.22 Precision Shooting

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[Stumpy6653]

When you talk about "Precision .22" you should really discuss the ammunition before you discuss the rifle.

What version of 10/22 do you have? It may be accurate enough for your purposes if you feed it the right ammunition.

A typical Ruger 10/22 with standard barrel shooting loose-pack bulk ammo should group around 3 inches or better at 50 yards.
If you feed it some Federal Automatch (a.k.a. the best of the bulk ammo IMO) or CCI Mini-Mags, the rifle should group around 2 inches.
Shoot some CCI Standard Velocity or equivalent subsonic round, and you'll see your groups shrink down to 1 to 1.5 inches.

A Ruger 10/22 with a heavy target barrel from Kidd, Green Mountain etc. can benefit further by shooting high quality target ammunition, such as Wolf Match Target, SK Standard Plus.
3/4 inch groups at 50 yards are easy, and after finding a brand that the rifle seems to favor then 1/2 inch groups are not uncommon.

The mid-grade bolt action rifles like CZ 452s, Savage Mark IIs, Ruger American Rimfires etc. MIGHT be able to produce slightly tighter groups (in the form of fewer fliers) using slightly lower quality ammunition, but no 22 rifle, bolt or auto, will shoot tiny groups using loose-pack bulk ammo, at least not consistently.

Until you you are willing to pay $0.15 - $0.30 per round for 22 ammo, does a proper target rifle like an Anschutz 64 or straight-pull biathlon rifle make sense.

Here is a cool graphic from RWS Ammunition that illustrates what to expect from target guns shooting target ammunition.

That is a great graphic.