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orchidman
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New rifle.......
orchidman
Posts: 8,435 Senior Member
Well, its not actually new, it was second hand lol.
Had a 10/22 that I bought new in 2011. Unfortunately it had a bizarre way of attaching a suppressor. Instead of the barrel being threaded on the outside, the barrel was threaded on the inside and you attached the suppressor by screwing in a 'female' adapter to the barrel, then screwing the suppressor to the protruding 'male' bit. Unfortunately when sighting it in, the best I could get out of it was a 2" group at 50yds. So it was stuck in the back of the gunsafe where it languished for 10 yrs.
A couple of months ago, Marks son wanted a 10/22 to take care of an excess of turkeys on his farm, so I dragged it out, did some work on it until I was getting 1" groups at 50yds and sold it to him.
While at one of my LGS's a few weeks prior to duck season, I saw a 10/22 on the used gun rack. It was an older model (Ser No starts with 121xxxxx which makes it a 1981). Unfortunately ( there is that word again), I had 2 voices telling me to get it.......The one in my head and BH who was standing next to me at the time. So, being outnumbered, ( my wallet kept saying no) I bowed to the majority and bought it. Thats the beauty of living in a democracy I guess.
No plastic bits on this one btw.........
Paid extra to get it threaded and left it at the LGS. Picked it up 2 weeks later and found that the gunsmith had removed the front sight by the simple expediency of cutting off the end of the barrel and then threading it........eek!
Barrel is now 14 3/4" long..........
Found a spare scope sitting on my 22-250 ( Tikka Super Varmint) and mounted it up. An $800 scope on a $400 rifle.....Whats not to like........The scope is a Zeiss 4-12X50 for those that like details.
Ratted around in the spare parts bin and found an all steel, muzzle forward suppressor.......
Well, at least it looks better..........
Also found an old school leather sling for it.
Took it out 2 weekends ago to sight it in. Decided to zero it at my usual distance of 75 yds and after getting it on paper at 10 yds, moved the target out to 75 to zero it. A few rounds later I shot this group at 75 using the hood of the Suzuki as a rest.....The bottom left hole was the last shot I fired when zeroing it..I then adjusted it 3 clicks up and 2 to the right and shot the 3 shot group which measures 5/8ths of an inch....
Took it out saturday and shooting 6"gongs standing, I was able to make them ring from 70, 85, 100 and 120yds consistently.....
Guess it will do as a backup to the trusty JW15........Ordered a Volquarson bolt release for it and will be getting an extended magazine release when the LGS gets one in.
Oh and Marks son loves his 10/22 and has been knocking turkeys over regularly.
Edited to add: The only other things I did was to remove the barrel band and I took to the barrel channel with the dremel so the barrel is free floated back to the action screw..
Still enjoying the trip of a lifetime and making the best of what I have.....
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Thanks. I actually bought a Volquarson bolt release and gave it to BH for his 10/22. The property owner of the property where we have been culling peacocks/rabbits/possums/deer/hedgehogs and wild cats must think we are doing a great job cos he keeps giving us LGS vouchers...means things like this dont cost us anything.
"The Un-Tactical"
Does look odd with the shorter barrel; apparently 14" is all what you need to optimize the .22LR round's propellant burn though....
The suppressor gave it back its "normal" looks. Very accurate results by the way; what ammo were you using?. Friend of mine with a stock 10/22T (bull barrel) with a "can" got even a tad tighter groups @ 55 yards using recently imported S&B Club this weekend.
My TD model has plastic parts my former "plain" one didn't, but considering what these rifles are and its good performance that doesn't bothers me anymore.
Glad to know that the commies didn't also ban magazine-fed .22LR semiautos like they did with centerfire rifles.
Ammo used was standard Aussie ( Olin Corp) made Winchester subsonics. Their quality control was excellent and I have been using that ammo since I was a teenager. Trouble is due to the gun restrictions in this part of the world the demand for .22 has dropped so far that they closed down their plant recently. I made sure to buy up as much of the Aussie stuff I could before it disappeared.....
Have recently seen one-piece polymer 3D-printed sound moderators work quite fine with SV or SS .22LR ammo; funny thing is that colored ones seem to have better "elasticity" and last quite longer than plain white ones. Only tricky part is to fit properly the threaded metal nut in the bottom to fix it to the barrel and that's it. Not a fan of those gimmicks since I almost exclusively shoot with HV ammo but definitively useful when discretion is desired.