Improving a Ruger 96 accuracy

[wildrover77]

Anybody got any tips.

I bought a ruger 96 in .22wmr and converted it to 17hmr.

I am struggling on accuracy and am considering free floating the barrel( it is the same as 10/22 with barrel band)

After stoneing the trigger I am getting 50p sized groups at 75 yards.

After reading a lot on the net, I am undecided, some say free float the barrel, some say free float with pressure pad, some say bed barrel and free float action.

[Sim G]

How many different brands of ammo have you tried..... they're not all the same.

Bed the action and free float the barrel. Then, with the most accurate ammunition you have tried, get someone else to shoot it too and look at their results.

[saddler]

Anybody got any tips.

SimG's mate "PG" has a few

After reading a lot on the net, I am undecided, some say free float the barrel, some say free float with pressure pad, some say bed barrel and free float action.

If ever any proof was needed that the internet attracts some right feck-wits, here it is....

[wildrover77]

Anybody got any tips.

SimG's mate "PG" has a few

After reading a lot on the net, I am undecided, some say free float the barrel, some say free float with pressure pad, some say bed barrel and free float action.

If ever any proof was needed that the internet attracts some right feck-wits, here it is....

Apparently this is accepted practice on 10 22's and 96 in the states. The reason being the barrel is heavy relative to the light weight alloy action. This is why when free floating the barrel a lot of people advise bedding the first 2 inches or using a pressure pad.