r/22lr

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I just picked up my first 10/22 today at academy sports they price matched sportsman's warehouse and took off 5% total with background check $233 no tax I live in FL i paid for the gun $182 with the 20% off academy gift card at dollar general. THANK Y'ALL AGAIN

My Bergara B14R Steel 22LR with a S2 Delta RS-C heavy chassis, Triggertech special two stage, Harris S-BRM with Area 419 Arca adapter and Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25x56 with Vortex precision matched rings.

And buy a 50 dollar thermal printer on Amazon and 1000 ct sticky labels for 10 bucks and print your own at home. Or use a marker and draw your own lol. But if you like sticky targets this might save you some money over the long run.

That single bullet is the Aquila sniper sub sonic 60gr projectile.

Found this a little while back at a local pawnshop. Wanted a tube feed bolt action.

along with a little sibling rivalry…

I recently purchased a box of Norma Tac-22 .22 LR ammunition ($7.99 for a box of 50) to test in my Howa M1100 18" .22 LR, and I wanted to share my initial thoughts.

The rounds have an oily coating similar to SK Ammo, which works well since my Howa M1100 seems to prefer it. I experienced no misfires or jams, and the ammunition fed smoothly throughout the session.

To prepare for accuracy testing, I ran a dry cloth through the barrel twice to clear out any residue. I then shot 10 test rounds to season the barrel and clear the first-round pop from my suppressor.

I shot three 3-shot groups at 50 yards using 3/8" red dots as my center of focus:

  - Group 1:

   

- Group Size: 1.009" (1.927 MOA)

- Radius: 0.386" (0.737 MOA)

  - Group 2:

   

- Group Size: 0.579" (1.105 MOA)

- Radius: 0.239" (0.457 MOA)

  - Group 3:

   

- Group Size: 0.597" (1.140 MOA)

- Radius: 0.282" (0.539 MOA)

See Photos attached

When I first got my Howa M1100 I started with what I had lying around CCI, Pro-22, Federal & Fiocchi and I started watching videos, and everyone was using Eley and Lapua, and I wasn't going to do the $24 Box stuff, so I checked out the mid-tier, and I'm happy there. I'm not shooting competition or anything like that, so why waste the money?

So my goal is to find the most accurate ammo I can within the $8 to $12 range that my Howa M1100 Likes.

And for all the 3-shot haters out there, YES! I always buy 300 rounds per lot and shoot 5 and 10 Round Groups first every time I test a Lot of ammo. These 3 posts were my last box of each Lot that shot the best from prior tests. My goal was to shoot 3-groups of 3 shots each. Then I shot 5 single shots from each Lot using the 3/8 targets as center. "Which I did not post." Then I buy as much as I can of that lot.

This is not my first rodeo with lot testing. But this is my 2nd attempt at sharing my info.

So, I'm new to scopes and longer range shooting and all these things, so this may not be all that unusual, but it feels kinda...off to me, so I'm asking questions on the internet. My goal here is to just understand what I might have done wrong that I can check and make sure that if/when I re-mount the optic, I dont have to do this a 3rd time.

I've shot Rifleman at appleseed with this rifle and a Sig 1-12, and it still shoots solid groups. So, I'm making an assumption that its a mounting thing.

The scope is a new Arken SH4J, on Athlon rings used levels on the rail and top dial and tightened screws in an X pattern. It does not appear that the scope itself is obviously pointing L or R. My only datapoint on this so far is looking down at the rifle/scope from the top, the line of the scope did appear to be straight following one of the lines of the rifle (Maybe where barrel meets stock or something, I dont recall)

I'm happy to share some pictures or whatever data I might have missed to help you all help me figure this out. Trying to make sure I'm prepared for Appleseed Rimfire KB later this month.

Thanks in advance.