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Dangerwing · August 1, 2009, 10:13 PM

My wife recently gave me a stock Ruger 10/22 (standard barrel) for my birthday. It has a run-of-the-mill 3x9x40 scope. I took it to the range and was somewhat disappointed by the accuracy. I was shooting bulk cheap ammo so maybe that was the problem. At 50 yards I could get about 1" 5 rnd groups. About 1 out of 20 rounds would be a "flyer" that was several inches out of the group. I guess I was expecting better than that - 0.5, maybe 0.25 inch groups at 50 yards. Were my expectations too high or does the rifle need more tuning?

And before anyone says "operator error", on the same day, same bench, I shot 0.5 inch groups at 50 yards with iron sights on my Inland M1 carbine with bulk Wolf ammo.

August 1, 2009, 10:13 PM	#1
Dangerwing Senior Member Join Date: April 9, 2007 Location: South Dakota Posts: 237	10/22 accuracy expectations? My wife recently gave me a stock Ruger 10/22 (standard barrel) for my birthday. It has a run-of-the-mill 3x9x40 scope. I took it to the range and was somewhat disappointed by the accuracy. I was shooting bulk cheap ammo so maybe that was the problem. At 50 yards I could get about 1" 5 rnd groups. About 1 out of 20 rounds would be a "flyer" that was several inches out of the group. I guess I was expecting better than that - 0.5, maybe 0.25 inch groups at 50 yards. Were my expectations too high or does the rifle need more tuning? And before anyone says "operator error", on the same day, same bench, I shot 0.5 inch groups at 50 yards with iron sights on my Inland M1 carbine with bulk Wolf ammo. __________________ Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms should be an aisle at Wal-Mart, not a government agency! Only faithful men teach their wives to shoot.