So there I was again, ready to make a bulk purchase of ammo. As much as I prefer Wolf Match Target and Extra, if you shoot alot, the price of ammo adds up quickly. I found a decent shooting ammo in Aguila Match Rifle (black box), but also had a few issues with a few bricks that left a bad taste in my mouth. I've never put CCI Standard Velocity to a true test and since my local Dick's sporting goods had plenty in stock, I thought I'd give them a go as a possible lower cost paper target practice / silhouette ammo and not having to deal with shipping and handling from a catalog store sounded good.
The CCI SV (Standard Velocity) was priced at $24.99 or $.05 a round which was attractive to me. The ammo had a light to medium waxey lubed coating (not of a greasy type). Compared to other Match or Standard Velocity ammos I had on hand, it appeared to me that the CCI SV had a longer and sleeker nose to it. I broke out 200 rounds and did some weight and rim thickness sorting. There were 4 weight lots and 4 rim thickness lots(technically 4 rim thickness lots, with one lot containing only 1 round, so out of 200 rounds, there were 199 broken into three rim ticknesses). I then shot the weight sorted lots through a chrony to get the most consistant weight lot. NOTE: I didn't run the Rim thickness lots through the chrony. I've found that at distances past 50 yards, the weight sort tends to be more consistant.
The chrony was set out 10 ft from the muzzle, shot through a 20" 1 in 16 twist heavy barreled Savage MKII, laminated free floated stock, 20 moa base and 6-24X optic (set on 14x), Harris bipod and rear bag from a bench. 5 rounds of each weight lot was shot. Air temp was 72 deg F, and humidity was 65%. The barrel was dry swabbed clean before each weight lot switch. 1" circles used at 50 yards, 1.5" at 100 yards.
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Weight sort grains / quantity / FPS</span></span>
RT / quantity (rim thickness for each weight lot listed / quantity)
51.1..../....1..../....1086
RT .039 / 1
50.9..../...105.../....1026 avg 27 dev. (1015 lowest, 1042 highest)
RT .037 / 7, .038 / 53, .039 / 49, .040 / 1.
50.8..../...77..../....1021 avg 28 dev. (1006 lowest, 1034 highest)
RT .037 / 4, .038 / 44, .039 / 29
50.6..../...17..../....1018 avg 45 dev. (991 lowest, 1036 highest)
RT .037 / 2, .038 / 103, .039 / 9
Out of 200 rounds total rim thicknesses were: .037 / 13, .038 / 103, .039 / 83, .040 / 1.
As the highest number of rounds weight sorted was 50.9 and the highest number of rim thickness (.038) were also found in the 50.9 weight lot, I can only assume this is the round that CCI intended to make across the board, or at least on average, what CCI produces most in their SV ammo.
Avg. FPS of all rounds (<span style="font-style: italic">not including the 1 51.1</span>) was 1022 with a 51 dev. 991 FPS was the lowest (50.6), and 1042 FPS was the highest (50.9). A 1086 FPS was recorded in the 1 round 51.1 weight lot, but again was excluded as it was only 1 in 200 rounds that this happened. This at least goes to show again that usually the higher the weight lot, the higher the FPS.
Compared to 3 other ammos on hand and in present environmental conditions, Wolf MT = 1005 FPS / 20 dev., Aguila Super Std Vel. = 1096 FPS / 42 dev., Agulia Golden Eagle Match Rifle = 1092 FPS / 25 dev.
<span style="font-weight: bold">NOTES: for FPS above and 50 + 100 yard grouping tests below</span>
<span style="text-decoration: underline">Residue</span> - somewhat uniform balls in barrel, mostly toward the chamber.
<span style="text-decoration: underline">Smell</span> - no distinct smell (such as the Eley primed smell of the other three ammos)
<span style="text-decoration: underline">Failure To Extract</span>(FTE) - none, all 200 rounds extracted perfectly.
<span style="text-decoration: underline">Failure To Fire </span>(FTF) - none, all 200 rounds extracted perfectly.
<span style="text-decoration: underline">Point Of Impact </span>(POI) compared to others - Similiar point of impact to Wolf MT and Aguila GE Match Rifle at 50 and 100 yards, Aguila Super Std Vel had an extremely different POI.
Unfortunately, my first day out after running the ammo through the chrony, the wind picked up substaintially. Too windy and variable for any objective groups. But then I thought which one of these would hold the wind better? So at 50 yards, with the wind varying from 5 to 14 MPH changing from the 2:00 to 4:00 position:
Aguila Super SV = .75"
Wolf MT = 1"
CCI SV = 1.25"
Aguila Match Rifle 1.75"
I only fired when a sustained wind of 10 MPH was achieved at the firing station. Aguila SV was far superior in the wind.
