Accuracy out of the box is a hit and miss thing. Unlike the Marlins, the Ruger 10-22 is not known to be that accurate out of the box, but with a little patience and a few bucks, you can make a 10-22 out shoot any autoloader .22 out there and some bolt actions. The carbine is a small and light rifle that just seems made for a child's first rifle. I have seen more than a few dad's showing their little girls how to shoot hot-pink 10-22s at Hot Wells here in Harris County. Also, as has been pointed out here already, there is just so much you can to to them to improve the accuracy and customize them to suit individual taste.
I have two 10-22s, an all factory-all metal carbine that shoots 3/4 inch groups @ 50 yards and another one with a fluted bull barrel, target trigger, competition sear and hammer, head-spaced and polished bolt with a titanium firing pin, set up on a Boyd's thumbhole stock and Harris bipod that shoots 1/4 inch groups @ 50 yards all day long....and it all started out from a $49.95 carbine I bought in 1974 at the Navy Exchange in NAS North Island.
I have two 10-22s, an all factory-all metal carbine that shoots 3/4 inch groups @ 50 yards and another one with a fluted bull barrel, target trigger, competition sear and hammer, head-spaced and polished bolt with a titanium firing pin, set up on a Boyd's thumbhole stock and Harris bipod that shoots 1/4 inch groups @ 50 yards all day long....and it all started out from a $49.95 carbine I bought in 1974 at the Navy Exchange in NAS North Island.
