Marquezj16
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Today I took my SR22 to the range with much anticipation. It rained early in the morning and it was still cloudy with a slight wind when I arrived at the range. I brought five different ammo; CCI Standard Velocity, CCI AR Tactical (only had 20 rds available), Federal Auto Match, Federal 550 Bulk Pack, and Winchester 555 Bulk Pack.
My plan was to shoot targets at 7, 15 and 25 yards using rapid fire, slow fire, double action (DA), single action (SA) and double taps. I also brought a spinner target for plain plinking fun. My definition of rapid fire is pulling the trigger as soon as you are back on target. Slow fire to me is you squeeze the trigger and hold it to the rear while staying on target, release the trigger, and sight in on the target before shooting again. When I shoot rapid DA, it's as quickly as I can shoot the first shot in DA, then manipulate the safety to decock and back to fire and then shoot again.
First up was the CCI Standard Velocity 40 gr solid lead round nose rated at 1070 fps. The targets were four side by side 6" circles drawn on a poster board. When I was putting it up, I found some push pins that someone had left on the target boards and decided to use them as my bullseye. Loading the mags was easy thanks to the magazine button. First ten shots were rapid fire, first shot at DA and the remaining nine shots in SA. First target was the outside left. DA trigger pull was long, gritty and had noticeable stacking. SA trigger pull had a little slack but broke nicely. First shot was low, and the group was about 3-3.5". Second mag, first shot DA felt better, second shot the push pin disappeared and the group shrank to maybe less than 3". I did not bring a caliper or ruler so I am estimating measurement using the pictures. I counted the hits on target.
Only nine on the first target. There was not another mark anywhere on the board. Either I hit the same spot twice or I loaded 9 rounds on the first mag. I counted ten hits on the second and found the push pin on the ground.
The next 20 rounds were the same. I had a couple of pulled shot that kept the groups from getting smaller. The next 30 (10 of CCI SV and 20 of the CCI AR) shots were double taps moving left to right then right to left. It was really easy to transition from target to target with the three dot sight. So far 70 rounds and everything was going well.
Next up were 6" bullseye targets printed on regular printer paper. The center measures 1 7/8". I used 20 rds each from the available ammo for a total of 80 rds. First 10 rds were rapid DA and the second 10 rds were rapid SA. The best group in DA was the CCI Standard (2 1/4") and suprisingly the best group in SA was the Winchester (1 3/4"). The most consistent was the CCI Standard (2 1/4" DA and 2 1/8" SA). The worst DA group was Federal 550 Bulk pack with groups of 3 1/8" and the worst SA group was the Federal Auto Match at 2 1/2". The worst grouping overall belong to the Federal 550 Bulk pack. Overall, each target had a pulled shot or two that added to the group size with the shooter being the limiting factor.
CCI Standard Velocity DA
Winchester SA
The first malfunction happened after shot 131 in DA mode. The ammo was Winchester, first round fired, decocked hammer and back to fire, squeezed the trigger and nothing. I dropped the mag check the chamber and it was empty, counted the rds in the mag (9 left), the case ejected but it did not feed the second round. Slapped the mag back in and chambered a rd. The remaining nine rds fed, fired, and ejected. The second malfunction was after shot number 141 in SA mode. Exact same thing happened when in DA. First rd bang, then squeeze trigger and nothing. Two different mags and same result with the Winchester ammo. End of part 1.
My plan was to shoot targets at 7, 15 and 25 yards using rapid fire, slow fire, double action (DA), single action (SA) and double taps. I also brought a spinner target for plain plinking fun. My definition of rapid fire is pulling the trigger as soon as you are back on target. Slow fire to me is you squeeze the trigger and hold it to the rear while staying on target, release the trigger, and sight in on the target before shooting again. When I shoot rapid DA, it's as quickly as I can shoot the first shot in DA, then manipulate the safety to decock and back to fire and then shoot again.
First up was the CCI Standard Velocity 40 gr solid lead round nose rated at 1070 fps. The targets were four side by side 6" circles drawn on a poster board. When I was putting it up, I found some push pins that someone had left on the target boards and decided to use them as my bullseye. Loading the mags was easy thanks to the magazine button. First ten shots were rapid fire, first shot at DA and the remaining nine shots in SA. First target was the outside left. DA trigger pull was long, gritty and had noticeable stacking. SA trigger pull had a little slack but broke nicely. First shot was low, and the group was about 3-3.5". Second mag, first shot DA felt better, second shot the push pin disappeared and the group shrank to maybe less than 3". I did not bring a caliper or ruler so I am estimating measurement using the pictures. I counted the hits on target.
Only nine on the first target. There was not another mark anywhere on the board. Either I hit the same spot twice or I loaded 9 rounds on the first mag. I counted ten hits on the second and found the push pin on the ground. The next 20 rounds were the same. I had a couple of pulled shot that kept the groups from getting smaller. The next 30 (10 of CCI SV and 20 of the CCI AR) shots were double taps moving left to right then right to left. It was really easy to transition from target to target with the three dot sight. So far 70 rounds and everything was going well.
Next up were 6" bullseye targets printed on regular printer paper. The center measures 1 7/8". I used 20 rds each from the available ammo for a total of 80 rds. First 10 rds were rapid DA and the second 10 rds were rapid SA. The best group in DA was the CCI Standard (2 1/4") and suprisingly the best group in SA was the Winchester (1 3/4"). The most consistent was the CCI Standard (2 1/4" DA and 2 1/8" SA). The worst DA group was Federal 550 Bulk pack with groups of 3 1/8" and the worst SA group was the Federal Auto Match at 2 1/2". The worst grouping overall belong to the Federal 550 Bulk pack. Overall, each target had a pulled shot or two that added to the group size with the shooter being the limiting factor.
CCI Standard Velocity DA
Winchester SA
The first malfunction happened after shot 131 in DA mode. The ammo was Winchester, first round fired, decocked hammer and back to fire, squeezed the trigger and nothing. I dropped the mag check the chamber and it was empty, counted the rds in the mag (9 left), the case ejected but it did not feed the second round. Slapped the mag back in and chambered a rd. The remaining nine rds fed, fired, and ejected. The second malfunction was after shot number 141 in SA mode. Exact same thing happened when in DA. First rd bang, then squeeze trigger and nothing. Two different mags and same result with the Winchester ammo. End of part 1.
