Riomouse911
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The kids are away for spring break, I had the day off, so I went to my local indoor range with the MkII Govt Target, the M-17 6” and the 317 3”, and brought along a variety of Ammo to see what shot best:
Remington Golden Bullet 40 gr solid (in the 100 pack plastic box)
Aguila Super Extra 36 gr hp
Aguila Interceptor 40 gr plated RN
MagTech 40 gr LRN
Armscor 36 gr hp
Blazer 40 gr LRN
I started with the Golden Bullet in the MkII. In the first four magazines I had 6 failures to extract and several others that seemed oversized and wouldn’t seat all the way.
In the 17 several wouldn’t seat without being pushed into the cylinder. Same for the 317.
The Interceptor had several rounds that also FTE in the Ruger and one of these fired while not seated in the MkII all the way and sprayed burning powder out of the chamber. Thank the Lord for glasses! In the revolvers these, too needed an assist to chamber on occasion.
The other ammo all fed and fired perfectly in all three guns. I’ve read horror stories about .22 ammo, these were by far the worst two batches of .22 ammo I have ever had.
Between the frustration of having to push unfired cartridges out of the Mk II chamber numerous times with a short section of cleaning rod, the guy to my immediate left blasting 18 round magazines as fast as possible printing improved cylinder choked shotgun-esque patterns on his 5 yard target and the guy to my right shooting a Mini 14 that loosened my fillings, my shooting was pretty poor. I caught myself occasionally flinching and tensing in anticipation . My best 6 shots came with the MkII and Blazer: 1” at 10 yds, two hand standing. The Armscor put 9 shots into 1.3” at 10 yds, two hand standing. The others were around 1.75” to 2”.
My DA revolver shooting with the 17 was in the 2”- 2.5” area, same two hand standing. The 317? More like 3.5”-4” groups and all were 2” high.
The one bright spot was I did notice how I shot the MkII much better after shooting several cylinders’ full DA. I think I’m going to do that warm up every time I plan on shooting that gun for groups.
Not my greatest day, but least I got away from the office and got to go out and shoot a bit.
Stay safe!
Remington Golden Bullet 40 gr solid (in the 100 pack plastic box)
Aguila Super Extra 36 gr hp
Aguila Interceptor 40 gr plated RN
MagTech 40 gr LRN
Armscor 36 gr hp
Blazer 40 gr LRN
I started with the Golden Bullet in the MkII. In the first four magazines I had 6 failures to extract and several others that seemed oversized and wouldn’t seat all the way.
In the 17 several wouldn’t seat without being pushed into the cylinder. Same for the 317.
The Interceptor had several rounds that also FTE in the Ruger and one of these fired while not seated in the MkII all the way and sprayed burning powder out of the chamber. Thank the Lord for glasses! In the revolvers these, too needed an assist to chamber on occasion.
The other ammo all fed and fired perfectly in all three guns. I’ve read horror stories about .22 ammo, these were by far the worst two batches of .22 ammo I have ever had.
Between the frustration of having to push unfired cartridges out of the Mk II chamber numerous times with a short section of cleaning rod, the guy to my immediate left blasting 18 round magazines as fast as possible printing improved cylinder choked shotgun-esque patterns on his 5 yard target and the guy to my right shooting a Mini 14 that loosened my fillings, my shooting was pretty poor. I caught myself occasionally flinching and tensing in anticipation . My best 6 shots came with the MkII and Blazer: 1” at 10 yds, two hand standing. The Armscor put 9 shots into 1.3” at 10 yds, two hand standing. The others were around 1.75” to 2”.
My DA revolver shooting with the 17 was in the 2”- 2.5” area, same two hand standing. The 317? More like 3.5”-4” groups and all were 2” high.
The one bright spot was I did notice how I shot the MkII much better after shooting several cylinders’ full DA. I think I’m going to do that warm up every time I plan on shooting that gun for groups.
Not my greatest day, but least I got away from the office and got to go out and shoot a bit.
Stay safe!