Reeder Custom Guns - Got to shoot just a bit this afternoon...

WB
Got to shoot just a bit this afternoon...
Sunday, January 03, 2021, 17:30

I ordered (specifically) an inexpensive 3-9x 32mm scope off Amazon. I needed a smaller objective to fit my rings and Marlin 783 without touching the barrel or rear sight. Well I got in a 40mm. I guess they thought they were giving me an upgrade?!

It didn’t fit. So I stuck it on my Volquartsen barreled 10/22. Sighting it in was easy. It does shoot well. Re-sighting the .22 Magnum with some very fast Winchester 30 gr. JHP (2250 fps). It groups about 1/2” at 25 yds. Moving to 100 yds. I typically get two shots within an inch of each other, then one that opens the group some to just under 2”. If I keep at it they generally open to 3” or so.

I know it’s not a target rifle, never intended to be. But I’ve had clip fed models that shot 1.5” groups easily. That’s my goal for the tube repeater.

Got to shoot just a bit this afternoon... - WB, 2021-01-03, 17:30
- I have Marlins that are 1/2” at 50 with open sights. - Sid R, 2021-01-04, 09:17
  - That is the problem with the tube feed Mariln - WB, 2021-01-04, 14:50
    - My 881 22 or just sand and even torque. (nm) - Sid R, 2021-01-04, 17:19
- I meant to say I’m going to glass bed it - WB, 2021-01-03, 17:35
  - Typical first (3) at 100 yds., heating up same distance. - WB, 2021-01-03, 18:10
  - I like the .22 Magnum! The Ruger American .22 Mag - Jim Taylor, 2021-01-03, 18:06
    - YES IT WILL! CZ AND SAVAGE ALSO GREAT (nm) - JT, 2021-01-03, 19:08
    - I’ve heard the plastic Rugers really shoot. - WB, 2021-01-03, 18:15
      - I traded into this one ... - Jim Taylor, 2021-01-03, 18:44
        Hey if it works... I like the .17 HMR a bunch myself - WB, 2021-01-03, 20:04