Ruger 10/22

I won't go into a lot of depth here on the Ruger 10/22.  It's been around for decades and is still just as good as it ever was.

I will though detail my experiences with the one I currently own.  

It's the standard carbine model with the front barrel band.  i.e. the cheap version you can pick up for under $200. 

Accuracy was all I could ask of it.  Offhand standing position with iron sights I was able to shoot a 1.5" group at 20 yards with 10 rounds.  For a 22 I can't really ask more than that.   The sights were spot on, no adjustment necessary.

One thing I didn't like about this particular weapon is several FTF or failure to feeds.  In most cases racking the slide enabled the partially chambered round to chamber correctly.  In some cases it didn't and I had to eject the magazine and tip the case out of the weapon.  In these cases it had a serious dent in the side of the casing. 

Granted I was using cheap-o bulk ammo, the kind sold in bricks of 350 to 500 rounds.   It also was the weapons first trip to the range and I specifically didn't do anything to it in order to get the 'out of box' experience.

Also granted, this weapon's reliability while of some concern is hopefully never going to need to be used in a situation where relibility might mean life or death.  A .22 long rifle is for shooting targets and hunting small game.   It is not designed for or very capable of anything more in the hands of the vast majority of people.  It 'can' do some of the things a larger calibre can do on a OMG can you believe that? basis but please do not bet your life or the lives of your family on it.

I am going to order a stock with a collapsible butt stock though,  as is the weapon is just a little too long for the children.

The younger boys took a couple of magazines before they were able to get on paper with reasonable chance of success at 20 yards but my oldest son did surprisingly well his first attempt with the rifle, getting roughly half his magazine on paper, a splatter zombie rat for the fun of it.

His second magazine he was going for head shots and had a decent sized group about a couple of inches above the head.   Perhaps evetnually a DMR AR-15 is in his future.