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Ruger’s SR-22 – Great For Practice & Lots of Fun
Posted by Junior Shooters
By: Andy Fink
Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc., announced the introduction of the Ruger® SR-22TM Rifle on September 15, 2009. This semi-auto rimfire rifle is a ton of fun! The rifle combines the legendary reliability of the Ruger® 10/22® with the ergonomics and configurability of the new AR-style Ruger SR-556™. The new SR-22 Rifle allows shooters to use economical .22 LR ammunition while still enjoying the look and feel of an “AR.”
Junior Shooters received a gun for review in early October and have taken it out a number of times and the three boys who tested it, ages 14 -17, had an absolute ball. We decided to mount an Aimpoint Micro H-1 red dot sight on the Picatinny rail. This provided excellent accuracy and very quick acquisition. 
The Aimpoint Micro H-1 is a perfect match for the Ruger SR-22. It has a light weight of 84 grams, an integral Weaver-style base that is easy to install on the Picatinny rail, allows easy attachment, ACET technology providing 50,000 hours of operation on one battery, precision adjustment for windage and elevation, and the top of the protective caps fits into holes on adjustment screws. This means no searching the pockets for a nickel or a screwdriver! There are 13 settings for use in daylight and lowlight conditions.
The SR-22 is great for hunting, plinking, and shooting Steel Challenge. Our experiences shooting Steel Challenge were awesome! We used both the standard 10/22 rotary magazine that came with the rifle (we received an extra six magazines specifically for shooting Steel Challenge) and a Hot Lips high capacity magazine that was provided by Brownells. 
They both worked perfectly. We had a couple of misfires and no jams out of over 1,000 rounds shooting CCI and Winchester ammunition. However, the SR-22 did not like Lapua match ammo. We expect to use the SR-22 extensively in the future for both Steel Challenge and for practicing for 3-gun matches where we will use a regular AR-15 .223 in the actual match but an AR .22 LR for most of our practice. Even the adults thought the Ruger SR-22 was great!
Because it utilizes the unique rotary magazine supplied with the Ruger 10/22, the SR-22 Rifle offers the same gold standard for reliability in autoloading rimfire rifles. Like the 10/22, the AR-style SR-22 Rifle also has an extensive array of accessories available, allowing shooters to select a custom configuration that best suits their tastes and needs.
The SR-22 Rifle uses a standard 10/22 action inside a top-quality, all-aluminum chassis that faithfully replicates the AR-platform dimensions between the sighting plane, buttstock height, and grip. The SR-22 Rifle provides a Picatinny rail optic mount, and includes a six-position, telescoping M4-style buttstock (on a Mil-Spec diameter tube), plus a Hogue® Monogrip® pistol grip. Buttstocks and grips may be swapped out for any AR-style compatible option.
It features a round, mid-length handguard mounted on a standard-thread AR-style barrel nut. Picatinny rails, specifically designed for this handguard, are available from Ruger, allowing the handguard to be configured to accept any number of rail-mounted sights or accessories. A barrel support block is installed in the handguard, ensuring accuracy and allowing the standard 10/22 V-block barrel attachment system to be used.
The rifle is equipped with a precision-rifled, cold hammer forged alloy steel barrel. The 16-1/8” barrel is capped with an SR-556/Mini-14 flash suppressor mounted with a ½”-28 thread.
Check out the SR-22 Rifle and its accessories at www.ruger.com.
Copyright & Published By: Junior Shooters & Junior Sports Magazines Inc. Dec 2009
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