rimfire accuracy problem

[richl025]

My first .22 rimfire rifle - I am using a CMMG barrel in an AR-15 style upper. I have the actual CMMG .22 barrel - not the subcaliber insert that you can use with your .223 barrel.

I am getting rather crap accuracy with multiple different brand-name cartridges. The best I can do (bench rest, scope) is about 2.5 inches at 50 yds for 5-shot groups.

Is this the best I can expect? Is this (short of an expensive competition rifle) what the .22 is capable of? Has anyone else here used a CMMG .22 barrel & gotten better results? I'm just a touch frustrated.

I was planning to use this for multi-gun matches (many where I live can only use non-rifle calibers) and for teaching my girls how to shoot - if I need to just buy a Ruger 10/22 or something, fine, I'll do that, but I was hoping for a little better accuracy....

Any help or suggestions are appreciated.

 

[waspocrew]

I have one of their barrels, but haven’t had the chance to install yet. Sorry to hear about the frustration- which barrel length did you go with?

 

[LeftyWilbury]

i haven't stuck a scope on my S&W M&P-22 AR style rifle but I don't think it's much better than that.

which is why i have a tikka T1x which is far more accurate.

i had a target 10/22 with bull barrel that was no more accurate than my "appleseed" marlin 795 that cost 1/4 the price.

sometimes you get lucky with a $150 rimfire. but usually you pay $400-500 for a decent bolt gun plus a scope if you actually expect solid precision. and i usually shoot eley subsonics or aguila target which would be a step up from your general box store ammo selection. when i take friends out, the CCI standard comes out and the target gets bigger.

 

[Lawnboi]

Good ammo, ie Eley, lapua, SK in a good barrel should shoot moa or less at 50 yards.

Here’s Eley target at 7$ a box out of my T1x. That’s a 10 round group.

A good 22 barrel paired with ammo it likes can be very accurate.

 

[richl025]

I have one of their barrels, but haven’t had the chance to install yet. Sorry to hear about the frustration- which barrel length did you go with?

The 16.1" barrel

 

[richl025]

Good ammo, ie Eley, lapua, SK in a good barrel should shoot moa or less at 50 yards.

Here’s Eley target at 7$ a box out of my T1x. That’s a 10 round group.

A good 22 barrel paired with ammo it likes can be very accurate.

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Thanks! I already own a T3 - so maybe I should bit the bullet and look at a T1

Thanks for the advice!

 

[thinhorn_AK]

i haven't stuck a scope on my S&W M&P-22 AR style rifle but I don't think it's much better than that.

which is why i have a tikka T1x which is far more accurate.

i had a target 10/22 with bull barrel that was no more accurate than my "appleseed" marlin 795 that cost 1/4 the price.

sometimes you get lucky with a $150 rimfire. but usually you pay $400-500 for a decent bolt gun plus a scope if you actually expect solid precision. and i usually shoot eley subsonics or aguila target which would be a step up from your general box store ammo selection. when i take friends out, the CCI standard comes out and the target gets bigger.

I went down that road, looking for a fairly accurate 22. I had the t1x for a few years but it rusted like there was no tomorrow and the magazines are sort of lame. It was a decent gun though all that said. I ended up buying a tacos and a volquartzen, both of them are sort of 10/22 clones but will actually shoot better than I can AND cycle subsonic ammo reliably. they are awesome guns.

 

[TaperPin]

My first .22 rimfire rifle - I am using a CMMG barrel in an AR-15 style upper. I have the actual CMMG .22 barrel - not the subcaliber insert that you can use with your .223 barrel.

I am getting rather crap accuracy with multiple different brand-name cartridges. The best I can do (bench rest, scope) is about 2.5 inches at 50 yds for 5-shot groups.

Is this the best I can expect? Is this (short of an expensive competition rifle) what the .22 is capable of? Has anyone else here used a CMMG .22 barrel & gotten better results? I'm just a touch frustrated.

I was planning to use this for multi-gun matches (many where I live can only use non-rifle calibers) and for teaching my girls how to shoot - if I need to just buy a Ruger 10/22 or something, fine, I'll do that, but I was hoping for a little better accuracy....

Any help or suggestions are appreciated.

I was going to build a dedicated .22 using that exact barrel, but couldn’t find a single person online that had good accuracy and hit the pause button. Maybe some shoot great, I’ve just never seen or heard of one.

 

[Lawnboi]

Thanks! I already own a T3 - so maybe I should bit the bullet and look at a T1

Thanks for the advice!

Plus on the T1x if you shoot a t3 is that it’s the same trigger assembly on both rifles.

 

[BLJ]

No experience with your current setup but I’ve had great success with the CZ 457 16” Pro Varmint.