mkII stuff

[max47]

How is everyone with a mkii getting the best accuracy out of them. What kind of ammo is shooting best? Does a new stock help? For those of you that have used a Boyd's are they very good, does bedding help. I just got my mkii and it is shooting pretty good, but nowhere near what my 93r17 shoots. Have you found they get more accurate with use?

Thanks

 

[tlsmith22]

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I bought a MkII off of gunbroker used last year for $125 shipped with a cheap scope. It was bull barrelled, green laminate stock but no accutrigger. I put a SWFA 10x scope on it and it will shoot moa at 100. I think I am going to put a trigger on it, that is its weak point at about 4 or 5 pounds. I am using Aguila match ammo, it is quiet and very accurate in mine. I tried Wolf too and it shot great as well, but we have a hard time buying it local. For what I have in my rifle I am very satisfied.

 

[juliomorris]

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Wolf Match/Ultra match, federal 711B also Nobel Target was very accurate but the wolf was sub-moa at 100 yards about .8-.9, the Federal was 1-1.1with Nobel running 1.2-1.4.

 

[TOP PREDATOR]

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besides having a good rest / bipod, rear bag and decent shooting form:

1. ammo that the rifle likes (usually wolf)
2. trigger (preferably a rifle basix)
3. bull barrel, free floated
4. cheek weld (the plain jane stocks have a major drop on the comb, an add on cheeck piece helps for eye alignment)
5. mounting bolts torqued evenly.
6. muzzle crown

i'm going to so a little experiment in a few weeks by cutting the barrel down a few inches (on a regular barrel, not a bull), and see what happens.

only i have to experiment with after that is a bedding job.

oranges and apples comparing it to the .17, in some wind, the .22 will hold a bit better. i am conviced that all things being equal, the .17 will prevail in calm conditions.

 

[dogmessiah]

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Do you have a synthetic stock or a laminate already? I have one of both. My synthetic nonaccutrigger pencil barrel shoots lights out after I did a trigger job. There is a post on how to do it on rimfire central. My bull barrel laminate stock with accutrigger didn't shoot very well until I bedded it and played with the torque on the action screws. Both hover around MOA with Federal Lighting which is cheap enough and accurate enough I am not going to shoot the match grade ammo.

 

[TOP PREDATOR]

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if it's the ink pen spring thing, here's one i did too...

LOW BUDGET .22 TRAINER - trigger modification

although it helps from a bone stock trigger, the rifle basix is much better.

 

[max47]

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Thanks for all the info. My mkii is wood heavey barrel, and it is starting to shoot pretty good. I have about 500 rounds through it now and it is getting much better the more I get used to it. Right now it is putting out quarter to nickel sized 10 shot groups at 50 yards with standard bulk ammo. It is even better with cci mini mags. I have not tried any of the more premium or subsonic ammo yet, but am looking forward to that. I am still considering a Boyd's tacticool stock since I like to feel of that way better. If anyone has any experience with fitting one of these to a mkii, how did it go? It looks the barrel channel on the first four or five inches will need to be opened up

 

[J_Roger]

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Can you please explain what a "Bull Barrel" is?

 

[frog5215]

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A bull barrel is an untapered , heavy contour barrel.
Actual diameter varies, but is often .750" or heavier on .22s.
The de facto standard on Ruger .22s is .920, because that's the diameter of their stock barrels right in front of the receiver.
They can run up to an inch or more, very rarely over 1.25".
Heavy barrels are felt by many to be more accurate because they vibrate less, and because being physically heavier. are easier to hold steady.

 

[J_Roger]

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Thanks for clearing that up... cheers

 

[Mo_Zam_Beek]

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What base are you all using to get additional MOA?

Anyone ever bedded one?


TIA

 

[kansas45]

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I have a EGW 20 MOA on my MKII FV, a Rimfire Technologies 25 MOA on my TRR & a D.I.P. 25 MOA mount on the new 17 HMR TR.
All are good products. I may trade the mounts on the FV & the 17. I'm not so sure that I need the extra 5 MOA on the 17, but I know that the FV could stand a little more up.

 

[VYD]

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Mine MKII loves German Wolf Match. RWS is also great.

Besides those two also try few from Eley and Lapua.

On a good day it will group 1/4-1/2" at 50 and 3/4" at 100 yards.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

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I use CCI Standard velocity target in the blue box. In my .22LR's it shoots functionally identical to FGMM.

Maybe it's not the piece-de-resistance of rimfire ammo, but it's affordable, relatively available, and seems to be pretty consistent stuff.

As I've emphasized here often, training equipment needs to be reliable and consistent. The level of its performance needs to be a given, a constant, so the only real variable is the day's human marksmanship performance. Perfection is wasted on such a task. Consistency, at whatever the level of performance, is the goal. Economics and ease of supply are far more valuable to the task than wringing the last ounce of excellence out of a temperamental and pampered steed. Any facet of the task that may cause hesitation in pushing the <span style="font-style: italic">shooter's</span> limits is counterproductive. Too much concentration gets expended seeking perfection, when simply gauging current proficiency and improvement is what we're really benefiting from.

Greg