Ruger Rimfire Shootout! RPR vs Enhanced 10/22 

Good morning HR. Thanks to Ben for supplying the ammo. Range time is better when the ammo is free. When you said you were going to speed up the shooting video, my first thought was " Uh oh RU-vid is going to cancel him for full auto machine gun fire"😂

Howard, I really - and I mean really - enjoyed this video. THANK YOU for your quantitative analyses , as well as for your very informative commentary, and for entirely fair methodology. Both rifles really are excellent for their intended purposes, and the RPR is superb (in honesty, I’m a bolt action guy . . . even during this era where AR’s justifiably dominate, my favorite rifle is a Ruger Gunsight Scout chambered in 5.56). I respectfully suggest that all marksmen and shooters, but few shooters are marksmen. You’re a marksman, I’m a shooter, however I cannot count the number of wonderfully enjoyable and solitary hours I have spent walking and plinking - with a .22LR - in Vermont, Colorado, West Virginia, North Carolina, Virginia, Alaska, and Missouri fields and woods. Precision marksmanship was NEVER attained, but “returning my mental compass to due north” always was. For me, there is nothing quite like “woods walking,” occasionally firing a round at a fence post, a pine cone or a tin can, and thus putting life’s many vagaries into perspective.

Thanks for putting that ammo to the test. We now have two RPRs that don’t like the black box. If anyone ever unlocks the secret to why a rimfire likes certain ammo, let me know. I think it will always be a mystery.

Thanks for this test. I just wish I could find that ammo more often in stores as I don't buy anything online. It can be difficult to find quality target ammo for the RPR & tricked out 10/22. That said, my plain old '70's 10/22 is minute of squirrel-head accurate.

Another great honest video from you I would love to see that Ruger Precision vs Savage Precision both bolt actions what a great comparison that would be.

Nice comparison. It's hard to argue against bolt action precision. But it's also hard to argue against fun plinking with an accurate semiauto, too. Either way, the ammo quality seems consistent and that's another win. 👍👍

Interesting. This makes me want to upgrade my 10/22 well beyond the Magpul stock and HiViz sights I put on mine.

Comments keep getting removed. Gotta love RU-vid censorship!

My rifles prefer the SK semiauto 22 ammo.

Outstanding video. I enjoy ammo, rifle comparisons like this immensely. Thanks for sharing...

Glad to see the rimfire content.

I believe Eley is involved in some way with Remington ammo. Back when I was on our high school rifle team the story was Eley Club Match and Target were all produced in the same batch and sorted post production into Target Club and Match parameters. If that was the case then it has to be external features like OAL weight and diameter. I suppose if you still have some leftover you can see what each type dims out at. I don't know if the new owners hold the standards that we saw from eley 26yrs ago. I doubt it as no company that's acquired seems to focus on maintaining quality, and I don't ever remember seeing the complaints about eley we see now. That said I was shooting bolt guns exclusively and we were using mostly donated cci ammo. My kimber 82 Govt wasn't very picky but cci SV was the most consistent. My dad's bolt gun actually prefers shorts or longs to LR

Nice test report. RPR for the win. (No surprise there.)

Howard now you know I had to slap the old thumbs up for this video. If I could I would just hangout and repeatedly press it over and over again. BUT you know what I want. I just released a new Summer Captain America challenge and would love to see you and one or both of these rifles in it.

Great video. As I have gotten older I enjoy shooting rimfire much more. Thanks to Ben for the ammo and thanks to you for putting it to great use. Thanks for the good information.

An excellent and interesting comparison of the two rifles. I urge you to repeat the same tests using RWS, SK and Lapua cartridges. I think you would enjoy it and I know I would enjoy seeing the results.

I've seen & shot several stock 10/22's that would group like that with ammo they liked & have never really had much interest in modifying them. Nothing against it, I just got them to do what I wanted stock & I like the feel of the stock rifle. The one I own now likes Mini Mags & will consistently shoot 1/2" to 3/4" at 50 yards with a fixed 4x scope so I can't complain. That precision bolt action looks quite interesting though. Thanks for showing me what it could do.

