you say the rear sight is at lowest setting ? You do mean all the way up to its highest setting to bring front down ? Don’t get angry, we could be talking the same thing , just saying it different.

 

The rear sight is at the lowest setting. It would have to go even lower, or the front sight higher in order for the bullet impact to be lower. Mechanically, that inner sight blade within the rear sight is at the bottom of the slot and won't go any lower. I have even thought of trimming some off the bottom of this insert to see if it would go lower, but don't know if that is the best solution. When the rear sight blade is adjusted higher then the point of impact is higher.

 

You try flipping the blade bottom up? I believe both sides have a notch , one being lower and one higher.

 

Since it's brand new why not send it back to Ruger? At 25 yards it should be almost dead on.

 

Change rear sight if that is bottomed out.

 

Barrel is not installed correctly.

 

Good idea, not that difficult to check..

 

I had a Springfield XD that shot high from day one. Turned out Springfield put the wrong front sight on it. As luck would have it, I won a set of night sights as a door prize at a LE training session. Put the night sights on and the problem disappeared. I would measure the front sight with a caliper and compare it to another 10/22. Check to see if the front sight is too low and/or the rear sight too high.

 

Barrel is not installed correctly.

Good idea, not that difficult to check..

Both the front and rear sights are installed on the barrel so whether or not the barrel is installed correctly into the receiver would have no impact (accidental pun). Now if the rear sight was installed on the receiver you could be correct but that is not the case here.

 

Either the sights are not correct, or the barrel is bent. Don't laugh, I once had a 26" .45-70 barrel which I cut down to 22". Looking at the muzzle, the bore was very clearly offset to the right - perhaps 1/16" or more. That could be a cause of the high poi.

That rear sight looks taller than the one on my 10/22 carbine barrel - but that one is over 40 years old.




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I'm with TXNimrod on the pic #3. That's not the rear sight on the 10/22 in question, right?

 

I would think you can remove the rear sight insert and cut the bottom of it down with a dremel tool so that it sits lower inside the rear sight. Short of that, you could simply install the inexpensive Williams fire sight set shown here:

Williams Fire Sight Set Ruger 10/22 Aluminum Black Fiber Optic Green

 

Call Ruger and see it they have a taller front sight. Dawson precision is another place to look. Dawson has a formula, using sight radius and how high the bullet is printing to order the correct front sight. Used them to get my GSG 1911 to shoot where I wanted it too.

 

Don't mess about with a new gun. If bought in a shop that shop should send it back/replace it, you (or owner should not have to)....and at NO cost to owner.
Now if it is used just do the online calc and replace the front sight.

 

Check the crown. I had a new takedown (in 2013) shooting about 8" low at 20-25yd and found this excuse for a crown. Sent it back to Ruger and they replaced the barrel.

 

That crown looks suspect