Excellent Barrel!!!
I modded my Ruger 10/22 with this barrel, the Hogue over-molded stock for bull barrels, the Volquartsen target hammer, and polished my trigger group contacts. After trying nearly 30 different types of ammo, none of which were match quality, on a spectacular day at the range with no wind, I managed to make a 1 ragged hole 5-shot group at 50 yards using Eley Target (bottom right of right target). My second best group and a very close second was with Aguila high velocity (center of right target). For the price, I am extremely pleased with the results. The only downside is the barrel is heavy, no surprise there, but the groups are so satisfying.
Best product on the market
Gunsmith, use to build target rifles.
Great barrel
Excellent barrel, fit great, shoots great, looks great.
Well worth the money.
I bought the barrel four days ago and put 500 rounds threw it over the weekend. The barrels performance was outstanding. It brought a hole new performance level to my shooting well worth the money!
Dirt cheap accuracy
Took me all of 5 minutes to install the barrel (Plus half an hour, I guess, to inlet the original stock) Gone from shooting 2" groups at 50yds to " groups Best improvement I've made, by far!
WOWIE
Purchased this barrel for retro fit on Ruger 10/22 per reccomendation of group on RimFire central. This barrel is outstanding!!! Shot nickel size groups at 50yds with no problem even my seasoned spotter was amazed. Great value and performance [...] Great job. Look out sage rats!Thx,.22 Lew
Review UpDate
This is the 2nd Fluted BB from GrnMntn I purchased. This barrel needed NO break in time and shot EXTREMELY well. I have a 100 acre ranch in San Diego,Ca. With this barrel and a Volquartsen'ized 10/22, I easily dispatch rabbits at 200 yards plus using CCI Velociters. Note: Other users that have "Extraction" issues. Make sure your "Extractor" is in the middle of the "Cut Out" on the barrel. If not you can have "Issues". Trust me.. I tested this theory out. Also make sure your HEADSPACE/Bolt to barrel/bullet space is set correctly! DONT ASSUME!
Overall Great Barrel, Very Pleased
Just a quick FYI. Brownells has this barrel listed at weighing 2.75 lbs. In fact, it does not weigh that. It is 3.10 lbs. My only gripe is it's a very heavy barrel. But that could be both a good and a bad thing. It's very well built. Very well machined. Fit was perfect. No hammering or pounding it in to place. A little bit of antiseize and a few pushes and small twists and it went right on. Don't hesitate to purchase if you're looking for an upgrade to your ruger 10/22.
Accurate
I use this barrel for 100 yard plinking and it is very accurate. It also looks great in my Boyd's tacticool stock. I will say that it is fairly heavy and there are lighter options out there. This is one of the more affordable bull barrels you can get for the 10/22. I would recommend that buyers get a v-block with this barrel to prevent barrel sag in the 10/22's receiver. Mine has not sagged, but the heavy weight is concerning to me
G.M 18
Recently installed Green Mountain 18",1/16, .920 dia., blued,non-fluted on my 10-22. Mounted on Hogue overmold stock. Used Wiegand Combat mount with F/M Optics 6-9/40mm adjustable objective scope, with Weaver Med. Q-D rings. Used Laser boresighter to get close to zero and shot away. Set up holds 3/8" - 10 shot groups @ 50' on a carpet covered bench. Have not shot from bags yet as this was set up in range at shop I work in. Feel it is good value for product. Would recommend to any of my customers wanting to "Step-up" a 10-22. Considered many other barrels before deciding to go with this one.