Through my rimfire journey I've found that SK products work a bit better. I've personally shot 1" groups at 100 yards with a near stock Rem.597 using SK Standard Plus. Watching hundreds of videos of other channels I've seen guys fight with Eley not chambering, misfires, and groups, where they don't seem to have these issues with SK. I'd love to see this test with those platforms and SK Standard Plus and / or Rifle Match. You may be surprised by the performance. I really think the 10/22 can do much better!

Terrific video! I have viewed many of these ammo comparison shooting videos but this was one of the best. Combining using 2 rifles with a test of each type of ammo made for a very interesting test. I just got a CZ 457 24" bolt action 22LR and have been trying to find what ammo works best with it. So far Eley Club and Eley Benchrest Precision seem to shoot the best. I have got to try the Tenex. Anyway nicely done. I use your shooting videos as my standard of excellence to gauge for my shooting. I have a ways to go! Thanks!

Love the tee shirt.

Good video and good information. I know a lot of work went into this project.

Nice work!! Have a great weekend.

A simple way to get a more exact measurement is to measure from the extreme outside edge of the hole on one side to the extreme inside edge of the hole on the far side of the group. This measurement is the same as the measure from the center of the holes. PS: If the paper tears carefully pull the edge out to find the black ring left by the bullet and use it for the measurements. Again outside edge to the inside edge of the rings.

Good morning, and afternoon HRFUNK and family. Happy Saturday to everyone there. I'm most definitely going to look up that Elly force. 👌

I'd like to see the Ruger PR vs the Ruger American bolt action. Would using a vise be better for the test or the relative sizes of the groups would stay the same? That is with the vise perhaps the groups would be tighter but across ammo types you would still discover which ammo each rifle was most effective with. Thanks all the best!

Thanks for the video. I haven’t been impressed with Eley accuracy for the cost.

I have a 10/22 with a Volquartsen trigger shoe, hammer and springs but everything else is stock. It shoots very close to my RPR 22lr. My fully built 10/22 (trigger stock and barrel changed) it is negligible from it and the the RPR at 50 yds. Maybe it would open up at 100yds buy IMO 22lr is a 50yd rifle. I will say. CCI Mini mag 36hp and 40 sp, Aguila super extra in those grains and cheap federal auto match are my go to. I will never shoot a competition. Just bragging rights with friends. This precision ammo is something I wont use but love the video. Maybe with better ammo I would see a bigger difference.

My ruger precision rimfire loves cci standard velocitys!

It would be interesting to compare the - Hornady Extreme Range ammo to the - Eley Extreme Range ammo

Cool ! Thanks !

When you consider that the 10/22 is firing from an unlocked breech or blowback while the RPR IS a locked breech, I think the 10/22 does a credible job for what it is. Blowback 22's can be fussy about what ammo they prefer as your excellent video proves. I have a 20 year old Ruger 10/22T with that spiral hammer forged barrel, Power Custom trigger parts and a Volquartsen bedding kit installed and it made a big difference in the groups I was getting. Eley ammo did not show especially good groups but CCI Green Tag and oddly enough Federal Auto-Match did. I hear very mixed reviews on the Federal stuff but mine seems to like it.

Something new! Cool!

Either get the Green Mountain barrel or the FJ Fedderson barrel for the Precision Rifle. Both are bentz chamber but one is 18" & the other is 22".

Very well done

👍👍This is my second post as the first one disappeared. Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the video and that I would be pleased if my semi auto 22lr rifle shot that well, Thanks.

so am I the only one who would like one of those t-shirts....lol like the 10/22 curious as to the cost of the upgrades

Build a Kidd 10/22 and it'll smoke that RPR.

All that investment on the 10_/22...did our buddy consult on that? No flashcan? To complete the project, now sell it at a loss...😪

I shoot about 1.5 MOA with my stock Savage MK II bolt gun with CCI MiniMags. I am not as good a shot as you are so you would probably do better. I think the biggest source of error is the inconsistency of .22 ammo even if match grade. Can you really call your rifle a 10/22 anymore? It seems the original piece is rhe receiver.

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I'm curious about how much money you have invested in each rifle just for comparison's sake, not to be nosey

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