- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
So got this thing a couple days ago, and mounted a Bushnell Trophy 4-12 x 40 AO scope on the factory bases and some cheap rings. I was planning on using a set of Leupold rings I had but they wouldn't fit the factory installed bases. Oh well, just a .22lr(or so I thought).
Anyways I know that ammo is going to play a huge part in the accuracy this thing puts out so i went and got a few various easy to find brnads.
CCI Standard Velocity
CCI Blazer
Winchester T22 Target
Federal Game Shcok 38gr Plated Hp
Winchester Xpert High Vel HP
Spent a few ours doing strings of 10, shots in various orders to be sure the barrel fouling and heating didn't play too big a role in the group sizes.
All groups are at 50m with a little bit of a crosswind that came and went. And those squres are less than an inch.
Results were astoundingly different!
CCI Blazer: - Out of ten groups they ranged from great to average. Even the great groups were always hovering around half inch to 3/4 inches. Didn't seem to be that great, and were no better than my best with the 10/22 tactical target.
Winchester T22 Target: - Being just as expensive as the CCI I was very dissapointed here. Worst groups of all the rounds I shot, and interestingly the only marketed as target ammo. LOL
Winchester Expert High Vel. HP's: - Just about as bad as the T22 above. Again I didn't even bother to measure or take pics of these groups. Thye were all hovering around an inch, and again these did well in the 10/22 target I had, so I was dissapointed because they are about as cheap as it gets around here.
Federal Game Shock Copper 38gr Plated HP's: - These showed some promise, but were not as consistent as the CCI Standard Velocity. They produced a few groups with shots touching but the consistency was better with the CCI Standard Velocity.
Here is the best 3 groups with the Federal:
And the winner of the evening.....CCI Standard Velocity - I was amazed at the groups this ammo produced. This is why I bought this gun and exactly why I sold the 10/22!
I'll let the pictures speak for me:
And the best group I have ever put up with a rimfire ever:
And just for fun I shot a few groups at 100m, but the wind definitely had picked up at this point. My scope was not sighted for 100m so it was interesting guessing where POI would be. LOL
Best at 100m:
A Note: - I also learned that loading a new mag from an open bolt produced a first shot flyer almost every time. Got a tip to always load with a closed bolt then cylcle the round in and it worked.
Anyways I know that ammo is going to play a huge part in the accuracy this thing puts out so i went and got a few various easy to find brnads.
CCI Standard Velocity
CCI Blazer
Winchester T22 Target
Federal Game Shcok 38gr Plated Hp
Winchester Xpert High Vel HP
Spent a few ours doing strings of 10, shots in various orders to be sure the barrel fouling and heating didn't play too big a role in the group sizes.
All groups are at 50m with a little bit of a crosswind that came and went. And those squres are less than an inch.
Results were astoundingly different!
CCI Blazer: - Out of ten groups they ranged from great to average. Even the great groups were always hovering around half inch to 3/4 inches. Didn't seem to be that great, and were no better than my best with the 10/22 tactical target.
Winchester T22 Target: - Being just as expensive as the CCI I was very dissapointed here. Worst groups of all the rounds I shot, and interestingly the only marketed as target ammo. LOL
Winchester Expert High Vel. HP's: - Just about as bad as the T22 above. Again I didn't even bother to measure or take pics of these groups. Thye were all hovering around an inch, and again these did well in the 10/22 target I had, so I was dissapointed because they are about as cheap as it gets around here.
Federal Game Shock Copper 38gr Plated HP's: - These showed some promise, but were not as consistent as the CCI Standard Velocity. They produced a few groups with shots touching but the consistency was better with the CCI Standard Velocity.
Here is the best 3 groups with the Federal:
And the winner of the evening.....CCI Standard Velocity - I was amazed at the groups this ammo produced. This is why I bought this gun and exactly why I sold the 10/22!
I'll let the pictures speak for me:
And the best group I have ever put up with a rimfire ever:
And just for fun I shot a few groups at 100m, but the wind definitely had picked up at this point. My scope was not sighted for 100m so it was interesting guessing where POI would be. LOL
Best at 100m:
A Note: - I also learned that loading a new mag from an open bolt produced a first shot flyer almost every time. Got a tip to always load with a closed bolt then cylcle the round in and it worked.
