Are these good groups for a stock 10/22?

[Scout21]

I've read where people say that you should expect about an inch at best with a stock 10/22. Mine groups the best at ~5/8" at 50 yards with CCI Standard. I get ~3/4" with Aguila Standard, Remington GB, AutoMatch, and most everything else. Do I have a particularly accurate rifle, or are people not giving the 10/22 enough credit?

 

[edwardware]

If those groups are consistent, I would say you have a significantly better than average 10/22.

I suggest you place a golf ball on the 50 yard berm, and make it dance.

 

[PRD1]

Your reported groups are better than average, and quite good, for an unmodified 10/22, in my experience.

PRD1 - mhb - MIke

 

[someguy2800]

I would say that is smaller than average group size. I would say average is like 1" to 1.5" at 50 yards for a standard 10/22 carbine.

 

[Scout21]

If those groups are consistent, I would say you have a significantly better than average 10/22.

I suggest you place a golf ball on the 50 yard berm, and make it dance.

They're fairly consistent. I get an occasional flyer here and there, but that's to be expected with rimfire. Just about the only stuff I've tried that my rifle hates is Winchester Wildcats at about 1 1/2" or more with quite a few fliers. May have been a bad lot, though.

I haven't tried a golf ball yet, but I love to send shotgun hulls into orbit.

 

[gpb]

That's very good for a Ruger 10/22. If it was my rile, I wouldn't change a thing on it. I'd just shoot it the way it is. If I ever got the desire to tinker with it, I'd buy another 10/22 to mess with. More than likely, it would need work to shoot as good as the one you already have.

 

[dranrab]

Are they good groups? Good for what?

 

[red rick]

Mine isn’t completely stock . I put a Volquartsen target hammer and I have a Weaver rimfire scope on it . I get my best groups with Wolf match extra ( .54 ) Aguila match ( .66 ) CCI mini mags ( .77 ) . I shot 8 brands of ammo and only 2 were over a inch . The worst Federal match ( 2.4 ) .

 

[jmr40]

IME Ruger 10/22's are all over the place. I've seen some that would shoot that good with decent ammo. Others would shoot double that group size. But around 1" @ 50 yards seems to be pretty typical.

 

[JumboJVT]

I'd call it exceptional. I own no 10/22 because the ones I've hard wouldn't even approach it.

 

[Golfanaticshooter]

If those groups are consistent, I would say you have a significantly better than average 10/22.

I suggest you place a golf ball on the 50 yard berm, and make it dance.

Can we find something other than an innocent golf ball? What did a golf ball ever do to you?

 

[edwardware]

What did a golf ball ever do to you?

Given how many hits a golf ball will survive, I'm nearly certain they were invented as dynamic targets. Those knuckleheads in fancy pants swatting at them with sticks came along later. . .