With the problems, I was having with my custom 10/22 using the Gun City Ranger 10/22 barrel. I decided to sell that barrel when I saw these Grey Birch Solutions barrels come for sale from 55Six. (Note that 55Six has since closed down and this barrel is no longer available locally in New Zealand)
![The Grey Birch Solution 10/22 barrel in 12.5 inches](https://parriehunter.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/greyBirch10-22Barrel-1024x88.png)
The Grey Birch Solutions barrel in 12.5 inches is the perfect length to just fit inside the Magpul Hunter X-22 stock. With a DPT rimfire suppressor on the end, it looks great. Of course, the thread was different between the Ranger and Grey Birch so I had to get another one.
I changed out the scope as the FFP reticle was quite hard to see at lower magnifications. From reading about FFP scopes I knew this could have been an issue. Also, I wasn’t using the dialling features at all. So I decided to go with a more simple 3-9x40mm scope.
![](https://parriehunter.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/crosman-center-point-plt-rifle-scope-300x169.jpg)
Some requirements that I had for the new scope. It had to use either a Mil-Dot or MOA reticle, have parallax adjustment on the side and easy-to-adjust turrets. After a lot of discussion with my good mate Matt I ended up going for the Crosman Center Point 3-9x40mm PLT.
This scope has everything I wanted on my wish list. This scope has an MOA reticle while I would have preferred Mil-Dot, MOA should work OK. Matt is a big fan of 30mm scope tubes so I thought I would give it a go. He also has one of these scopes mounted on his .22 WMR.
the custom 10/22 at the range
It was time to head to the range with some ammo to get the custom 10/22 zeroed in and see how well I can get it to perform. Hopefully, the Eley Subsonic Hollow Point shots well in this barrel as I had brought a couple of slabs. I do have some other ammunition from my previous tests to try out in this new barrel.
I have done a quick sighting in and it shoots with MOB (minute of bunny) but I do want to get to a range and really test it out.
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