was shooting my new GSG 1911 for the first time today. I had five different types of hv(around 1280ft) .22 ammo and noticed that what made a big difference in how well it worked was the grain. Both Federal and Winchester, 36 grain was terrible, ftfs and ftes two-three rounds per mag. American Eagle was 38 and only had one fte for 50 rounds I shot. Lastly, the Blazer which was 40 grain worked flawlessly. And to make sure that it wasn't a coincident, I went back and forth between the types and the pattern remained the same. What is the connection here?
.22 cal grain
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Physics.
Differences in ammo.
Just the normal reasons that the general first advice is to buy some of about every ammo you can, and try it, before you stock up the bunker with the stuff that doesn't shoot worth a ####.
Each maker makes different shapes (some guns feed angular bullets better, some feed round nose best) as well as the different amounts of energy available as recoil (not huge differences between 36gr and 40gr x 1280fps, but differences) as well as the differences in the way the powder used by each maker acts when burning.
Hope you didn't stock up on the 36gr stuff!
Cheers
Trev
Differences in ammo.
Just the normal reasons that the general first advice is to buy some of about every ammo you can, and try it, before you stock up the bunker with the stuff that doesn't shoot worth a ####.
Each maker makes different shapes (some guns feed angular bullets better, some feed round nose best) as well as the different amounts of energy available as recoil (not huge differences between 36gr and 40gr x 1280fps, but differences) as well as the differences in the way the powder used by each maker acts when burning.
Hope you didn't stock up on the 36gr stuff!
Cheers
Trev
