Al Thompson
Staff Alumnus
Hi folks, I put the Butler Creek barrel and stock on my 10-22. I know there have been some questions about the quality of them, so thought I would share my results.
Three types of ammo were tried. After a very through cleaning, the barrel was bolted into the 10-22. So far, so good.
The first ammo used to get the scope adjusted (simmons 4 - 12 AO) was Remington/ UMC yellow box. Decent groups. The scope/rifle combo dialed right in. I had forgotten how much pain not being able to boresight your rifle can bring. Luckily I realized this quickly and went to 25 yards for zeroing.
After zeroing, I moved the target to 75 yards - the results were an inch and a half for ten rounds. (remington/umc yellow box)
The next round fired at 75 yards was the CCI SGB. Inside half an inch. I started shooting at bullet holes. I have always been impressed with these rounds and today was no exception. Very nice shooting ammo.
Third was Remington Sub-Sonics. These are hard to get around here, but so what. Results were so-so. Best group was right at an inch and a half. I like this round for the noise, but the accuracy in my rifle is poor. This load in a buddies 10-22 shoots very well, so guess he'll get my left-overs.
Conclusions. The barrel is fine. (mine anyway) SGBs continue their rein supreme for me in my rifles..
Hope this helps,
Giz
Three types of ammo were tried. After a very through cleaning, the barrel was bolted into the 10-22. So far, so good.
The first ammo used to get the scope adjusted (simmons 4 - 12 AO) was Remington/ UMC yellow box. Decent groups. The scope/rifle combo dialed right in. I had forgotten how much pain not being able to boresight your rifle can bring. Luckily I realized this quickly and went to 25 yards for zeroing.
After zeroing, I moved the target to 75 yards - the results were an inch and a half for ten rounds. (remington/umc yellow box)
The next round fired at 75 yards was the CCI SGB. Inside half an inch. I started shooting at bullet holes. I have always been impressed with these rounds and today was no exception. Very nice shooting ammo.
Third was Remington Sub-Sonics. These are hard to get around here, but so what. Results were so-so. Best group was right at an inch and a half. I like this round for the noise, but the accuracy in my rifle is poor. This load in a buddies 10-22 shoots very well, so guess he'll get my left-overs.
Conclusions. The barrel is fine. (mine anyway) SGBs continue their rein supreme for me in my rifles..
Hope this helps,
Giz