A week later, dead calm conditions made the range call my name, and the name of the CCI SV test. Same equipment was used as stated above, again 72 deg F, but it was 47% humidity, 0 wind, sunny. Barrel dry swabbed before each group was shot. 30 seconds between each shot. As a "true" objective test, I loaded and shot 1 50.9, 1 50.8, 1 50.6, 1 50.8, and 1 more 50.9 of each weight lot into the magazine to ensure a good cross section / mix of weight lots as if plucked out of the box and not sorting them, yet making sure there is a good mix.
Groups were measured outside to outside, and then rated as I have before when comparing ammos:
MG = major grp (excluding flyers)
EG = ext. grp (including flyers)
Flyers and Flyer Ratio = # of flyers per rnds. shot.
As some / most ammos shoot differently in "clean barrels" and "dirty barrels", I did clean and dirty barrel groups.
I came up with rating system a few years ago, and to help compare one ammo to others. The following terminology and formulas seem to work: Clean Barrel Rating "CBR"=MG+EG+# of flyers, then divided by 3. Dirty Barrel Rating (10 shots) "DBR"= MG+EG+flyers divided by 3, Consistency Rating "CR"= MG+EG+flyers of CBR and DBR divided by 6, Value Rating "VR" (bang for the $) adds price per round divided by 7, and overall rating "OAR"=CBR+DBR+CR+VR divided by 4. Also came up with a multi yard rating, avg. performance at both distances. The lower the number, the better rating WHEN COMPARING TO OTHER AMMOS.
Confusing? Bear with me.
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #FF0000">50 yards</span></span>
<span style="text-decoration: underline">CLEAN BARREL</span>
MG: .5"----EG: 1"----- 2 FLYERS, FR: 2/5----CBR: 1.166
<span style="text-decoration: underline">DIRTY BARREL </span>
MG: .75"---EG: 1.25"---- 3 FLYERS, FR: 3/10----DBR: 1.666
This shows that CCI SV performs better in a cleaner barrel than dirty at 50 yards, but even with 3 flyers (only a .25" off the main group), still holds a 1.25" group in a dirty one. you can expect an average group under 1.25" or less with a clean or dirty barrel, including flyers.
<span style="text-decoration: underline">FLYER RATIO</span> (FR = amount of visible flyers per the 15 rounds shot) 5/15
<span style="text-decoration: underline">CONSISTANCY RATING</span> (CR = consistancy of the ammo with dirty and clean barrels) 1.416
<span style="text-decoration: underline">VALUE RATING</span> (VR = value of the performance given for price paid / bang for the buck) 1.221
<span style="text-decoration: underline">OVERALL RATING</span> (OAR = takes into account clean, dirty barrels, consistancy, and value ratings dived by 4) 1.367
<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold">100 yards</span></span>
<span style="text-decoration: underline">CLEAN BARREL</span>
MG: 1"---- EG: 2.5"---- 1 FLYER FR: 1/5----CBR: 1.5
<span style="text-decoration: underline">DIRTY BARREL</span>
MG: 1.5"---- EG: 2" ---- 1 FLYER FR 1/10----DBR: 1.5
This shows that at 100 yards, the ammo is pretty much a dead heat using a clean barrel or dirty, and a low amount of flyers. You can expect an average group of 2.25" or less, not many fliers. But the flyer you'll get will can be expected to kill your group by .75".
<span style="text-decoration: underline">FLYER RATIO</span> (FR = amount of visible flyers per the 15 rounds shot) 2/15
<span style="text-decoration: underline">CONSISTANCY RATING</span> (CR = consistancy of the ammo with dirty and clean barrels) 1.5
<span style="text-decoration: underline">VALUE RATING</span> (VR = value of the performance given for price paid / bang for the buck) 1.293
<span style="text-decoration: underline">OVERALL RATING</span> (OAR = takes into account clean, dirty barrels, consistancy, and value ratings dived by 4) 1.448
<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold">MULTI YARD RATING</span></span>
MULTI YARD RATING (MYR) - Rates ammo on best avg. performance at 50 and 100 yards using data and results taken. MYR/CBR = CBR of 50+100 divided by 2, MYR/DBR = DBR of 50+100 divided by 2, MYR/CR = CR of 50+100 divided by 2, MYR/VR = VR of 50+100 divided by 2, MYR/OAR = THE MYR'S CBR+DBR+CR+VR divided by 4. Flyer Ratios are also for both ranges, 30 rds total each brand. Also took avg. grps. from 50+100 divided by 2 to give an average group between both ranges. The MYR would be extremely valuable for a silhoutte match where various ranges are shot through the match.
MYR/CBR: 1.333, MYR/DBR: 1.583, MYR/CR: 1.458, MYR/VR: 1.257 MYR/FR: 7/30, MYR grp. 1.88"
MYR/OAR: 1.408
How it stacks against other ammos tested in the same manner / ammo class:
<span style="color: #FF0000">50 YARD RANKINGS</span>
1. Aguila Golden Eagle Match-1035 fps - avg. grp. .75", c. barrel +.5"MG, +.75"EG, 1/5 FL, d. barrel +.25"MG, +.5"EG, 1/10 FL CBR .75, DBR .58, CR .66, VR .58, FR 2/15 OAR .52 $.06, VERY good results for the price! leaves a clumpy residue, most shots where touching or in each other at 50 yds. slightly more flyers than the wolf, but flyers were not extreme (1/8" to 1/4" away)likes a dirty barrel better than clean.
