Now that 22 Ammo is available for 5 cents a round I'm finally getting my take down 10/22 broken in. I've had it for 3 years, still have less than a brick of ammo through it, most of what I've put through it has been the last couple of months.
The quick version is I'm getting big groups and I don't know if I just had unreasonable expectations of what it would deliver. The best group at 75 yds was 3 inches. 4 inches is more regular. And that's from a rest.
The long version: Last fall I did a quick and dirty sight in. I tried to go squirrel hunting and just got the sights on target and figured out how close I had to be. It was ridiculously close I felt from a kneel. Off a bench 25yds was the max I could go and keep it in an inch. This spring/summer I finally got to spend more ammo. Got it sighted in at 50 yds (4-6 in groups with support under the receiver not the fore-stock). Pushed it out to 75 yds (shot with support under the fore-stock) and from a rest I got 3.5 inch groups to 5 inch groups. These are all 5 round groups and I shot 6 good groups in the last outing.
I haven't replaced the sights yet or tried many brands of ammo. I haven't fiddled extensively with the tightness yet either. But I wanted to make sure my expectations were reasonable. I'm not expecting 1 inch at 100 yds. But an inch at 50 struck me as a reasonable expectation. What kind of accuracy should I be expecting?
EDIT:
There apparently was an issue with my 10/22. Ruger fixed it and now I get about an inch at 50 yards.