RE: New Project Rifle

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Interesting Build!

"half the going price" so I think you mean "normal price" right??
Last I knew, the wood stock 10/22 was just around $230 and poly a bit less,
I think I saw them for $199 for a while.

I never had a 10/22 but I do have a Marlin 795, which for $150 beats the heck out of a
stock 10/22 at around $70 more. Assuming you are saying 3" group at 50 yards. But
then again, making a target competition rifle, the Ruger has that awesome aftermarket
support. One cannot even get the competition parts for a Marlin, at any price. But for
me, it was just fine. I was shooting dime sized groups with a $10 tasco at 25 yds w/o
even trying. That was sitting and resting on my knee. The gun has much more in it,
that I will be able to get for a long time. 25+ round magazines are dirt cheap too, and
there is a bull-pup stock for it that is quite compact and reasonable!! Badger, and I
think they make it for the 10/22 as well, but that is not a target stock.

I like the laminates too, great look!



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Actually "going price" has increased to almost double that now. I was happy to find this one for just under 2 Benjamin's. I got all the upgrade parts in this week and put together, all except the Boyd's stock that I'm still waiting for.

Those Marlin's are fine plinkers and decent small game hunters, but I'm looking for a bit more this time. This Ruger holds groups about a quarter (with federal ammo) at 30 yards right out of the box, but then really starts to open up at 50 yards. I just shot some "pre-mod" groups out of it yesterday.

I'm looking for a semi-auto that can shoot as well or better than most bolt-actions and hold at least a quarter group if not a dime group at 50 yards, and hold a quarter or less than inch group at 100 yards and take squirrel zone at 200 yards (under 2 inches).

I'll be posting the before / after, and the parts list in an upcoming post. Hopefully the post-mod groups will hold true to my expectations! I think I've got over a grand in upgrades and scope to put on her, so crossing my fingers for good results.

Stock should be here in another week or maybe two. Stay tuned!

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Very Nice!!!
Ummm, I know you are aware that the AMMO is a big reason all these are less consistent, because you mentioned using Federal... the "benchmark" around here is the CCI standard velocity, 1080 FPS is the velocity (iirc). Then you could "step up" to the ELEY and that is the stuff most of the bench shooters around here use. That's some high dollar feed, between $5 and $8 for most and higher for some. But that is your 1 moa stuff........................
I said all that to say this: Get a rim thickness gauge! Then you can sort your cheap ammo and get ELEY Quality groups. It seems the rim gap inside the case varies in size, and that is where the primer is deposited. So a thick rim will have more primer, and ignite more powder faster and produce a bit more pressure and velocity than a thinner rim, even if the powder charges are identical, so they claim. That is the poor man's way to get more consistent rimfire performance 😹 I need one too, I am glad you made me think of this again!
Following for more details, I'd love to see this from the ground up!

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Yes, so true. But .22 ammo is so hard to find these days! I have to admit I normally won't spend the money on high dollar stuff for Rimfire. My favorite and general go-to is the CCI Mini-Mag Hollowpoints. Mainly because I still occasionally hunt/varmit and like the HP and extra power. Plus, it seems to function well in both my pistols and rifles. My other .22 seems to also really like the even hotter Velocitors though. These gained an inch or so elevation at 50 yards with a 25 yard zero, and I'm thinking will be even better at 100 yards and for varmit if they can hold reasonable precision. I may become a convert to those on the rifles, they don't seem to have the length and feeding issues that Stingers do on some semi-autos.

I did just get a score on the Mini-Mags and also a couple bricks of the CCI Sub-Sonic. Still not finding the CCI standards in any quantity but would love to compare them.

I've got the new build all finished, just waiting for the custom stock to be delivered (shipping next week). Stay tuned for a detailed before/during/after pics, target comparisons, and scope-cam video of the new build.
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Yep! FOLLOWED

I don't worry about ammo availability, I have near 30,000 22's in many flavors,
and I'm not one of those douchebag re-sellers, I just saved them up over the years.
Right now I am letting all the people that NEED 9mm and 22 buy it. I will still pick up
any 10mm I have the opportunity to get, if it is good stuff and not just 40 in a long case 😹

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