JackBull
Buckeye
Thinking of getting a Mark IV for plinking. I was told, years back, that the bull barrels were more accurate, is this true? What model's are recommended and why?
Mark IV Barrel
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Mark IV™ : Target
Model 40159
22 LR - Rimfire Pistol
I have done nothing to it but shoot it.
Mark IV™ : Target
Model 40159
22 LR - Rimfire Pistol
I have done nothing to it but shoot it.
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Ruger Guru
Accuracy seems to be directly associated with a couple of things.
The ammo choice & how a gun fits a person's hands as it settles & balances.
The ammo choice & how a gun fits a person's hands as it settles & balances.
I would say the bull barrel comment falls into the longer barrel category. Just as the longer barrel isn't more accurate in itself, the added sight radius is what helps. The bull barrel it's the added mass that helps. Harder to move about freely. Law of inertia applies here.
For many shooters, the front heavy feel of the heavy barrel profile improves 'offhand' accuracy.
Personally, I prefer the feel of the heavy barrel.
Personally, I prefer the feel of the heavy barrel.
A few years before Bill Ruger died he bought his own barrel making machinery. He now had a handle on the quality of his barrels compared to before when he sub-contracted out to the lowest bidder. This is why in the dead hand of the past you often had 1 Ruger rifle shoot amazingly accurate and the next 9 look like scattergun groups. In a TV interview before Bill died he said "I find it rather ridiculous that people go out and buy a custom made barrel for their 10/22 rifle when we now make the most accurate barrels in the world".
Heavy barrels (assuming a quality barrel) do shoot more accurately because the person can hold the gun more steady during the trigger pull and they heat up more slowly which causes less barrel vibration. Heavy barrels also vibrate less violently than standard weight barrels.
The longer the barrel the longer the sighting radius when used with iron sights and you have less aiming error. This of course does not hold true when one uses a scope or electronic sight which are standard equipment now for most competition.
Trigger pull often contributes to 50% of the accuracy of any weapon. When you have a heavy, rough, creepy trigger pull accuracy goes right out the window no matter how good a shot you are and no matter how expensive the ammunition you are shooting.
Quality of the ammo is also paramount to good accuracy. If you think a box of econo-grade blaster ammo like Remington Thunder Turd is going to outshoot the Kings Ransom price ammo like Lapua Midas or Eley Red Box Rifle match you are definitely on drugs.
A dirty, fouled and leaded barrel will not shoot accurately either, but improper barrel cleaning will ruin a match barrel faster than a cat can scratch his rectum.
Over cleaning can ruin a barrel as well. Recently in the past few years two of your top shooters sold off their prior match .22 rifles and the bores were so fouled it was a wonder they did not blow up but it proved one thing and that was that a good shooter using expensive ammo can go long periods between cleaning a barrel. It is just that trying to clean such a fouled barrel can be time consuming and you run the risk of ruining the barrel if you are not careful in the cleaning process. I might add that when these two guns were cleaned they shot every bit as accurately as when they were new. I might add one of the reasons these top shooters did so well was not that they had superior accuracy but they had superior skill in doping the wind. The Achilles heal of .22 rimfire shooting is the devil in the wind. Pick a day with a constantly shifting wind, even one as low as 5 mph and you may as well stop shooting and quit wasting ammo. Go play golf that day instead.
Pál_K
Guns. I has it.
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the 10" stainless Mk IV is the heaviest of them all (heavier than 10" blued). The longer sight radius, heavier weight, and increased velocity (less bullet drop) should help in IHMSA smallbore competition with targets from 25 to 100 meters.
the 10" stainless Mk IV is the heaviest of them all (heavier than 10" blued). The longer sight radius, heavier weight, and increased velocity (less bullet drop) should help in IHMSA smallbore competition with targets from 25 to 100 meters.
"should help in IHMSA smallbore competition with targets from 25 to 100 meters."
Many folks don't have any idea of the accuracy capabilities of the Ruger 22 pistols. It's really unfortunate that it's illegal to utilize the 'artillery Luger' type stock attachment.
Many folks don't have any idea of the accuracy capabilities of the Ruger 22 pistols. It's really unfortunate that it's illegal to utilize the 'artillery Luger' type stock attachment.
Pál_K
Guns. I has it.
I wish the front sight were narrower, but it is decent as-is.
When the KMK-10 came out it took IHMSA by storm. You'll be happy.
nice thing about the longer, say 10 inch guns we used to cut them back to whatever length the customer would want...............the new MK IV and the 5.5 bull barrel is just fine.........good compromise
BULL'S-EYE
Buckeye
I've tried them all, but the 5.5" Bull Barrel version just hangs better in the hand, and provides the best accuracy for me...
