In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.
Ruger 10-22 Gatling Kit
bsthedeerhunter
Member Posts: 29 ✭✭
Are the kits that add 2 Rugers side by side very accurate or JUST FOR FUN ?????
Comments
EvilDr235
If I recall those are mounted sideways, which makes using the sights difficult, so my answer would be "JUST FOR FUN"
Yep ^^^^^ each are mounted in a different direction in which neither is prefered (sideways). In those positions most any rifle will have trouble feeding & ejecting [;)]
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
Are the kits that add 2 Rugers side by side very accurate or JUST FOR FUN ?????
If you're not shooting it "for fun", then what exactly are you going to be doing with this thing? Plan on hunting with it? Benchrest competition?
And why are fun and accuracy mutually exclusive? IMO, the more accurate a gun is, the more fun it is.
In this case, realistically, gatling guns aren't meant for accurate fire, they're meant for volume of fire. IE, nobody is going to be shooting dimes at 50 yards with this sort of setup. Even if each gun itself is capable of that sort of accuracy, you're not going to achieve it with large block iron sights and a hand-cranked trigger.
If you want accuracy, take the 10-22 actions OUT of the Gatling gun, put match barrels and triggers on them, THEN shoot them.
IMO, these sorts of machine gun setups are mostly good for two things:
Wasting lots of ammo (which happens to be expensive and scarce now), and burning out barrels.
Sure, putting out lots of rounds fast can be fun, but personally I've always found trying to place single shots precisely to be far more interesting.
quote:Originally posted by bsthedeerhunter
Are the kits that add 2 Rugers side by side very accurate or JUST FOR FUN ?????
Wasting lots of ammo (which happens to be expensive and scarce now), and burning out barrels.
Sure, putting out lots of rounds fast can be fun, but personally I've always found trying to place single shots precisely to be far more interesting.
Bah Humbug. You sound like a politician. 'If it has not sporting purpose there is no reason for it to exist.' What do you care how much 22 ammo is? My guess is they know that.
As to the reason to ask the question. If I wanted one I would expect it to be able to blast gallon jugs or knock down a line of cans, and not just spit out lead.
So I think the question is a good one.
Bah Humbug. You sound like a politician. 'If it has not sporting purpose there is no reason for it to exist.'
Never said anything of the sort.
The reason this exists is pretty straightforward. It provides a relatively low-cost full auto shooting experience without waiting periods or paperwork.
I "get" why people like these things and contrary to what you're suggesting, I have no problem whatever with people owning or shooting them, even if they are nothing more than an adult toy.
All I'm saying is I'd personally rather fire the bullets one at a time. If you're REALLY interested in accuracy (not "minute of paper plate" accuracy), this isn't the platform to get it out of, that's all.
quote: What do you care how much 22 ammo is?
Because I actually have to pay for it. You don't?
quote:As to the reason to ask the question. If I wanted one I would expect it to be able to blast gallon jugs or knock down a line of cans, and not just spit out lead.
So I think the question is a good one.
So there we disagree. To me its self-evident that something like this isn't intended for "accuracy".
I don't think it takes a particularly "accurate" weapon to hit a gallon milk jug at short range, particularly if you're "walking" the bullets onto the target with full auto fire!
Of course this can do that. I have yet to see **ANY** rifle that couldn't, even ones with rusted or shot out bores.
Is that really your standard for accuracy? I'd hope not. If I bought a Ruger that couldn't do groups 1/10 that size, I'd consider it a piece of junk.
I'd say, as a first standard. that an "accurate" .22LR should be able to do 1 inch or better 5-shot groups at 50 yards with quality ammo.
Can this gatling gun do that?
Well. . .even assuming that each separate 10-22 was match quality and you were using match ammo, you still probably couldn't crank-fire this thing by hand off a swivelling base and get 5 shots into an inch at 50 yards. Hell, the two barrels probably won't even hit the same point. . .they necessarily CAN'T do that except at one particular range.
So as long as you accept what this thing is (ie a fancy full-auto sim plinker) you'll be fine. If you want to head-shot squirrels, I think you'll find it "difficult".