K, so … my first post in this thread, aside from newbie questions & inane chatter. I guess I’ll take those first steps towards precision shooting. Today was an absolutely gorgeous day at the range, 75* and partly cloudy. I spent a little time with my 10/22 and RAR (standard), for fun & to empty mags.
Then I set up my target
at 50 yards and loaded up some CCI SV that I had grabbed.
My Dad bought approximately 8 gazillion rounds of bulk-grade, high velocity ammo over the years, and this apple didn’t fall far from that tree, so shooting standard velocity ammo, and actually paying attention to how it performed, was something new for me.
The first group was actually shot without the suppressor. I figured I would get some kind of baseline that way. I took the pic of the rifle later. Five 10-shot groups at 50 yards off a bipod and a rear rest that consisted of a block of wood wrapped in carpet. (Don’t laugh. They’re free to use at the range.)
I shot the second group with my Dead Air Mask. Five more 10-shot groups.
I remembered to pay attention to the wind today. I also noticed, for the first time in my life, that at one point, the wind was blowing from my left, but it was blowing to the left at the target!
From what I can tell, The Rat is capable of more than I am at this point. I may consider improvements (like bedding the action) at some point, but I need to catch up with my rifle a little first.
Also, I have another 500 rounds of CCI SV and 500 of Aguila SV on the way. Once that arrives, I’ll shoot those side by side and see what she likes.
Once I was done with the “real” shooting, and just for trigger time, I shot some of the garbage ammo I had on hand. As it turns out, my 10/22 didn’t run 60-year-old .22 Longs all that well. Go figure.
And I couldn’t help but think of
@Kleanbore when I loaded up these. Out of 47 rounds left in the box, I had 3 failures to fire. Otherwise, they ran just time.
