Thread: 10/22 Accuracy Improvement (best bang for your buck)

My own view of the Rugers is a good design especially with the magazine and action, (less so with the stock) but the best idea they had was to be able to "pimp it up". My biggest issue is the quality control. There was a period in the 90s where QC went out the window as the made them cheaper and cheaper still. They used to cost two weeks wages in the 80s now they are down to two for a weeks wages. Something had to give...and the first one I ever owned showed me exactly what gave. I got one of the ones made "at 5 minutes before knock off on a Friday" and it showed. I struggled to get a 6 inch group at 50 yards on a good day. (Benched with a good quality scope) Turns out the barrel was .22 at the chamber end, went down to about .21 two inches from the chamber and went back out to .22 two inches in front of that. In effect I had a four inch barrel with a 12 inch solid steel flash suppressor with minimal clearance (just enough to interfere with the bullet but not enough to do anything constructive...)