Quoted: I am going to get into .22 rifle competitions soon. im going to get a ruger 10/22 and was wondering what would be the best to go with, and any tips on accessories for it (stocks, mounts, scopes, etc) for competition shooting would be helpful. thanks in advance.
Matt |
Matt, as Eric asked what group are you going to compete in? First, an autoloader will not compete against a bolt action. I used to compete in a sport called ARA (American Rimfire Assoc.) This was a take off of the old BR-50. In a nutshell this game is played by shooting at 25 targets at 50 yrds. Each target has a bull of .5" then another ring 1/8" bigger and another 1/8" bigger ring and a finial ring 1/4" bigger (this is from memory). Scoring is 100 then 50 then 25 and then 10 and then 0.
But the real test is that if you put 99% of the bullet in the bulls eye but you break the line, then it is scored to the lower value. In this case it is scored as 50.
Everyone uses wind flags to help determine where to shoot on the target to place the bullet in the bulls eye. You will not see one autoloader on the line.
Goto www.benchrest.com then go to the rimfire section. There are about 5 different icons for the different shoot disaplines. Click on them and you can find out more about their game. Also there is a forums section that you can read and get involved and learn.
Good luck, oh btw most are shooting ammo that cost about 10 bucks for 50 rounds. Reason I got out of it. Ammo cost going up, but quality going down. Piss on the sport. Now hand loading my .223 and can control some of the quality issues myself.