Removing Barrel Band on Ruger 10/22?

[dwaters911]

I have heard that if you remove the Barrel Band on a Ruger 10/22 it will make the gun more accurate by making the barrel "Free Floating? Has anyone tried this and had positive results making the gun more accurate? Thanks...

[eviioiive]

Pretty easy to try... try it.

[joe47]

What really makes a 10/22 more accurate is a bucket full of aftermarket parts.

[oktavist]

You will loose accuracy.

You will also need to either sand the stock around the barrel, or buy a new stock designed to free float. Then you need to get a rear tang or make some custom pins to secure the rear end of the receiver in the stock. Otherwise the receiver and barrel will teeter totter on that one screw holding everything together.

Free floating a barrel by itself will not change the mechanical accuracy of any rifle, but it will give you less barrel deflection (like from a bi-pod) and change the nature of the barrel harmonics, which affects what ammo the rifle "likes best".

[Epaphroditus]

Free float barrel and a glass bed job using an extended lug from Little Crow Gunworks will improve accuracy for $40.

BX Trigger upgrade is next.

After that it gets more expensive.

[Jeepergeo]

The folks at rimfirecentral dot com can answer your question definitively.

[duckman1]

https://www.kiddinnovativedesign.com/

If you really want to make it shoot better. Most of your upgrades are part swaps that require little if any special tools or prior experience gunsmithing.

[Epaphroditus]

BX trigger upgrade from Ruger is fairly economical improvement. I just got 2 for under $70 ea.

If you know what you are doing a modest reshaping and polish of hammer and sear work wonders for the cost of elbow grease.

[vintagearms]

some 10/22's need upward lift forward of the receiver or bedded to the stock. no harm in trying it and see for yourself

[Usmc0844spare]

I have heard that if you remove the Barrel Band on a Ruger 10/22 it will make the gun more accurate by making the barrel "Free Floating? Has anyone tried this and had positive results making the gun more accurate? Thanks...

If there is one thing I've learned futzing about with my 10/22 it is, "your guess is as good as anyone's when it comes to YOUR 10/22, try it and see... and then try it with 10 different kinds of ammo because for all you know it might get worse with your favorite brand but if you slap brand Y into it, you might start getting really good results."

But if you REALLY want to improve it, spend some time on the Kidd website, and invest in one of their barrels. Of course, that more or less makes into an entirely different gun IMO.

Anyway, just give it a whack when you are next at the range... then play with tightening or loosening the action screw... then start thinking about pressure pads, then evaluate your trigger, then do you need a new bolt, then maybe that Victor Titan stock would be pretty cool, then maybe that aftermarket receiver would be nice....

All that is left of my dad's 10/22 is the receiver and the vblock. It's as deep a pit as AR15 modifications.

[crufflers]

I have a 10/22 with a Hogue rigid nylon stock (standard barrel contour channel), and a VQ Muzzle-weighted stainless barrel. Ditched the barrel band when I installed the barrel. If I tried something new on that 10/22 it'd be a V-block.

[Fishslayer]

I forgot to reinstall the barrel band on my plastic stocked 10/22 & next range trip the groups improved dramatically.

Got even better after I trimmed a couple of pressure points off of it.

[sealocan]

* Warning, just in case some folks out there don't already know that for years the barrel band was made out of a cast aluminum metal. It works fine and is strong but when you remove it do not pry it open too far, like you could if it was made out of steel or polymer/plastic.

Like I said it's strong enough for the job that it's meant to do but it's just not meant to be bent and May break if you open it up too far, thinking you need to in order to get it off the rifle. You just need to loosen it up enough to wiggle it off.

[RNE228]

Best way to increase the accuracy of a 10/22 is to throw it away and start with good parts. From the factory the 10/22 is mediocre.

I have two, set up for Appleseed. They shoot better now.

Next time I'll get a Marlin...

[Dan_Eastvale]

* Warning, just in case some folks out there don't already know that for years the barrel band was made out of a cast aluminum metal. It works fine and is strong but when you remove it do not pry it open too far, like you could if it was made out of steel or polymer/plastic.



Like I said it's strong enough for the job that it's meant to do but it's just not meant to be bent and May break if you open it up too far, thinking you need to in order to get it off the rifle. You just need to loosen it up enough to wiggle it off.

My older 10/22 barrel band is aluminium. I just liked the "military carbine" look of it with the band. Pretty much just a plinker for me...