Thread: [Film] "Long Range" with a .22lr

Originally Posted by Gunzrrr

Hey Savage1, is that because the 10/22 is a semi or you just don't like them? I do a lot of night shooting and I am looking for more accuracy so I have been thinking about getting a CZ bolt action as I would like to be very accurate out to 100yds on subsonic (CCI's).

Where do you start to describe the 10/22. Std it's a plinker. The whole mechanism is held into the stock with one screw in the receiver and then they put a barrel band on the basic models which can cause undue pressure. Luckily the 22 round isn't heavy recoiling. The action, more specifically the trigger group is a special arrangement that needs to be kept clean and dry. Unfortunately 22 ammo is not clean - mix in lead residue, wax and burnt powder and you have a combination of things to gunk it up. Oh, but then the trigger group is not easily removed to clean. The std arrangement is to push out 2 pins in either the newer polymer body or the old aluminium. After a while the pins are so loose you need to put a dob of nail varnish on them because the holes have opened out a couple of microns. Then there is the bolt assembly. It's got an ejector and an extractor. Both need to be kept clean to ensure you don't get stovepipes. The extractor especially. Then there is the bolt face where the good old lead/powder/wax build up causes seating issues. And the barrel face, which is 9/10 times never a good fit to the std bolt, and also gets build up of aforementioned goop. So in the end you have a fun rifle that needs plenty of cleaning and isn't easy to take apart

Instantly drop the trigger pull to 3.5lbs by fitting a $65 hammer and shim kit from Volguartsen. Fit an edge extractor and reduce stovepipes by 90%. Accuracy was about 1inch at 50m stock std. If you go for fancy trigger assys, and bolt assys it will look cool and shoot a wee bit better but more reliable. Still have to strip the whole thing right down every 500rds for a solid clean.

On the plus side Good 10-shot mag that's flush fitting and if you get one that shoots well, stick with it. It just needs TLC.

I had one for 1yr. I shot probably 500rds a month on a couple of farms in North Canty over the winter of which I probably needed to shoot 1/3 that. But instead of taking my time and making the shot count, it was more fun to keep pulling the trigger and hitting rabbits on the run. I moved back to a bolt JW15 and reduced grouping to touching shots under an inch at 50m. Very little ammo wasted now. Easy to clean, reliable and solid.