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Hey everyone, I recently purchased my first 10/22 rifle. I am NOT impressed. A little background:
Approx 3 months ago, I picked up a 10/22 sporter 18" for my wife. She's brand new to shooting. After swapping out the factory wood stock, that had too long a pull for her, with a plastic ATI strike force, and dropping a Leupold 3-9X40mm scope on it - she is able to put 25 rnds thru a 1-1.5 hole at 50 yards (rapid fire). Totally stock rifle in every other way, with the exception of a trigger over travel stop screw I added to the rear of the trigger guard. Nice and accurate, what I would expect out of a quality .22, esp shooting federal bulk .36g bulk hollow points..
Now then.. With all that said, I purchased an identical model of rifle, mine had the synthetic yukky stock. I set mine up the same as hers, ATI stock, trigger stop screw, except I chose a Tasco 6-24X42mm scope. Best I can do is 3.5" at 50 yards. Now, this is a brand new rifle, with brand new barrel, not sure how much effect that’s having. About 300 rounds thru it so far. I have since started modifying her original wooden stock to use on my rifle: free float the barrel, and possibly bed the receiver and barrel (the first 3 or so inches of it at the bore end). I even tried some CCI segmented (same results as fed bulk).
Anyone have any idea why the huge diff in accuracy between these two identical models? I have been shooting for most of my adult life, and am ex-military... I know how to shoot.. Its very dis-heartening that things are going so poorly.. At some point, I will look for an after market trigger and bull barrel, but for now, I have a larger amount of time than money...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Chris
Approx 3 months ago, I picked up a 10/22 sporter 18" for my wife. She's brand new to shooting. After swapping out the factory wood stock, that had too long a pull for her, with a plastic ATI strike force, and dropping a Leupold 3-9X40mm scope on it - she is able to put 25 rnds thru a 1-1.5 hole at 50 yards (rapid fire). Totally stock rifle in every other way, with the exception of a trigger over travel stop screw I added to the rear of the trigger guard. Nice and accurate, what I would expect out of a quality .22, esp shooting federal bulk .36g bulk hollow points..
Now then.. With all that said, I purchased an identical model of rifle, mine had the synthetic yukky stock. I set mine up the same as hers, ATI stock, trigger stop screw, except I chose a Tasco 6-24X42mm scope. Best I can do is 3.5" at 50 yards. Now, this is a brand new rifle, with brand new barrel, not sure how much effect that’s having. About 300 rounds thru it so far. I have since started modifying her original wooden stock to use on my rifle: free float the barrel, and possibly bed the receiver and barrel (the first 3 or so inches of it at the bore end). I even tried some CCI segmented (same results as fed bulk).
Anyone have any idea why the huge diff in accuracy between these two identical models? I have been shooting for most of my adult life, and am ex-military... I know how to shoot.. Its very dis-heartening that things are going so poorly.. At some point, I will look for an after market trigger and bull barrel, but for now, I have a larger amount of time than money...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Chris