10 22 Ruger Target question

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I bought a target 10/22 factory model this week end it is SS with lamintated brown stock. I put a Leo 3.5X10 on it went out and got it all sighted in.
I have have shot several brands of ammo thru it and have found at 25 yards it will shoot 10 shot groups I can cover with a dime but at 50 yards it opens up to 2 plus inches. It does this with promo ammo as will as Ely, CCI minimag, Fed target. It does not seem to make a difference at 50 yards it shoots them all bad.
Does any one have an idea what I can do to tighten up the accuracy at 50 yds and farther.
 
The trigger is a factory target trigger and is just OK, not great but OK. Like I said it shoots very good at 25 yds but not at 50 and longer.
I fact both my boys have standard 10/22s and at 25 yds mine will out shoot them but at 50 yds both of theirs out shoot mine.
 
Try more ammo of different bullet weights and manufacturer's. Even with the so-so trigger my gun would shoot a quarter of that at fifty.
 
The Ruger Target model has the same 2 problems that the carbine has. First, the trigger sucks, replace it with a Hornet or KIDD. The second issue is that Ruger doesn't use a match chamber. They use the same loose chamber that fits the long CCI stingers in all their 22's. Take the barrel off and send it to CT-Precision for a setback and crown. You might as well have the bolt done at the same time, the abbreviated tune-up is $149 then.
 
You can do better.

I bought a target 10/22 factory model this week end it is SS with lamintated brown stock.
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I know it's hard to appreciate but I have actually done trigger jobs, on the "Target' models. You would expect to get much more out of a "Target" model. Such is not the case. Basically the only difference is a Target hammer and sear. I could not tell the difference in the sear. From there, you can step up in increments on adding performance, all directly proportional to what you willing to spend. .... ;)

Be Safe !!!
 
Will I floated the barrel today, it had pressure on the left side of the barrel all the way down. I also took off the tip end pressure wow that did not work. The groups went from fair to bad. I added some tip pressure which brought it back in fact it shot the best it has so far. It was to windy to try 50 yards so only the 25 yd range was used today. I had a couple 9/16s " 10 shot groups.
 
The posters who recommend that you work the trigger are giving good advice.

Years ago i started tuning 10-22s and found that the first thing to change is the trigger.

But it wasn't until I tuned my wife's cheap carbine that I actually measured before and after just a trigger change.

It had a particular terrible factory trigger - more than 6 lbs and very gritty.
Her rifle shot more than 2 inches at 50 yards with the factory trigger.

I replaced the trigger with a Volquartsen TG2000 trigger group at the range and it shot under 1 inch with the same ammo. (At the time, Kidd hadn't started to make their superior trigger group yet.)

After trying different ammos with the new trigger, that cheap little carbine actually shot a 5 round group of 0.59 and averaged just over 0.65.

That single change resulted in the biggest improvement.
I changed the barrel to a bull barrel and it now shoots just under 0.5 inches with its favorite ammos. It doesn't have a match barrel or chamber.
The match barrel and chamber appears to be worth around 0.1 inches overall in the best case.

After several tuning attempts, I have found that the Kidd parts seem to result in the most improvements. My Kidd that I built from all Kidd parts is the best shooting 10-22 of all - about 0.05 inches on average better than any other of my conversions. The Kidd trigger is hands down the best that I have used and has the biggest contribution to accuracy.

I think of this as a hole into which you can pour money trying to get the last 0.02 inch improvements. Good luck and I hope you have deep pockets.
 
bedlamite said:
The Ruger Target model has the same 2 problems that the carbine has. First, the trigger sucks, replace it with a Hornet [hornetproducts.com] or KIDD [coolguyguns.com] . The second issue is that Ruger doesn't use a match chamber. They use the same loose chamber that fits the long CCI stingers in all their 22's. Take the barrel off and send it to CT-Precision [ct-precision.com] for a setback and crown. You might as well have the bolt done at the same time, the abbreviated tune-up is $149 then.
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Beside the trigger Rugers biggest draw backs are a generous chamber and head space. Setting the barrel back and reaming a modifies Bentz chamber. Then setting head space to the recommended .048 well make a Ruger barrel shoot like the best of the heavy after market barrels.
 
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