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Davo's Review of Faxon Firearms Ruger 10/22 Barrel
Bought this pencil profile barrel for a factory Ruger receiver installed in a Midwest Industries chassis.
The biggest issue is the fit. As far as I can tell it's OD is exactly the same as the ID of the factory receiver which made getting it installed a giant pain in tha... I smoothed the inside of the receiver and outside of the barrel that fits into the receiver with 2000 grit sandpaper and it still took heating up the receiver with a heatgun to get the barrel to fit. And even then, just barely.
I botched the first attempt and the barrel was slightly out of alignment with the bolt and extractor. This caused substantial feeding issues, every 5 rounds or so, making it unusable. Getting the barrel out of the receiver was even more difficult than getting it in. It took an hour or so but I was finally able to get the barrel removed and reinstalled in the correct orientation and it's worked great ever since.
For anyone else facing the same issue I'd suggest taking a little more time initially to sand the part of the barrel that slots into the receiver. Maybe start with a 400 or 600 grit, and just work it until it can slide freely into the receiver.
Installation issues aside, the barrel itself seems to doing fine. Mine is set up as a plinker with a red dot so I can't really speak to precision groups or anything beyond fist sized 25 round groups at 50 yards. Which seems fine for a red dot. It's light enough that the rifle has a really nice balance in the Midwest Industries chassis. It's unique compared to all the other bull barreled 10/22's out there.
The biggest issue is the fit. As far as I can tell it's OD is exactly the same as the ID of the factory receiver which made getting it installed a giant pain in tha... I smoothed the inside of the receiver and outside of the barrel that fits into the receiver with 2000 grit sandpaper and it still took heating up the receiver with a heatgun to get the barrel to fit. And even then, just barely.
I botched the first attempt and the barrel was slightly out of alignment with the bolt and extractor. This caused substantial feeding issues, every 5 rounds or so, making it unusable. Getting the barrel out of the receiver was even more difficult than getting it in. It took an hour or so but I was finally able to get the barrel removed and reinstalled in the correct orientation and it's worked great ever since.
For anyone else facing the same issue I'd suggest taking a little more time initially to sand the part of the barrel that slots into the receiver. Maybe start with a 400 or 600 grit, and just work it until it can slide freely into the receiver.
Installation issues aside, the barrel itself seems to doing fine. Mine is set up as a plinker with a red dot so I can't really speak to precision groups or anything beyond fist sized 25 round groups at 50 yards. Which seems fine for a red dot. It's light enough that the rifle has a really nice balance in the Midwest Industries chassis. It's unique compared to all the other bull barreled 10/22's out there.
Would Recommend:
Yes