Highly Accurate Ruger 10/22 Barrel

[Chief-7700]

150 yards will be a challenge . But doable.

I have many 10/22's. I will say that my most accurate one has an 18" barrel.
My 2nd most accurate one has a 20" barrel. Both rifles will make one ragged hole at 50 yards if I do my part. Most the time they just remind me how much I suck

Both my barrels are made by Green Mountain and are fluted. A non fluted 20" barrel is very heavy just in case you didn't think about that yet.

But anyway, GM are highly regarded and a great deal.

Good luck.

I have the same Bell & Carlson stock with a GM non fluted barrel.

[SB1964]

In regards to your question...Lilja is regarded as the best in accuracy. You'll pay 350-400+ There are plenty of others, Green Mountain is the best value & very popular. If your building a bench/bipod gun, I would buy a steel barrel. Like you, I actually shoot quite a bit. Rimfirecentral. com is excellent for .22 info, they even have a barrel section. Velocity may not matter past 16", but stability will be better with weight. I would stay away from Ruger brand "target" or bull barrels, plenty will agree that have experience with them. I'm sure someone will be along to argue about their Ruger barrel, go on rimfirecentral, you'll see what I mean.

[NorCalDustin]

Optimal Barrel Length is supposed to be 17" for a .22LR.

[dwh100]

I went with Clark.

http://www.clarkcustomguns.com/riflepts.htm#barrels

[Dannicus]

If you look at the results on ballisticsbytheinch.com, it looks like velocity is not peaked out by 18".

My main and most accurate 22 has a 24" barrel, but I pretty much for it for the sight radius. However, one bonus is that a long barrel is VERY quiet with CBs.

[vintagearms]

KIDD /thread

[sholling]

A 20" or longer barrel makes a difference with centerfire calibers because the bullet is still accelerating well past 20" but anything past 16-17" adds nothing to the accuracy of a 22LR. Anyway to answer your question Green Mountain (GM) makes good barrels including 20" barrels from $90-180. A step up from GM are Kidd and Volquartsen which will run you $200-300.

With your budget I'd just have Tony Kidd build you a complete rifle with one of his outstanding barrels and incredible 1 or 1.5lb 2-stage triggers. Kidd 2-stage triggers are the best bar none. I'd go with a wood or laminated stock for rigidity and pick the style of stock based on the type of shooting that you plan rather than looks.



This is a 20" Kidd barrel in a 10/22 with a Kidd sculpted bolt in an Anschutz style thumbhole stock optimized for benchrest. The Volquartsen trigger in the
photo has since been replaced with an 8oz/8oz Kidd 2-stage.

[Merc1138]

If you look at the results on ballisticsbytheinch.com, it looks like velocity is not peaked out by 18".

My main and most accurate 22 has a 24" barrel, but I pretty much for it for the sight radius. However, one bonus is that a long barrel is VERY quiet with CBs.

That site doesn't seem to have any results for anything above 18" since their barrel test appears to have started at 18".

Of course the other problem to consider with .22lr is that with such low velocities, gaining an extra couple hundred fps isn't always a good thing due to "transonic problem"(google that if you want to read about it) as the projectile drops below the speed of sound during flight.

[sholling]

Of course the other problem to consider with .22lr is that with such low velocities, gaining an extra couple hundred fps isn't always a good thing due to "transonic problem"(google that if you want to read about it) as the projectile drops below the speed of sound during flight.

As you point out high velocity isn't a desirable characteristic for 22LR target shooting and ammo selection is a very important consideration. To get the most out of any match grade 22LR barrel requires using target or match ammo and neither is cheap - pre-panic prices for good quality target and match ammo ran from 12-40 cents per round. But it goes deeper because your rifle will like one brand and model of match ammo better than the others and there is no way other than trial and error to figure out which your rifle will shoot best.

[LETLEAD]

Tripeaks69,that was some interesting material on Lilja barrels. Thank you.

[Dannicus]

That site doesn't seem to have any results for anything above 18" since their barrel test appears to have started at 18".

Of course the other problem to consider with .22lr is that with such low velocities, gaining an extra couple hundred fps isn't always a good thing due to "transonic problem"(google that if you want to read about it) as the projectile drops below the speed of sound during flight.

I was looking at the real world test data. I know there are other factors that might affect fps, but the 22" kimber they tested had the highest fps in the testing.

As for not wanting more speed to avoid going trans sonic; just use sub sonic target ammo.

[Viper49]

Check out the Technical Solutions barrel as well, they build 10/22 receiver too.

http://www.tacticalsol.com/tshome/category/ruger-rifles/ruger-rifle-accessories/ruger-rifle-barrel-upgrades

or a complete build rifle.
http://www.tacticalsol.com/tshome/complete-rifles and still have money for a good scope.

[Centurion_D]

As Viper49 pointed out you can't go wrong with a Tactical Solutions barrel..



lightweight, accurate, and looks good with the compensator..

[LETLEAD]

So heat is the worst enemy of a barrel. Fluted barrel is the answer to reduce this wear.

[Tripeaks69]

Tripeaks69,that was some interesting material on Lilja barrels. Thank you.

You are welcome, Letlead. Im about to finish my 10/22 build. I will oly waiting for AR15Barrel schedule to thread my Lilja barrel to Tactical Solution X-ring Receiver and a Kidd 2 stage trigger. "buy once, cry once" hehehehe