What Did You Shoot Today?

Winelover

Winelover

North Central Arkansas
Yesterday, went out back to try out new Azula LH X-draw holster, I ordered about a week ago for the S&W 24-3 Lew Horton.


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Pretty decent holster for $50.00 delivered. Wanted a cross draw for toting out back. Balances some of the weight of the strong side pistol in my pocket. Plus, I don't have to remove my entire belt to put on.


Fired 29 rounds of 44 Special: 5.3 grains of Red Dot under a RCBS 240 SWC GG that were cast over thirty years ago. Standing, double action, @ 15 & 20 yards.

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Pleasantly pleased, with the results, for my almost 72 year old eyes.
Reloaded those rounds, this AM.
 
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Snakeoil

Snakeoil

Well-Known Member
I have a 10/22 target version with the hammer forged barrel. I've shot it but not seriously to see just how good it is. I'm probably going to sell it as I don't need it. But it would be helpful if I had a target showing superb accuracy to help with the sale. And I'm not trying to sell it here. It will go to my buddy Charlie's shop.
 
462

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Winelover said:
Yesterday, went out back to try out new Azula LH X-draw holster, I ordered about a week ago for the S&W 24-3 Lew Horton.


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Pretty decent holster for $50.00 delivered. Wanted a cross draw for toting out back. Balances some of the weight of the strong side pistol in my pocket. Plus, I don't have to remove my entire belt to put on.


Fired 29 rounds of 44 Special: 5.3 grains of Red Dot under a RCBS 240 SWC GG that were cast over thirty years ago. Standing, double action, @ 15 & 20 yards.

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Pleasantly pleased, with the results, for my almost 72 year old eyes.
Reloaded those rounds, this AM.
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You aren't using the OEM left-hand Smith & Wesson holster?
 
JonB

JonB

Halcyon member
This talk of 10/22 reminds me of a safe queen I have.
In the late 90s, I put a green mountain SS .920 barrel on a low mileage standard SS 10/22 and bought a Hogue over molded rubber stock for it, and I hate that rubber stock. A machinist friend in our pistol league fancied himself as a amatuer gunsmith, he said he could do a trigger/action job on that factory Ruger 10-22 action. He improved it, but it now has a long travel and no real click when it breaks...so it's kind of a surprise, LOL, which is fine for the bench, but you fellas know I don't really like benchrest shooting. I have maybe shot it twice in the last 25 years...and wish it wasn't so darn heavy. Maybe I should just put the original barrel & stock back on it?
 
Glaciers

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Jon that’s why I like the fiber barrel is its light and shoots great. But that is also the reason I have original barrels on the other two is the .920 steel barrels were all I could find. The stock barrels shoot fine for me as I’ve done other upgrades.
 
Ian

Ian

Notorious member
10/22s need softer bolt buffers, a complete re-engineering of the trigger spring, and need to have the barrel glued in or bushed to fit the receiver after the receiver is line-bored square to the bolt face. Retaining the barrel with an aftermarket thrust clamp is also helpful.

I ditch the trigger spring entirely and drill/tap the hole for an overtravel set screw. Make a new trigger spring from piano wire that wraps around the raised hammer bearing, bend one leg at 90⁰ to bear on the top of the trigger pushing down and the other leg across the ejector cross pin as a stop. Lightly stone the sear and trigger, remove a touch of trigger notch, and it's 1000 times better. Putting in a rear action screw and block isn't a bad idea either unless bedding the barrel to the stock for about 8" forward of the lug. Leading the forearm tip helps the hold considerably.
 
Winelover

Winelover

North Central Arkansas
You guys are too fussy with 10-22's. Mine is factory stock and eats everything I've put though it. It does just fine with almost all promotional ammo at <100 yards. Some brands better, some worse. Always under 2 MOA. They are not 100+ yard guns. They make centerfires for that.

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Being a southpaw, my biggest pet peeve is the non reversible cross bolt safety..............therefore, I rarely use. Factory trigger suits me, just fine................I'm easy to please.
 
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MW65

Wetside, Oregon
I picked up the ruger 'bx' trigger pack for the 10/22... managed to get it on clearance, at a super price. Big improvement!! A standard barrel and stock works well... although a fj fedderson barrel is in the game plan once I pickup a 22 can.
 
462

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Rick said:
:rofl:

Yes they are, there are competitions with the 10/22's from complete stock to full tricked out.
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Yep.

462 said:
Dean . . . shot 10/22s competitively for many years and gave me some replacement barrel and fine tuning input.
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I posted the above yesterday.

I think Rob shot 10/22 competition, also.
 
Winelover

Winelover

North Central Arkansas
Little bit of history. I purchased my limited edition 10-22 for around $138 from the first Walmart to open in Michigan. That store was in Ypsilanti, hour drive west of Detroit. Purchased two. One was for my friend, that had a FFL and couldn't get them from any of his suppliers.

Now, there is a whole cottage industry dedicated to improve on the 10-22 carbine. Personally, I can't see giving more for a replacement trigger assembly, than what I paid for the firearm. Volquartsen trigger assemblies were about $160, back then..............and you haven't even addressed the barrel or stock. IMO, monies would be better spent on a Anschutz or Kimber of Oregon bolt.

Believe me, I tried. Took a drive up to Traverse City to a gun shop that advertised LH Kimber 22LR bolts, on Shotgun News. Figuring, I could hand pick one out. Well, they wouldn't sell me one at the advertised price ($500) on Shotgun News.......so I told them to stick it. This was long before the internet, existed.
 
JonB

JonB

Halcyon member
Ian said:
10/22s need softer bolt buffers, a complete re-engineering of the trigger spring, and need to have the barrel glued in or bushed to fit the receiver after the receiver is line-bored square to the bolt face. Retaining the barrel with an aftermarket thrust clamp is also helpful.

I ditch the trigger spring entirely and drill/tap the hole for an overtravel set screw. Make a new trigger spring from piano wire that wraps around the raised hammer bearing, bend one leg at 90⁰ to bear on the top of the trigger pushing down and the other leg across the ejector cross pin as a stop. Lightly stone the sear and trigger, remove a touch of trigger notch, and it's 1000 times better. Putting in a rear action screw and block isn't a bad idea either unless bedding the barrel to the stock for about 8" forward of the lug. Leading the forearm tip helps the hold considerably.
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WOWSER...
That's a lotta mods.
Besides what I already mentioned, I did put a aftermarket (softish) bolt buffer on it back then, it looked and felt like a glue stick for a hot melt glue gun.
 
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MW65

Wetside, Oregon
My brother's older 80's made 10/22 is a tackdriver with an old straight tube bushnell 4x scope. Capable of consistent dime to quarter size groups at 50yds... completely stock (sans the scope). Probably could use a new extractor with all the 100s of bricks that have gone thru it. Certainly doesn't need much to get it done.
 
L Ross

L Ross

Well-Known Member
Winelover said:
You guys are too fussy with 10-22's. Mine is factory stock and eats everything I've put though it. It does just fine with almost all promotional ammo at <100 yards. Some brands better, some worse. Always under 2 MOA. They are not 100+ yard guns. They make centerfires for that.

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Being a southpaw, my biggest pet peeve is the non reversible cross bolt safety..............therefore, I rarely use. Factory trigger suits me, just fine................I'm easy to please.
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There is one exactly like that here that my Dad gave to my wife Sue many years ago. After market trigger and nothing else.
 
RBHarter

RBHarter

West Central AR
I've never understood buying a brand new anything then throwing away 2/3 of it to get what you wanted/make it what it should have been to begin with........ Buy an unloved hock shop beater work it over sure . Thats how some really great rifles come to be .
 
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