Just me and a couple of tube fed 22 rifles. This will probably be the most common thing I take for a while. I don’t have any loads to develop and the reloading room is rearranged for repairs. Primers are still tough to come by though powder and projectiles are easier. Given current prices I plan to shoot more 22 at relatively long distances more than in the past.
I plan to use my Henry H001 for silhouette competition in the new year and figured I’d better start practicing. I ran about 40 rounds through it and confirmed I need more practice. In a 10 shot string I’ll show two groups of 4, 5, or 6. I’m sure it’s just an aiming point issue with the factory sights. Either practice or glasses will resolve it. I’m still cataloging the different points of impact with the different ammo types over the three notch settings of the rear sight.
The other rifle was a 1970s era Marlin 60 with the 22” barrel and 17 round magazine. This particular rifle loves CCI Standard Velocity ammo. I rezeroed it for 100 yards from 50 yards with the Nikon Rimfire scope it carries now. With that ammo, it’s my 2nd or third most accurate rifle depending on the day. The first 3 shot group from 50 yards was a nice cloverleaf about 2” from the desired point. After some corrections and a conversation with myself about proper crosshair alignment, it managed a 5 shot group mostly in the red of an 8” dirty bird target. The shots were touching but in a line. I have some more fine tuning to do but it was quite windy today and I’ll need to do some fine tuning in a calmer day, especially if I want to reach 200 yards as I originally planned when scoping this rifle.
I plan to use my Henry H001 for silhouette competition in the new year and figured I’d better start practicing. I ran about 40 rounds through it and confirmed I need more practice. In a 10 shot string I’ll show two groups of 4, 5, or 6. I’m sure it’s just an aiming point issue with the factory sights. Either practice or glasses will resolve it. I’m still cataloging the different points of impact with the different ammo types over the three notch settings of the rear sight.
The other rifle was a 1970s era Marlin 60 with the 22” barrel and 17 round magazine. This particular rifle loves CCI Standard Velocity ammo. I rezeroed it for 100 yards from 50 yards with the Nikon Rimfire scope it carries now. With that ammo, it’s my 2nd or third most accurate rifle depending on the day. The first 3 shot group from 50 yards was a nice cloverleaf about 2” from the desired point. After some corrections and a conversation with myself about proper crosshair alignment, it managed a 5 shot group mostly in the red of an 8” dirty bird target. The shots were touching but in a line. I have some more fine tuning to do but it was quite windy today and I’ll need to do some fine tuning in a calmer day, especially if I want to reach 200 yards as I originally planned when scoping this rifle.
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