New (to me) 10/22, and a dilemma

Picher said:

Has anyone else had experience with Ruger standard-weight stainless 10-22 barrels not shooting well? My BIL's rifle didn't respond adequately to my accurizing attempt, so I decided to get an after-market bull-barrel for it and suddenly, it shot under 1/2" groups at 50 yards. I had pillar-glass-bedded the receiver and a barrel uplift pad in the forend, but the barrel, and mods to fit it, made the difference.

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CraigC said:

Probably a good candidate for setting the barrel back and recutting the chamber. Work that "Randy at CPC" is famous for. What a lot of people don't realize is that Ruger doesn't make a bad barrel, they just cut sloppy chambers for 100% reliability.

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Picher said:

I don't have swivels on my 10-22, but I don't often carry it hunting. The holes are still there, so I can add them anytime, but can't remember the last time I had a sling on it. There are swivels on a couple of rimfire bolt actions and I've used them occasionally, especially, on my .17HMR CZ. the most over the past few years.

I carry a .223 bolt action rifle the most, always with a sling, when walking the roads and fields out back. Since having the .17 HMR, I tend to carry that with a sling a lot more than the .223, because I tend to plink with that rifle more than the centerfire and it will put down varmints out to 100 yards or so.

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