VH>JS>I let a smith do it, and despite my request not to, he dropped the
VH>JS>trigger down to about 2#.  I've thanked him ever since.  :-)
VH>JS>Everything else I've done myself.
VH>Maybe you're not the guy to ask -- since you've sunk a lot of effort in
VH>your 10/22 -- but answer me honestly:  Which goodies and modifications
VH>would you pick, and in which order, if you wanted accuracy at a low
VH>cost?
Well, I _don't_ want to spend a _lot_ of money on it, or I'd have gotten 
a drop in stock, shilen fluted barrel, etc.  I'm going on the premise 
that my time does not count towards the cost in this case:
In order:
Trigger job: drop to about 2# pull, polishing the sear, installing
trigger stops.  Or a better trigger/hammer assy., Volquartson makes them
I think.
   Much of the reason this made the most difference is because my 
   shooting technique is pretty weak compared to some of the veterans.  
   IF you are a good rifle shooter, you might be able to live with the 
   trigger, and then the best purely mechanical accuracy enhancer would 
   probably be the bull barrel.
I'm partial to a scope, because of my mild myopia, except that it's
fallen apart (too much banging around in a soft case) too often the
bushnell sportview 3x9 32mm has been okay, the fixed 4x should be fine
too.
The $100 bull barrel from Midway is awfully nice if you really want to
crank things in tighter, and a 3/4" diameter sanding drum gives just
about the perfect groove diameter (.920 nominal???) in the factory stock.
And-  enough to spend on some various ammo to find what works best.  
Winchester powerpoints work very well accuracy wise, and they expand well
in water, while the winchester 37gr solid Super-X group nicely and don't 
expand in water.  Remington Viper work well in the new midway bull 
barrel, stingers come out too fast for the tighter twist: their group 
size doubled.
VH>Some swear by Simmons, some swear at them.  I don't have any experience
VH>with them.
I'm going to give the snortview one more round with epoxy this time...
Heck, at this rate I'll be sending my resume to Carl Zeiss medical optics 
next...  :-)
VH>I have had people yap at me about that "cheap ammo" but I can't shoot
VH>offhand any better than that cheap ammo will shoot -- and I do 99.9% of
VH>my shooting from offhand.
Even my bench rest shooting seems to be 'offhand'.  :-(
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