, but bullets also can vary. Cases are okay, but crimp tolerance varies more than centerfire seating consistency, for sure. JP

My sporter gives me nickel size groups at 50 yards using the TAC-22 ammo.

I liked mine, as it came from the factory but was kind of disappointed with accuracy and offhand steadiness, so put a high-quality, fluted bull-barrel on it. It shoots better than I'd hoped and balance is great.

jmr40 said:

That's a MUCH better option than the standard carbine. But I like this version even better.

Ruger® 10/22® Sporter Autoloading Rifle Model 31166

A slightly heavier 20" barrel, but not a true bull barrel. Ruger made a limited run of these a few years ago and I like it a lot. It is just enough heavier to shoot well without being too heavy to carry. Mine is extremely accurate, much more so than any other unmodified 10-22 I've ever owned. The newer versions have the barrel threaded while mine does not. Other than that they are the same.

They offer it in SS too.

Ruger® 10/22® Sporter Autoloading Rifle Model 31167

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I really like my LVT.

LiveLife said:

Same here. While I had several 10/22s over the decades, regular carbine stock had too short of length-of-pull for me.

But I love the full-size stock of my 10/22 Collector #3 which came with factory Ruger modular stock with removable cheek rest.

Ruger 10/22s are likely the most iconic 22LR that many of us were introduced to shooting with and most extensive aftermarket support.

After testing over 30,000 rounds of various brand/weight of 22LR ammunition, I decided to test new out-of-the-box 10/22 during several thousand rounds of break-in and accuracy trend capturing 5/10 shot groups at 25/50 yards - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...rrel-ruger-10-22-collector-3-break-in.859106/

10/22 barrel after 4600 rounds shows clean, smooth and sharp land/sea rifling - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...22lr-on-the-cheap.898035/page-2#post-12175261

With factory trigger pull going from 7.5 lbs down to 4.5 lbs, 10/22 consistently produced around 3/4"-1" 50 yard groups with select ammunition (10/22 is ammunition selective) and after around $140 worth of accurizing and 6500 rounds later, it continues to produce consistent accuracy of 1/2"-3/4" 50 yard groups with 40 gr CCI SV/Blazer and Aguila ammunition - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...22lr-on-the-cheap.898035/page-2#post-12304052

And 1"-1.25" groups at 100 yards - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...22lr-on-the-cheap.898035/page-2#post-12194385

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That Man's Best Friend rifle is absolutely awesome!

Get you one of these butt pads if you have the older 10/22 stock. They can be bought for the older 10/22 and mini14 wood buttstocks. The 10/22 carbine was a little short for me, so I added the rubber addition and made it much better,

Riomouse911 said:

Or you can go Continental with a stainless RSI model.

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And they shoot pretty well, too. (Disclosure: I did add a BX trigger to the rifle after I bought it.)

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Stay safe.

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Whoa! I stopped looking at this thread right here. THAT is a 10/22! Very nice indeed.

irishlad said:

That Man's Best Friend rifle is absolutely awesome!
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And the 10/22 Collector #3 shoots pretty good with factory barrel too.

I planned on installing a bull barrel like for T/CR-22 but the 10/22 factory barrel shoots well enough that I decided to wait for the rifling to wear out ... but after 6500 rounds, I am waiting ... and waiting ... and waiting (I have read that factory 10/22 barrel could maintain accuracy for tens of thousands of rounds)

Picture of 10/22 bore/rifling after 4200 rounds (Just like day one out of the box, clean and smooth with sharp rifling ridges) - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...22lr-on-the-cheap.898035/page-2#post-12175261



Following groups were shot with factory barrel and these "cheap" accurizing upgrades of $120 excluding scope rail/scope/rings (Target grid is 1" square) - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...22lr-on-the-cheap.898035/page-2#post-12304052

• 10/22 with factory barrel (Round count 6250, bore brushed three times with Hoppes #9/copper bore brush with 3 passes each brushing)
• $40 - Volquartsen trigger 2.25 lbs (Trigger round count 2250)
• Free - Barrel free floated with plastic shim under V block from Home Depot tie down plastic packaging
• $1 - Rear of receiver better secured to stock with 1 strip of electrical tape
• $19 - Tactical Solutions V block
• $10 - Pike Arms red bolt buffer
• $50 - CPC reworked pinned factory bolt
• $36 EGW 20 MOA scope rail
• $150 Viridian Serac 6-24x50mm
• $13 Viridian high profile 30mm scope rings

CCI SV produced 1/2" 5 shot group and slightly larger than 1/2" second group on top row. Aguila 40 gr CPRN was used to zero scope (My reference 22LR ammunition now) and produced about 3/4" 10 shot final group. Was testing new Norma Tac-22 and greased ammunition "seasoned" the barrel and 6th 5 shot group was 1/2".



I thought there would be room to shoot Aguila 40 gr LRN groups on the previous target but ran out of space so used the target I used to zero the scope. First group measured 1" with less than 3/4" core. Second group less than 3/4". Third group just over 1/2". Fourth group 1.25" with 1/2" core. (This was last group and my shooting hand/fingers were getting fatigued as expressed by the leftward flyer )



And the 100 yard groups with Aguila 40 gr CPRN used for turret tracking test of Viridian Serac scope (Groups are clockwise from top left starting at green circle: 1.25", 1.25", 1", 1.25") ... I say not too bad for a factory 10/22 barrel with non-match grade ammunition

Riomouse911 said:

Or you can go Continental with a stainless RSI model.

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That's the exact one I have (Talo); best of the bunch imo, at least in terms of looks. I put a Williams peep sight (WGRS-RU-22) on it, befitting its petite configuration.

CraigC said:

sometimes you get lucky with the wood.

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You got very lucky!