Ruger 10/22 barrel

[Navy_Gunner]

I'm fairly new to the rimfire community and had a question about my ruger 10/22 barrel. I would like to swap out my factory barrel for a bull barrel from ruger. It's a 1 in 16" 0.920" target barrel. I have the ruger 10/22 carbine bought from turners. So would the barrel be a a perfect fit? All replies would be appreciated, thank you.

[Chaos47]

Yes it will fit your receiver.
No it will not fit your stock.

You will have to sand out your barrel channel and loose the barrel bands.
Or the better option would be to buy a bull barrel aftermarket stock.

[drh777]

Unsure of what part your asking will fit... But...

The barrel won't fit in the stock. You will need a stock with a .920 channel made for the bull barrel.

The barrel will fit in the receiver, the shank of the barrels are the same ( maybe a +\- a couple thousandths). But that can be cured fairly easily, or may not even matter.

And lastly there are a lot of good barrels out there for a good price, I had a factory ruger 10/22 target tactical model for a while with a hammer forged bull barrel. And it shot just fine, but there are many good choices, green mountain, etc.

[TKM]

Trading a Ruger barrel for another Ruger barrel won't actually improve things that much.

You can actually have the factory barrel re-worked on both ends and get results.

https://sites.google.com/site/quesplace/

Look for a Hogue overmolded stock with the .920 barrel channel for a lower cost effective approach to the barrel fit problem.

There are many good aftermarket bull barrels available. I'm partial to the Feddersen products.

Check Rimfirecentral.com for all things rimfire. Those guys know everything.

[Navy_Gunner]

I actually have a Blackhawk Axxom synthetic stock where the barrel is floating. Would that work?

[Tripeaks69]

I actually have a Blackhawk Axxom synthetic stock where the barrel is floating. Would that work?

yes, it will fit the .920 Bull Barrel, but always check if your barrel really float, sometime you still need to clear some area.

Check Green Mountain .920 Bull Barrel.

http://reviews.cabelas.com/8815/229754/blackhawk-axiom-r-f-10-22-stock-reviews/reviews.htm?sort=submissionTime&dir=asc

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[sholling]

As others have said a .920 (bull) barrel will fit your receiver but not your stock. Also keep in mind that factory target barrels aren't all that accurate. I'd look either look for a more accurate aftermarket "factory-profile" (aka "sporter") barrel; or for an aftermarket wood or laminated stock (for rigidity) and an aftermarket barrel. Keep in mind that the smaller chambers of aftermarket barrels will restrict you to subsonic, standard, and high-velocity ammo - hyper-velocity ammo like Stingers should not be used. As for brands with good match ammo Green Mountain Barrels ($100-180) will shoot better than 95% of shooters. A step up from there are Kidd and Volquartsen steel barrels ($220+).

Note that with a 10/22 you do not want to free float a bull barrel in a laminated stock. First it's completely unnecessary with a 10/22, and second you'll want to lock that heavy barrel into place and support its weight so you're usually better off bedding an inch or so of the barrel than free floating it. The receiver is held in place by a single screw which with the barrel band gone acts as a pivot point. Bedding an inch or so of the barrel prevents rocking and side to side movement while supporting the extra weight. Most laminated stocks include a raised area intended to serve that purpose, although usually less perfectly than actual bedding.

Barrels:

http://www.shootersdiscount.com/cart/barrels.html

Stocks:

http://www.boydsgunstocks.com/

http://www.shootersdiscount.com/cart/index.php?search%5Bkeywords%5D=revolution+920&_a=category&page=all