A bunch of guys from work invited me to go on their annual "company camping trip". They're all hunters and from what I've heard, the trip is basically a weekend in the woods, shooting skeet, pistols, and bow & arrow during the day, and roasting chickens over a spit & drinking at night. Sounds good to me! I'm going to bring my Rock Island Armory Mig 22 for this trip. With the amount of shooting I expect we'll do, I figured this was the most fun and economical route to take. But, I have recently removed the scope, so I needed to zero it again. I took it down to Hap Baker Firearms Facility yesterday morning and shot about 300 rounds through it. I have it zeroed for 25 yards, where it will hold a dime-sized group. I really love this rifle. Its a work of art and functions great, BUT, it has a serious Achilles heal. The barrel comes loose on my rifle after about 20 rounds. I have to unscrew the barrel shroud enough to access the small set screw and tighten it back down. This set screw passes through a forward portion of the receiver and into a detent in the breach end of the barrel. This screw is removed when you want to remove the barrel, consequently, it loosens during use and suddenly your shots are landing way off the mark. Very frustrating. I've used two different grades of loktite to rememdy the problem; both failed as fixes. I now keep an allen key with this gun, when I carry it. I hope someone at Rock Island Armory is reading this.
Despite the frustration of having to keep my rifle from falling apart at the range... it still holds excellent groups. Above are my results at 25 & 50 yards.
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