I managed to get out to the range and take some shots with 3 of my .22's because honestly i was absolutely shocked to see the groupings produced buy the SR-22 in another thread. I almost traded my Marlin 60ss for an SR before seeing that and after today im sure glad i did not.
I set up targets at 25m and 50m, 3 warm up targets at 25, 4 shot for groups at 25m, and 3 targets shot for groups at 50m.
I started with a Cooey 82 WWII army trainer (3 C broadarrow markings), followed by the 60ss, and finished with the papoose which produced the weakest results due to the fact that i did not bring the barrel nut wrench or case as i leave it assembled, and after the first group the nut started to work lose and the groups stayed crappy... hand tight doesn't cut it. In it's defense i have put several hundred rounds through it since cleaning/tightening it last. It normally groups on par with the 60ss though.
The Cooey and 60ss groups were shot with factory open sights, and the 70pss wears a 1.5-4x bushnell. CCI standard velocity was on the menu for all 3 rifles.
The rack
The targetz, are 2" outer circle/square, 1" inner circle/square.
First 25m warm up, 5 shots each.
25m shot for groups, you can see how much the papoose opened up. I fired a second group after hand tightening the barrel nut. didn't help.
50m, Cooey 82, 9 rounds... thought i shot 10.
50m, Marlin 60ss, 10 rounds. (this CCI has burned me in competition with the odd high flyer before)
Papoose, 50m, 8 rounds... but not it's typical grouping. I'll try again in the next couple days after a good cleaning and re-torque of the nut.
Honestly the Cooey and 60ss shot pretty much exactly the same as far as i can tell, with maybe a slight advantage going to the cooey at 25, and to the 60ss at 50. BUT... because everyone thinks semi auto's surely must not be as accurate as a bolt gun (which in many cases is true... not in this instance however) I give the edge and the win to... The 60ss!
Thats right... look at that heavy azz barrel. you know it looks good! And all 3 guns combined cost me about $700, which would be roughly the cost of a comparible tactical semi and a scope... Which all 3 of these guns will outshoot by a good margin.
I set up targets at 25m and 50m, 3 warm up targets at 25, 4 shot for groups at 25m, and 3 targets shot for groups at 50m.
I started with a Cooey 82 WWII army trainer (3 C broadarrow markings), followed by the 60ss, and finished with the papoose which produced the weakest results due to the fact that i did not bring the barrel nut wrench or case as i leave it assembled, and after the first group the nut started to work lose and the groups stayed crappy... hand tight doesn't cut it. In it's defense i have put several hundred rounds through it since cleaning/tightening it last. It normally groups on par with the 60ss though.
The Cooey and 60ss groups were shot with factory open sights, and the 70pss wears a 1.5-4x bushnell. CCI standard velocity was on the menu for all 3 rifles.
The rack
The targetz, are 2" outer circle/square, 1" inner circle/square.
First 25m warm up, 5 shots each.
25m shot for groups, you can see how much the papoose opened up. I fired a second group after hand tightening the barrel nut. didn't help.
50m, Cooey 82, 9 rounds... thought i shot 10.
50m, Marlin 60ss, 10 rounds. (this CCI has burned me in competition with the odd high flyer before)
Papoose, 50m, 8 rounds... but not it's typical grouping. I'll try again in the next couple days after a good cleaning and re-torque of the nut.
Honestly the Cooey and 60ss shot pretty much exactly the same as far as i can tell, with maybe a slight advantage going to the cooey at 25, and to the 60ss at 50. BUT... because everyone thinks semi auto's surely must not be as accurate as a bolt gun (which in many cases is true... not in this instance however) I give the edge and the win to... The 60ss!
Thats right... look at that heavy azz barrel. you know it looks good! And all 3 guns combined cost me about $700, which would be roughly the cost of a comparible tactical semi and a scope... Which all 3 of these guns will outshoot by a good margin.
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