Im one of those guys who jump in with both feet and forget to look where im jumping sometimes. So i thought i better ask this now and not find out on my own.
I plan to buy a .22lr bolt action in a week or so.
I own a Savage 93BTV .17HMR which shoots like a laser until some weird batch of Hornady today that was not so good. But thats besides the point.
This is the gun that sold me on bolt actions. I always felt before it was a waste of time to load a round myself when a semi auto could do it faster and unload a clip in seconds. Well ive grown up and wised up.
Ive been accuracy shooting a S&W 15/22 .22lr AR clone.
This gun is amazingly accurate with high end ammo. S&W says it has a Match barrel and im told its made by Thompson Contender.
But put high velocity ammo in it and you may as well be patterning a 12 gauge.
I shot it today off sandbags for the first time, And with Aguila Match Rifle subsonics i was shooting 3 shot groups at 50 yards that you can cover with a dime.
HV shots off the bags was lucky to hold 2" groups.
I cant say ive shot much high end HV ammo threw it, Mostly bulk.
I did try a couple types of 30gr 1700fps stuff and that was miserable.
The questions:
When i buy the bolt action. Will decent HV stuff like CCI shoot good groups?
How about the bulk HV stuff? Mainly Federal stuff walmart sells, But i can buy many other types also.
Id like to find a cheap HV bulk ammo that is pretty accurate, Will a bolt action help do that?
Or will it be like my 15/22 and only shoot good groups with subsonic mid to high end ammo?
It would be nice to shoot some cheap ammo and at least get a 1" group.
Or will i be just buying a gun that shoots even better groups with subsonic Match ammo but still is inconsistant with cheaper or mid range HV ammo?
I plan to buy a .22lr bolt action in a week or so.
I own a Savage 93BTV .17HMR which shoots like a laser until some weird batch of Hornady today that was not so good. But thats besides the point.
This is the gun that sold me on bolt actions. I always felt before it was a waste of time to load a round myself when a semi auto could do it faster and unload a clip in seconds. Well ive grown up and wised up.
Ive been accuracy shooting a S&W 15/22 .22lr AR clone.
This gun is amazingly accurate with high end ammo. S&W says it has a Match barrel and im told its made by Thompson Contender.
But put high velocity ammo in it and you may as well be patterning a 12 gauge.
I shot it today off sandbags for the first time, And with Aguila Match Rifle subsonics i was shooting 3 shot groups at 50 yards that you can cover with a dime.
HV shots off the bags was lucky to hold 2" groups.
I cant say ive shot much high end HV ammo threw it, Mostly bulk.
I did try a couple types of 30gr 1700fps stuff and that was miserable.
The questions:
When i buy the bolt action. Will decent HV stuff like CCI shoot good groups?
How about the bulk HV stuff? Mainly Federal stuff walmart sells, But i can buy many other types also.
Id like to find a cheap HV bulk ammo that is pretty accurate, Will a bolt action help do that?
Or will it be like my 15/22 and only shoot good groups with subsonic mid to high end ammo?
It would be nice to shoot some cheap ammo and at least get a 1" group.
Or will i be just buying a gun that shoots even better groups with subsonic Match ammo but still is inconsistant with cheaper or mid range HV ammo?