22" SS Barrel Ruger 10/22 at Wally World-Opinions or Experiences Anyone?

22" is a bit long for a .22 - most barrels are 16-20; and i think the maximum muzzle velocity is in that range, but overall the 10/22 is a great platform if you spend some time effort and loot to tweak it with aftermarket parts. Stock, the carbines arent as good as some other stock .22lr's, i don't know much about the factory bull barrels, but they still have the factory trigger group, so they can use some impriovement. checkout rimfirecentral.com for a lot more on everything 10/22. i'd pick one up - i have three and could always use another. -dd

I don't know what you want to know. Is it a substitute for a machine gun? No, not really. Is it a good squirrel hunting and plinking rifle? Absolutly.

My wife's jammed a few times when it was new, in a couple hundred rounds it stopped doing that. It's plenty accurate for what it's made for. It's also a pretty decent looking rifle IMHO.

The 22 inch barrel probably doesn't add anything, but on the other hand doesn't take away much, other than maybe some "handiness" is about all.

Oh, you CAN make it into about anything you want it to be, if you don't mind spending some time and money on it.

I have one of the stainless models with the laminated stock.

I have never had a problem with it until the magazine got a bit dirty, and all that took was a cleaning! (BTW I did this tutorial on cleaning the 10/22 magazie.)

One thing that I feel is a must, is trigger work. Either get the parts, or just buy a whole drop in trigger group. They are a little pricey, but worth every penny. It is the one thing that will immediately reduce your group sizes. It will allow you to do 1" groups offhand at 50 yards... hundreds of rounds in a row.

Anything else is just degrees of accuracy. Barrels, stocks, and sights will only improve the accuracy by small amounts.

Only use factory original magazines, the others aren't very reliable.

Regards,
Albert A Rasch
The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles
The Range Reviews: Tactical

that is the typical model that was sold at wallyworld's for years, they are usually very nice. the second one, just needs a trigger job, and a rear stop for the trigger, and it will fire as fast as the first one.