Thread: 22lr Benchrest: Rebarrel a 22, preferred gunsmith

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

@Beetroot I have a Bergara B14R 22lr that was rebarreled with a hardy match 22RF barrel. It is an 18” medium Palma 1:16 twist and the hardy match chamber reamer was used which is similar to the Vudoo chamber specs.

It shoots tenex well but prefers special match. At 50m the groups average 1cm for ten shots, es is 17 and Ed is really close to single digits.

At 300m it has very little vertical dispersion, around 4” IIRC.

I use it for PRS to good effect.

Poor mans Vudoo…

From the various anecdotes I've read I'm beginning to believe my hypothesis of rimfire inherent accuracy coming mostly from the barrel and chamber.
Obviously ammo is the ultimate deciding factor in group size but a shit barrel won't group well regardless of ammo ES.

I'm still trying to decide whether to rebarrel my existing rifle, or keep it for a dedicated hunting rifle/spare rifle and then do a new build.

A friend is waiting on a new barrel to arrive for his Anschutz 1761, if that turns out to be a tack driver and perform at distance I might import a 1761 barrelled action.
Or else I'll buy a 20" T1x and see how that performs, then rebarrel either my current T1 or the new T1.