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I just built a new 10/22 before Christmas, the objective was to make one lighter and handier than my Fajen silouhette 18" heavy barrel model, without spending a huge sum, and without sacrificing accuracy.
The 10/22 is built with the following parts: a mossy oak cammo corelight stock, a Green Mountain 16" fluted bull barrel, a power custom mount, volquartsen hammer, and Buffer pin, and a weaver rimfire 2.5x7 28mm scope.
The combo I mentioned works well, and the accuracy is good, so far at 25 yards its shooting .25" 5 shot groups and .4" 10 shot groups off of a sandbag with inexpensive ammo (federal lightning, CCI standard velocity, and Winchester T22).
Weather and time have prevented me from doing any good 50 or 100 yard testing.
The combo is pretty light, and would be lighter with a carbon fiber or bonded aluminium barrel. I like the corelight stock, it has very good checkering on the forearm. The corelight stock only had one issue, the magwell area was too tight, and required a bit of sanding to get the magzines in and out smoothly. The fit of the stock to the action and barrel were excellent. I am experimenting with a little piece of leather glued over the forward sling swivel stud in the forearm acting as a barrel bedding point, so far this seems to have aided accuracy.
The weaver rimfire scope is very clear, paralax adjusted for 50 yards and weights about half of what a 3-9x40 standard scope weighs, you may want to consider it as an option on any .22, its made in japan and seems to be a very good deal, Natchez sells the weaver scope for about $120.
I also put in a volquartsen buffer bolt stop pin and a volquartsen hammer which greatly improves the trigger pull.
This might be a good combo if you are looking for a hunting arm in .22lr
Hornet products carries most of the parts mentioned here and has pretty good prices on the barrel, hammer, mount, and stock, they were quick to ship as well.
www.hornetproducts.com
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The 10/22 is built with the following parts: a mossy oak cammo corelight stock, a Green Mountain 16" fluted bull barrel, a power custom mount, volquartsen hammer, and Buffer pin, and a weaver rimfire 2.5x7 28mm scope.
The combo I mentioned works well, and the accuracy is good, so far at 25 yards its shooting .25" 5 shot groups and .4" 10 shot groups off of a sandbag with inexpensive ammo (federal lightning, CCI standard velocity, and Winchester T22).
Weather and time have prevented me from doing any good 50 or 100 yard testing.
The combo is pretty light, and would be lighter with a carbon fiber or bonded aluminium barrel. I like the corelight stock, it has very good checkering on the forearm. The corelight stock only had one issue, the magwell area was too tight, and required a bit of sanding to get the magzines in and out smoothly. The fit of the stock to the action and barrel were excellent. I am experimenting with a little piece of leather glued over the forward sling swivel stud in the forearm acting as a barrel bedding point, so far this seems to have aided accuracy.
The weaver rimfire scope is very clear, paralax adjusted for 50 yards and weights about half of what a 3-9x40 standard scope weighs, you may want to consider it as an option on any .22, its made in japan and seems to be a very good deal, Natchez sells the weaver scope for about $120.
I also put in a volquartsen buffer bolt stop pin and a volquartsen hammer which greatly improves the trigger pull.
This might be a good combo if you are looking for a hunting arm in .22lr
Hornet products carries most of the parts mentioned here and has pretty good prices on the barrel, hammer, mount, and stock, they were quick to ship as well.
www.hornetproducts.com
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