I'm thinking of a steel insert into the receiver. Taking from the Stevens 87 that was mentioned (and I have one myself), a locking bolt that is pushed through the steel insert would enter into a hole drilled into the bolt group. That would secure the bolt and prevent it from being blown back. If the steel insert was large enough, it should absorb and dissipate the energy through the receiver. Otherwise, a relief cut (press stress like on the Rem 1100 receiver or the Beretta 92 slide) would have to be made into the 10/22 receiver to prevent a fracture from developing and spreading.
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Why has nobody ever done this before?
- Thread starter Evad
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evad said:I have a Ruger 10/22 that I have fully customized to be as accurate as possible.
Telling us what size groups you're shooting now at 50 yards will enable us to tell you whether locking the bolt would possibly help you or not.
Any decently accurate 10/22 will easily shoot under 1/2" at 50 yards, many manufacturer's will garauntee that level of accuracy.
All of the competitive target 10/22's around here easily shoot under 1/8" at 50 yards.
If you aren't currently able to go out and shoot groups of less than 1/10" (.100) at 50 yards, you're wasting your time fooling around locking the bolt.
.45 Auto brings up a good point.
90-95% of the accuracy is in the barrel. From there we can go two ways. Mechanical enhancement & shooter enhancement.
Mechanical enhancement includes better trigger, synthetic stock (to avoid humidity's influence), bedding, free-floating and locking the bolt as suggested.
Shooter enhancement includes better sights, checkering, palm rest (if any), sling (if any).
90-95% of the accuracy is in the barrel. From there we can go two ways. Mechanical enhancement & shooter enhancement.
Mechanical enhancement includes better trigger, synthetic stock (to avoid humidity's influence), bedding, free-floating and locking the bolt as suggested.
Shooter enhancement includes better sights, checkering, palm rest (if any), sling (if any).
Dixie Gunsmithing
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90-95% of the accuracy is in the barrel.
You are totally correct. A lot of folks don't understand what all goes into producing a match grade barrel, as it is a lot of work when compared to a sporter.
I challenge any claim that any .22 rimfire semiauto rifle will shoot under 1/8 inch at 50 yards all the time. They may do it once in a while, but not all the time. I'm not aware of any rimfire ammo maker that makes ammo that good. What's the several group size 50 yard aggregate that holds the record shot by a Ruger 10/22?
The reason single-shot bolt action rifles are the favorite for folks shooting shoulder fired rifle matches with rimfire 22's is those actions have fewer parts needing to go back to the same place for each shot. And they have shorter lock times which is crucial to the accuracy one can shoot them. If any other action type was better than a bolt action, the international teams would use them for bullseye prone competition where the smallest groups are shot; they don't.
The reason single-shot bolt action rifles are the favorite for folks shooting shoulder fired rifle matches with rimfire 22's is those actions have fewer parts needing to go back to the same place for each shot. And they have shorter lock times which is crucial to the accuracy one can shoot them. If any other action type was better than a bolt action, the international teams would use them for bullseye prone competition where the smallest groups are shot; they don't.
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