Went shooting with my AA kit for my G17 yesterday, and unlike most of the reviews, found that the performance of the kit was not as expected. I used 3different brands of ammo (ranging from 36 to 40gr) and here are the results:
1) CCI Blazer 40gr- most reliable ammo by far. would reliably shoot and eject 8-9/10 rounds in a clip. about 1-2 shell would eject, but would get pinched by the slide as it came forward (into battery), meaning that i had to pull the slide back slightly, and let the spent shell fall out. Kinda annoying.
2) Federal Premium 36 gr- second most reliable, about 5/10 rounds would shoot and eject properly. 5/10 rounds would either fail to eject or stovepipe. I know that the AA kit warns against using Federal ammo, but what the heck, I wanted to try it.
3) Winchester Target 40gr- I expected this ammo to work well, but it was the most inconsistent by far. Sometimes, there would be 7-10 rounds fired flawlessly, at other times, i had to manually extract every spent round out of the chamber, or a misfeed (crimped shell casing).
i can't comment on the accuracy of the rounds compared to each other, as i was spending a lot of time clearing out the chamber due to the poor performance of #2 and #3. However, when it was working, the Winchester seemed to give me the best groups (at 7m) of < 2 inches.
Anyone experienced any of these issues before? Could it be a case of the slide spring tension needing to be worked in? When i compared the stiffness of the slide recoil spring on the AA kit versus my P22 which feeds every round i have ever tried flawlessly, the spring tension on the P22 was significantly less. I have thought about:
1) Leaving the AA slide open and locked for a day to loosen the spring tension. I may help with the extracted shells being "pinched" when ejected (ie. the slide would come forward a little slower, thereby not pinching the ejected shell).
2) Using a different ammo- any suggestions?
3) Possibly changing my grip? I'm getting a 2 inch 10 shot grouping at 7m- could an improper grip be the cause? My P22 does not exhibit any of these problems though...
I don't mind buying blazer ammo (even if it is more expensive), but the pinching of the ejected casings seems strange, and I cannot find a reliable source of that ammo...
The .22 ammo that i have managed to source locally are:
1) CCI Blazer (sometimes)
2) Federal Premium (most of the time)
3) Winchester 333 (sometimes)
4) Winchester target (sometimes)
5) Federal AE (sometimes, but only in small boxes of 50 rounds)
Any suggestions/ comments are greatly appreciated...
1) CCI Blazer 40gr- most reliable ammo by far. would reliably shoot and eject 8-9/10 rounds in a clip. about 1-2 shell would eject, but would get pinched by the slide as it came forward (into battery), meaning that i had to pull the slide back slightly, and let the spent shell fall out. Kinda annoying.
2) Federal Premium 36 gr- second most reliable, about 5/10 rounds would shoot and eject properly. 5/10 rounds would either fail to eject or stovepipe. I know that the AA kit warns against using Federal ammo, but what the heck, I wanted to try it.
3) Winchester Target 40gr- I expected this ammo to work well, but it was the most inconsistent by far. Sometimes, there would be 7-10 rounds fired flawlessly, at other times, i had to manually extract every spent round out of the chamber, or a misfeed (crimped shell casing).
i can't comment on the accuracy of the rounds compared to each other, as i was spending a lot of time clearing out the chamber due to the poor performance of #2 and #3. However, when it was working, the Winchester seemed to give me the best groups (at 7m) of < 2 inches.
Anyone experienced any of these issues before? Could it be a case of the slide spring tension needing to be worked in? When i compared the stiffness of the slide recoil spring on the AA kit versus my P22 which feeds every round i have ever tried flawlessly, the spring tension on the P22 was significantly less. I have thought about:
1) Leaving the AA slide open and locked for a day to loosen the spring tension. I may help with the extracted shells being "pinched" when ejected (ie. the slide would come forward a little slower, thereby not pinching the ejected shell).
2) Using a different ammo- any suggestions?
3) Possibly changing my grip? I'm getting a 2 inch 10 shot grouping at 7m- could an improper grip be the cause? My P22 does not exhibit any of these problems though...
I don't mind buying blazer ammo (even if it is more expensive), but the pinching of the ejected casings seems strange, and I cannot find a reliable source of that ammo...
The .22 ammo that i have managed to source locally are:
1) CCI Blazer (sometimes)
2) Federal Premium (most of the time)
3) Winchester 333 (sometimes)
4) Winchester target (sometimes)
5) Federal AE (sometimes, but only in small boxes of 50 rounds)
Any suggestions/ comments are greatly appreciated...
