So cool. Except removing my trigger group is almost impossible. Probably will need to remove material to take the old out.
Oh tell us some more... I read somewhere on some forum that some person was beta testing a trigger for some well known trigger manufacturer. Will it be worth the wait?
Yes. Definitely. Factory trigger is good but this is substantially better. Smoother, cleaner and lighter. Helped control break until exactly when you want.
I think there is a market for a chassis but I'm not sure it would make a better alternative to other platforms. For the cost, a CZ 455 or even Savage have several stock options that make sense as they aren't adjustable from the factory.
But it's is shooting 1/2 moa now which I'd definitely call a precision rifle for a .22LR. Especially for a $400 rimfire.
It's not a $400 rimfire anymore
1500 rounds of testing, 25+ hours of tuning/tinkering.
What two rifles do you have in HM2?
Detroit huh? I've had this since 1989, nothing is stock and I've done 98% of the work. I get it.
Beautiful machines; all of them!Detroit huh? I've had this since 1989, nothing is stock and I've done 98% of the work. I get it.
That said, the Vudoo is the C7 Z51's of Corvettes.
My .17HMR RAR Target is a great gun, functions flawlessly and shoots .3" 5 shot groups at 50 yds. Though it is the replacement they shipped me for the first one.
Are your speeds still fast? I shimmed the barrel a little bit and now I can eject live rounds. Bolt pressure doesn’t seem as tight anymore and my bolt handle isn’t rubbing the reciever either. Haven’t had a chance to get to the range the way it is now. Thinking about adding 2 more foil shims for a little bit more space but will probably try to shoot and see how it is at its current state. Shim thickness unknown because my mic said .0030 but after installing the barrel I think it crushed some.
I'd like to say they have but I think that may be due to weather. It's 55 now vs 75-80 when testing before. I couldn't say whether any speed change was simply due to ammo temp be barrel wear.
Did the back side of your bolt handle rub the slot in the receiver when it goes into battery at all?
Yes, of course . . . as I would expect. In comparing that area of wear with the same area on my factory Ruger American .22LR (which has virtually the same bolt and set up), there's not much difference in the wear when I compare them. I my RPRF, I can't see, with magnification, what one might consider excessive wear. I do lube that area with Otters Choke Tube & Gun Grease and maybe that helps???
Mine was real bad compared to factory and leaving metal shavings in the action which in turn would be pushed into the barrel while cycling the bolt. I found the shavings last time I cleaned the barrel and claimed that to be the slight accuracy problem I was having.
My educated guess is no; Ruger American uses pinned barrel (I believe) vs the barrel nut system used on the RPR.
Subwrx300's guess is correct. I do own both and know that the RPRF barrel will NOT fit on the Ruger American rimfire action.
Here is a thread with a guy that had a kidd barrel put into his ruger
How many rounds did you put through it before you sent it back? What kinds of ammo did you try? My Er Shaw barrel accuracy isn’t much better than factory but it did keep the sd’s low with all types of ammo. Also sped them up about 30-50 fps, some 80 fps when compared to the factory barrel.
My barrel seems to shoot best after cleaned fairly thoughly through about 200-250 rounds ( 10 foulers needed to get back to correct POI). POI rises slightly over first 10 rounds and velocities level off around 1080-1100 depending on temp.
How were the conditions that day? Looks way better than what I’m getting from it. Almost tempted to throw the factory back on and give Shaw back the barrel. It’s really hard to get anything to group smaller than 2 inches.
Pretty/very calm that day (shot at dusk 60deg) but I shot in a bit windier conditions last weekend and it shot fairly close to same. There were definitely flyers that seemed related to small gusts even in our fairly isolated 100yard range.
Ya not mine. Can’t find any ammo that will do anything like that. Best group so far was 1.7 in with 5 rounds of cci sv in 4-6mph winds. It seems to like that the best staying just under 1100 fps. Barrel is still fast with the shims but i now can extract live rounds now. Where I shoot it is normally gusty. I am just trying to achieve a 1 inch group at 100 but almost seems I went backwards with this barrel.
Does it shoot well at 50? With my factory barrel, I ended up scrubbing/*lapping* (if you can call it that) with Kroil, JB Bore paste and JB Bore Bright and VFG pellets. It did tighten up pretty significantly after that.
Ya it shoots really well at 50 but so did the factory.
That .46 inch group won’t translate to less than 2 inches at 100 yards... Same ammo after this grouping
Might be a pain in the ass, but maybe try single hand feeding for a few groups. I have a suspicious feeling that the feed angles of Ruger 10/22 mags might damage the pressure ring.
