Butler Creek .22 barrel report

[Al Thompson]

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

 

[Cheapo]

I'm not surprised. Despite their fairly successful run in the 1960s running the Lake City ammo factory for the US Gov't (.30-06 and 7.62 Match ammo got better), I've never had great results with Remington .22 RF ammo.

CCI Mini-mag solids produced tighter groups at 50 and 100 yards, compared to Rem "Target." Same for Winchester Super-X in both solids and HP.

You may want to try comparing Win Sup-X and Win T-22 with the CCI SGB. They *might* be better. But you 1 MOA capability is already a winner for most purposes!

[This message has been edited by Cheapo (edited June 07, 1999).]

 

[Ipecac]

Gizmo: which Butler Creek stock did you get? I've been looking at the one with the bipod, wondering about its quality.

 

[Al Thompson]

Hi Guys,

I got the standard BC stock. I am a little leery of add-ons. Natchez had a stock/barrel combo for about $ 119 or so.

I plan to try the Winchester ammo as well as some high dollar target grade stuff. I have always liked the SGB for it's "semi" SWC profile. Sure seems to hit harder.

Have a plane to catch,

Giz

 

[DMSC]

Hey Gizmo, Did you get the new light weight barrel or the standard bull (.920 dia) barrel?

Winchester Power Points shoot pretty good from my gun. I have some Federal Target ammo that shoots fantastic from it also.

 

[Al Thompson]

I got the HB as I like the balance better. I also have assembled a bunch of ammo for some serious testing. Too durn hot here in SC, so will hit the range sometime in the next week..

Giz