Ruger SR-22

[RobK]

    Bought one last week and love it . I for the life of me thought i would never own a gun like this (Tactical ) i never liked them , but over the last few months  i have changed . SHOCK  I really like the SR-22 , its  well made has the dependable 10-22 action and for 445.00 in think i a great deal . There are tons of 10-22 after market stuff that i could put in this gun and being its a .22 the ammo is cheap . And its  very easy to take down and i  did a auto mag release mod right off , before i even  shot it and i also ordered a buffer pin and will do a trigger job next .



100 round group at 50 yards . first few shots were high  left , i moved it down and right and fired away .

[tombogan03884]

 Nice 100 shot group !

[ellis4538]

Would be nice to have some sights on it to start!

JMHO

Richard

PS:  Careful, next you'll start liking Glocks!

[tombogan03884]

Would be nice to have some sights on it to start!

JMHO

Richard

PS:  Careful, next you'll start liking Glocks!

   NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  

[Badgersmilk]

Cool looking rifle!  I wanna say I've seen adapters that allow for the collapsing stocks to angle down in the back.  It would be an alternative to having the elevated scope rings, and allow for better accuracy throughout your shooting range.  If you sight in at 50 yards, and try to pop a squirrel at 15, or 20' you'll very possibly miss a head shot with that offset.  Lowering the butt end of the stock would allow you to maintain a good line of sight through the glass, and have "low mount" rings.

Did that make sense???  Having trouble putting thoughts into words here!   

Nice group!

[Sponsor]

[ericire12]

Cool looking rifle!  I wanna say I've seen adapters that allow for the collapsing stocks to angle down in the back.  It would be an alternative to having the elevated scope rings, and allow for better accuracy throughout your shooting range.  If you sight in at 50 yards, and try to pop a squirrel at 15, or 20' you'll very possibly miss a head shot with that offset.  Lowering the butt end of the stock would allow you to maintain a good line of sight through the glass, and have "low mount" rings.

Did that make sense???  Having trouble putting thoughts into words here!   

Nice group!

Actually, with a 50 yard zero .22 lr will be within about 1/4 to 1/2 inch at the closer 15-20 yard mark. It shoots pretty flat 0-75 yards. Squirrel head shots would be no problem.

At 75 yards its about -2
At 100 yards its about -5.5
At 125 yards its about -11.5
At 150 yards its about -20

[Badgersmilk]

I didn't explain very well.  It's not the ballistics of the round that may cause the miss, it's the vertical distance between the center of the scope and the bore.  I forget what this phenomena is called...  I'll try to look it up though.  I'VE missed trying to pop chipmunks up close with scoped rifles because of it.  Causes you to shoot low.

[Timothy]

"Cant-induced windage"?

[ericire12]

"Cant-induced windage"?

California Democrat windage

[Badgersmilk]

OK, I'm working on about 3 hours of sleep in the last two days (long story) so my brain's working even less properly than usual...  But, there's some mention of the problem here.

"Another important detail for a good squirrel rifle that is commonly overlooked is the sight height above the bore center line. These days everyone wants a scope on his or her gun. About the lowest you can mount a scope is 1 3/8 inches above the bore. And 2" inches above the bore is not uncommon. With a scope and almost any cartridge you are going to shoot low at short ranges of less than about 25 yards. The higher your sights are above the bore the worse this problem becomes. If you practice and become good with old fashioned, low mounted open sights you can eliminate this second problem and be right where you need to be from 15 yards out to over 75 yards."

Also in here,
http://www.scribd.com/doc/3917712/Us-Army-Fm-322-9-239-Rifle-Marksmanship-m16a1-m16a23-

Essentially your LOS (line of sight) is higher than the LOF (line of fire, or rifle bore).  If you zero in at 50 yards, your making two straight lines (LOS & LOF) intersect at that distance.  They won't match at any other distance, so the further apart LOS, and LOF are, the more you will miss your squirrel by if he's to close, or to far off the 50 yard mark.  It effects ALL rifles, but the higher the scope is off the barrel, the more trouble you'll have with accuracy without making up a range card and calculating each shot from that rifle.

That's enough thinking for me till I get some sleep!