Precision Rimfires: Show and Tell

[WAYNO]

note @bsa1917hunter


I have a Ruger Precision Rimfire.




I am impressed with my 10-shot groups at fifty yards. It takes high-dollar match ammo to do so, but I can get 10 shots in well under 1" at 50 yards. I've had a couple potentially extremely small 10-shot groups that were spoiled by one flier in each group. As good as nine of the shots were, I blame myself on the fliers.

And run-of-the-mill CCI ammo doesn't cut it.

Here's a post that I posted elsewhere...

Okay. Here's some accuracy updates. I replaced the pistol grip with another that allows use with a mechanical rest.


These are 10-shot groups!

The best accuracy was with Eley Club. For size reference I've covered each group with domestic currency. Unfortunately, there was one very unexplained flier in this group that turned an otherwise 1/2" group into a 7/8" group.



Also acceptable was Wolf Match.



And less than stellar was two groups shot with CCI Mini Mags. Mini Mags do not live up to their legacy.






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For discussions sake only...Although the following are not in the Precision Rifle category, (remember, a Precision Rifle is a designated model or style of rifle), previous to my Precision Rimfire, I had two other Ruger products that up to that time were my most accurate .22 rimfires ever.

One, a Ruger 10/22 Tactical Target, capable of nearly dime size groups at 50 yards. A friend of mine has a nearly identical version that shoots truly dime size groups at fifty yards.


And the other, a run of the mill out of the box Ruger American, capable of nickel size groups at 50 yards.

 

[pharmseller]

I posted this in another thread. Tikka T1x in 17HMR. First time I fired it, 60 yards at a makeshift range in my back yard.

Only five-shot groups with a couple clicks of adjustment, but I'm close to accurate and precise.











I think I can tighten those up with more practice.



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[po18guy]

Mine used to be a ruger but now there are no ruger parts left on it.
The receiver,bolt and trigger group are all Kidd the barrel is a Feddersen, the stock is a victor and the scope is a 4x16 vortex, ten x and sk match pistol shoot the best in it.
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So, that is Bill ruger's personal 10-22?

 

[Mooseman]

Here is my Winchester 52D Benchrest rifle #1 shooting Factory Heavy Barrel class with a 16x Unertl scope..

Here is My winning Target scored 100-6x Using Lapua Multi-Match Ultra L Ammo

We shoot 50 yards outdoors with wind from 3 directions.... what fun !

 

[po18guy]

A 1979 Connecticut-made High Standard Victor. $205 IIRC.

 

[ZigZagZeke]

View attachment 526382 No photo of the Anschütz rifle (locked in the safe for tonight) but here is what it's capable of with open (peep) sights and my daughters capabilities. This was shot at a 50' indoor range.

Yes, that's a 50' indoor competition target. The 10 ring is the same size as a .22 cal hole. There are 5 bulls per target. Two shots per bull, and one target for each position. A four position match requires four targets for a total of 400 points possible. Prone you'd better shoot 100 or go home. Sitting would be the same. Kneeling you might be able to drop a point or two. Standing you had better shoot 95+. My old 513T, with the trigger adjusted properly, would do that easily when I was on my game. No coffee or tobacco for two days before a match. One major secret is the sights. A rear peep and a front aperture sight can be set up such that when you are dead on target there is no white showing inside the front aperture. Any deviation shows up as a partial "moon" in that sight picture. In the end, the thing that makes the ultimate difference is vision. You have to be able to see the finest deviation within the sight picture.

 

[pharmseller]

So basically you're shooting a mouse in the eye from fifty feet, every time.

Daaaaaaaaammm!

 

[ZigZagZeke]

So basically you're shooting a mouse in the eye from fifty feet, every time.

Daaaaaaaaammm!

Exactly.

 

[po18guy]

I was perusing the Anschutz website. Anyone for a toggle action tack-driver? A cool $4,695 will get you some rimfire precision. Yes, I know that you can get a 10-22 to shoot as well for 1/4 of that, but still...

 

[Rudedog]

I got a CZ Precision Varmint Trainer 455 last year. I put my Leupold 6x20 air rifle scope on it. Before that I have been using my left hand CZ 452 sporter with a 20MOA rail and a Weaver 6x24. Both are fun. Next I have to mount my $20 Simonds scope on my Remington 582. I am also pleased with the $315 Smith and Wesson MP-22.

 

[Member 34319]

Shameless picture of my "precision" rimfire.

 

[Member 34319]

Looks like ruger just dropped the Precision Rimfire in 17 and 22mag.

Ruger Precision Rimfire 17 HMR Bolt-Action Rifle

 

[MountainBear]

Good target today. It was right about 30 yards. Front bag only. Winchester Super-X hollow point. 5 shots, called flier. A nickel will cover all, with the flier. 43 degrees, no wind.

Winchester 52, Lyman 48 rear, globe and post front.

 

[kmk1012]

First photo is my daughter shooting an Anschutz 22lr (club rifle), the second photo is her new Walther air rifle (a very generous club member bought it for her to use through college!). These each are worth more than my Jeep, LOL!

 

[bogeycentral]

CZ 455 Varmint 22lr
Area 419 30moa rail
Anarchy bolt handle & dragon scale knob
Boyd's stock
Vortex strike eagle 3-18x

Really tempted to scrap it and pick up a Tikka T1x in 22LR.

 

[tac]

I didn't know the words "precision" and "rimfire" were allowed in the same sentence.

Box of fifty Eley Match @100m from one of those ol' rimfire rifles...


...and five rounds @25m from the same rifle....

 

[tac]

Good target today. It was right about 30 yards. Front bag only. Winchester Super-X hollow point. 5 shots, called flier. A nickel will cover all, with the flier. 43 degrees, no wind.

Winchester 52, Lyman 48 rear, globe and post front.

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So why did you shoot the flier, MB? You should have stopped with the nice group.

 

[MountainBear]

I didn't want to show off too much Tac...

The flier was the third shot I believe, so I couldn't have even pulled the internet trick of stopping at three shots...

 

[41mag]

22 hand gun story of the morning:

circa 1982ish I was enamored with IMSHA centerfire handgun matches 50-200 yards with iron sights. This soon added a 'rimfire' set of targets posted 5 on a base, to knock over at 25-100 yards. Target set was chicken/pig/turkey/ram, but much smaller than the centerfire set. The chicken was about mouse size, with the ram about normal chicken size at 100 yards.

Some were already most excellent marksmen, while I struggled to get a leg up into A class from the cellar dwellers. No one ever made 40x40 at the monthly meets for a long time that I recall, until a 3-generation family of International competition shooters started showing up.

They all had the traditional Olympic space gun models of the era, and they all shot properly, standing with one hand.

They all shot their first match 40x40!!! They only came to a few matches as I recall, as our style didn't offer them enough challenge.

 

[Mooseman]

Good target today. It was right about 30 yards. Front bag only. Winchester Super-X hollow point. 5 shots, called flier. A nickel will cover all, with the flier. 43 degrees, no wind.

Winchester 52, Lyman 48 rear, globe and post front.

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Looks to me like you need to raise the rear sight about 10 clicks....