Thread: 10/22 Guru's can you get by spending $500 max on improvements to get a reliable MOA

Originally Posted by bunji

Looking at the prices some of the "kitted out" 10/22 is eye watering to me when you could have a nicely set up centrefire for the same ,so are there any options where spending $500 on a 10/22 rifle will get reliable 1 MOA accuracy? Not really concerned with looks only performance & have a mate with a little used 1988 build rifle l can get for next to nothing to base the build on ,but it shoots 1-1 1/2 inch at 50 yards at best .

So are there any workable options with that budget? Anyone still do the old weld the barrel to stop the droop trick,that does good work?

TIA

I am not sure why people make a thing about "tricked out" 10/22.

* is it the stock change? But you can get aftermarket stocks for CZ, T1X, Marlin and even norinco just the same.
* is it the barrel change? Again, any 22LR that offers the ability to change barrel has a variety of barrels availabe - C455/457, Sako Quad.


Back to your question. The short answer is this: it is somewhat hard to make a 10/22 shoot well without spending money. Every part of a 10/22 is mass produced with large tolerance. You could, by luck, have a rare example where everything happens to be great. But more likely than not you will have a average 10/22.

Because the nature of the way 10/22s are made, you could spend a lot of time trying to fix and get nowhere.

Your best bet is to buy a second hand target barrel and do you best stoning the trigger and hope for the best.

Alternatively, swap to a CZ452.