Adamantium
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Well, After far too long I finally got out and had some quality time with my 22LR. This time I took up 3 different kinds of ammo with me. I am contemplating rabbit hunting(sub 100 yards) so I desided to buy some premium ammo for my .22
I bought CCI Stingers and Mini-Mags to test out. And the good old $8.25 a brick Rem. Gold bullet HP's. After resighting in my scope for the slightly longer distance and 'warming up on the cheap stuff, I shot 10 round groups of each of the 3 different kinds of ammo. Accuracy on the Gold Bullets was excellent as usual. At 75 or so yards, 7 of the holes thouched each other, 2 more were within 1/2 an inch of that group, and one went way low and to the left. One of the rounds got kinda "roughed up" being loaded into the chamber, so I'm assuming thats the one, but it's not like I can prove it. The CCI Mini-mags had good accuracy also, no flyers and 6 of the holes touch another one.
But the Stingers, man where do I begin... The first one shot fine, but several of the ones after that I had to practically force the bolt closed on my gun. Using my extensive vocabulary I realized, "Hey, this ain't right." After Try a handful of cartriges in the box I finally got 10 that would allow me to close the bolt on my gun wihout too much force. Accuracy wasn't very good. No bullets touched one another, it was about a 3 1/2 inch group. I was so ashamed of my target I trashed it it the second I made it back to my car. And the singers secured thier place in my "Favorite Brand Hall O' Fame" when accuracy on my gun promtly went down the drain after I was done with that group. But I of course didn't realize this till 10 more shots later. After I shot what I felt was the best group of my life. As I was walking to my target I remember saying to myself "Man I gotta show this target to my friends, 10 bullets in one hole!" Well, I would pay money to see the shock on my face when I realized that my bullets had sprayed all across the target, same thing goes for the next 3 targets also.
So anyway(rant mode off), does anyone else here experiance the same problems that I have?
1. Cartriges have trouble fully chambering.
2. Poor accuracy. I guess this problem varies from gun to gun, but I just want to make sure I'm not the only one.
3. Prompt death of accuracy after shooting Stingers.
Sincerely,
Adam
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Self improvement is a hobby of mine
I bought CCI Stingers and Mini-Mags to test out. And the good old $8.25 a brick Rem. Gold bullet HP's. After resighting in my scope for the slightly longer distance and 'warming up on the cheap stuff, I shot 10 round groups of each of the 3 different kinds of ammo. Accuracy on the Gold Bullets was excellent as usual. At 75 or so yards, 7 of the holes thouched each other, 2 more were within 1/2 an inch of that group, and one went way low and to the left. One of the rounds got kinda "roughed up" being loaded into the chamber, so I'm assuming thats the one, but it's not like I can prove it. The CCI Mini-mags had good accuracy also, no flyers and 6 of the holes touch another one.
But the Stingers, man where do I begin... The first one shot fine, but several of the ones after that I had to practically force the bolt closed on my gun. Using my extensive vocabulary I realized, "Hey, this ain't right." After Try a handful of cartriges in the box I finally got 10 that would allow me to close the bolt on my gun wihout too much force. Accuracy wasn't very good. No bullets touched one another, it was about a 3 1/2 inch group. I was so ashamed of my target I trashed it it the second I made it back to my car. And the singers secured thier place in my "Favorite Brand Hall O' Fame" when accuracy on my gun promtly went down the drain after I was done with that group. But I of course didn't realize this till 10 more shots later. After I shot what I felt was the best group of my life. As I was walking to my target I remember saying to myself "Man I gotta show this target to my friends, 10 bullets in one hole!" Well, I would pay money to see the shock on my face when I realized that my bullets had sprayed all across the target, same thing goes for the next 3 targets also.
So anyway(rant mode off), does anyone else here experiance the same problems that I have?
1. Cartriges have trouble fully chambering.
2. Poor accuracy. I guess this problem varies from gun to gun, but I just want to make sure I'm not the only one.
3. Prompt death of accuracy after shooting Stingers.
Sincerely,
Adam
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Self improvement is a hobby of mine