Ruger Mark II with older skeleton stock

wynn24

I bought this rifle around two years ago from a man that used it solely for hunting purposes. I have always shot factory ammo out of it and never had any problems on the hunting side of things. I recently started to reload for it, by the way it is a .22-250, and i cannot find a load that will shoot any tighter groups than factory ammo. This rifle has had at the maximum two hundred rounds through it, maximum. Any suggestions. I have cleaned it several times, i have tried different loads, different primer, bullets, but i cannot get it to group. Should i soak the barrel over night in cleaner? Could it be the scope? Any help would be great, i am running out of ideas.

Sig220_Ruger77

Hey,

If you have tried many different loads and it still isn't grouping the best, it could be a acouple of things. The scope is one of them, what kind do you have on your rifle? I would maybe try putting another one on(if available) just to see if that changes things any. Another question I have for you, is the barrel stainless? If it is, from my experience some guns with stainless barrels have to have many rounds shot through them before they start to shoot as good as they can. I have a .243 Ruger with the old stock and stainless barrel. It shot decent with factory ammo and a little better with handloads, but I tried everything and couldn't get the groups to touch. However, the more I shot the rifle the better it grouped and right now I can place 3-5 shots in the bullseye touching at 100 yards. One last idea, what bullet weight are you shooting? Heavier bullets sometimes have a problem stabilizing in .22-250 because of the higher twist rate in most factory rifles.

wynn24

I have used sierra 52gr hollow point boattail. 50 grain nosler and 55gr spitzer also sierra. I thought of the scope situation. Like i said in hutning situations it is fine, but i still think it should be capable of shooting a decent group. Can a scope allow a gun to shoot say a 1" - 1 1/4" with factory ammo and not allow it to shoot any better with relaods. Basicly it is consistanly bad. it is not that it shoots all over it just will not shoot to what i think should be its abilities. I get 5/16" groups and below in my savage .308 and almost that good in my savage.270 it took awhile to get there in the .270 but i did. This ruger has be puzzeled no the barrel is not stainless to awnser you question. Thanks for th reply Ryan

blackmesarifleco

A few more questions - Is there any consistencies or variances between any of the factory or reloaded ammo. As far as the scope goes if it is the same quality as whats on the .308 or .270 that you list I wouldn't think that was the problem but parallax could cause minor inconsistencies in sight picture giving you larger groups.

deadeye46

wynn,I've had very good results using WW 748 powder with 50 and 55 grainers in my 22-250 Encore,just a thought

dcloco

Wynn - need more info.

Is the barrel floated? All the way? Flavor of barrel - sporter, varminter?

What primers are you using? Here is a thread that I posted on my 223....this is only at 100 yards. From all five touching to over an inch...........just with a change in primers in two different flavors of resizing cases.

http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=208398