Re: 40 moa 10/22 scope rail/ fixing barrel droop?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: deersniper</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Anyone know where I can get a 40 moa scope rail for a 10/22?</div></div>
The highest amount of cant I've seen for the 10/22 is 20 MOA. EGW makes their Extended 20 MOA Picatinny Rail, USO makes a 20 MOA Rail for it, and Tactical Solutions makes a 15 MOA picatinny Rail. All are aluminum. I've used both the 15 MOA Tactical Solutions and 20 MOA EGW units - the Tactical Solutions unit is better made and finished, but I like the extra 5 MOA of the EGE so I've been using that on my MOA 10/22.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: deersniper</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I was thinking about putting a couple layers of tape on the front of the stock barrel channel to raise the barrel?</div></div>
You could do that (that is actually what pressure pads are used for on 10/22 stocks - to raise the barrel up), but threading the barrel and receiver is the best way to permanently eliminate barrel droop. I recommend that you call <span style="font-style: italic">Randy</span> at
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">Connecticut Precision Chambering</span></span> for your 10/22 work. Randy specializes in 10/22 accurization. He can do all the work necessary to thread and recut the chamber on standard slip-fit 10/22 barrels and mate the barrel and receiver together as a single, rigid unit. You'll eliminate
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">barrel droop</span></span> and gain reliability and consistency while eliminating the need for the V-Block.
<span style="font-weight: bold">EGW 20 MOA Extended Picatinny Rail on custom MOA 10/22 w/threaded Kidd barrel - no V-Block!</span>
<span style="font-weight: bold">Shortened EGW 20 MOA Extended Picatinny Rail & Falcon 4-14X 44 FFP</span>
<span style="font-weight: bold">Tactical Solutions 15 MOA Picatinny Rail & Leupold Vari-X III 4.5-14X 40 SFP</span>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: deesniper</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have a 10/22 with a tight tactical solutions barrel and Leupold 3-9x40 w/ target knobs. My scope is almost bottomed out just to get zeroed at 50 yards. I had to work pretty hard to get the barrel in, so I don't know how I am getting all this droop.</div></div>
It doesn't matter how hard it was to get the barrel in - once you install the V-Block and tighten the screws the V-Block pulls the barrel down. Take a look at the design - its' simple physics.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: deersniper</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I don't want to use an adj. v-block, they appear to be set by just a small set screw and that is not durable enough for my needs.
Thanks.
-dan </div></div>
Adjustable V-Blocks can help, but they're really just a Band-Aide to a larger problem - design compromise. The V-Block barrel attachment system makes it easy to swap barrels, but it sucks for barrel alignment, consistent positioning of the extractor groove, and also introduces barrel droop.
Again, the V-Block pulls the barrel downward as the V-Block's screws are tightened. There is no way around this - period. Adjustable V-Blocks are a clusterfuck as well, with the set screw pushing up on the bottom of the barrel notch while the larger, stronger V-Block screws pull the barrel down.
As I stated above, I recommend that you call <span style="font-style: italic">Randy</span> at
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">Connecticut Precision Chambering</span></span> for your 10/22 work. Randy uses precision machining techniques and execution rather than kludgey add-ons.
Keith
