It was a perfect day for testing at the range today. Temps were in the hight 60s to low 70s while there. I was able to test a small variety of ammo to see which works best in my 617 S&W .22 revolver.
My Go - To round for this gun is Federal Premium HV. They shoot the best, all go off on the first strike, are accurate and I can shoot 200 before I have to scrub the chambers.
Today was to test for reliability and some ammo proved good while surprisingly others were dismal.
Federal Auto Match in the new 275 round boxes proved to be exceptional. No failure of any kind and it was clean. American Eagle was just as reliable. Probably because it's made by Federal.
Eley was the worst out of my gun. Out of 50 rounds I had 13 not fire. They fired on the second time around but that's no good when you are shooting under the clock for Steel Challenge.
Federal Champions were the dirtiest of the lot. Had to clean the gun after 30 rounds. Lead was getting under the star making the trigger impossible to move. I took a brush to the back of the cylinder under the star and then I was ready for the other ammo.
The Federal Target did not present itself as good target ammo. Groups weren't as tight as Auto Match nor the American Eagle. I also had 3 failures to fire out of the 50 rounds.
Wolf ammo surprised me. Great groups. Only 1 ftf in the lot and clean shooting.