2. Wolf Match Extra-1024 FPS 14 Dev. - avg. grp -1.25", c. barrel ..75"MG, 1"EG, 0/5 FR d. barrel -.75"MG, -1.25"EG, 1/10 FR
CBR .5, DBR 1, CR .75, VR .67, FR 1/15, OAR .730 $.20, pricey, dirty residue, low # flyers, 1 made it -1.25"
3. Wolf Match Target- 943 FPS 24 Dev. - avg. grp 1", c. barrel -.75MG, 1"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel -1"MG, -1"EG, 0/10 FR
CBR .91, DBR .6, CR .79, VR .69, FR 1/15, OAR .749 $.14, dirty residue, low # flyers
4. Rem./Eley T Rifle - 1021 FPS 24Dev. - avg. grp -1", c. barrel -.5"MG, -1"EG, 2/5 FR d. barrel -.75"MG, -1"EG 1/10 FR
CBR 1.16, DBR .91, CR 1.04, VR .92, FR 3/15, OAR 1.01 $.20, semi dirty residue, flyers killed it, highly lubricated
5. Rem. Sub Sonic- 947 FPS 46 Dev. - avg. grp 1.25", c. barrel .5"MG, 1"EG, 2/5 FR d. barrel .75"MG, 1.25"EG, 1/10 FR
CBR 1.16, DBR 1, CR 1.08, VR .94, FR 3/15, OAR 1.04 $.08, dirty residue, good groups for price. 38gr h. point
6. Federal G Medal -1059 FPS 18 Dev. - avg. grp 1.5", c. barrel +.5"MG, 1.5"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel -1"MG, +1"EG, 1/10 FR
CBR 1, DBR 1, CR 1, VR .87, FR 2/15, OAR .968 $.10, clean shooting, nice flyer ratio, a decent neutral ammo, no complaints
7. CCI Green Tag - 988 FPS 31 Dev. - avg. grp -1.5", c. barrel -.75"MG, 1"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel 1" MG, 1.5"EG, 1/10 FR
CBR .91, DBR 1.16, CR 1.04, VR .91, FR 2/15, OAR 1.07 $.14, semi clean, price held it back compared to above. 2 far out flyers.
8. Rem. Tar. 22 s. vel. - 1086 FPS 66 Dev. - avg. grp 1.5", c. barrel -.75"MG, 1"EG, 2/5 FR d. barrel 1.25"MG, 1.5"EG, 1/10 FR
CBR 1.25, DBR 1.25, CR 1.25, VR 1.08, FR 3/15, OAR 1.20 $.08, clean shooting, not too good out of dirty barrel
9. Winc. S.X. T-22- 1056 FPS 50 Dev. - avg. grp. 1.75", c. barrel -.75"MG, 1.5"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel -1"MG, 1.75"EG, 2/10 FR
CBR 1.08, DBR 1.5, CR 1.29, VR 1.11, FR 3/15, OAR 1.24 $.06, semi clean, decent economical ammo in c. barrel. Flyers killed grps.
<span style="color: #3366FF"><span style="font-weight: bold">10. CCI Standard Velocity</span> </span>- 1022 FPS 51 Dev. - avg. grp -1.25", c. barrel .5"MG, 1"EG, 2/5 FR d. barrel .75"MG, 1.25"EG 3/10 FR
CBR 1.12, DBR 1.67, CR 1.42, VR 1.22, FR 5/15, OAR 1.37 $.05, uniform ball residue, shoots somwhat clean, although there are better choices at 50 yards, still a decent shooting ammo for the price, really performs better than others at 100 yards. Although groups are actually smaller than several higher ranked ammos, this ammo does prefer a cleaner barrel and it's DBR is what hurt it - cascading into lowering it's CR, VR, and OAR results and kicking it down the list. It just can't seem to make that transition as the others at 50 yards.
<span style="color: #FF0000">100 YARD RANKING</span>
1. Wolf Match Target - avg. grp. -1.75", c. barrel 1"MG, 1.25"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel 1"MG, -1.75"EG, 1/10 FR CBR 1.08, DBR 1.25, CR 1.16, VR 1.02, FR 2/15, OAR 1.19 $.14, just bet the pricier Extra, tight groups, low flyers. Shot almost equally out of d or c barrels. 11.5" drop.
2. Wolf Match Extra - avg. grp. -2", c. barrel 1.25"MG, 1.75"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel 1.5"MG, -2"EG, 1/10 FR CBR 1.33, DBR 1.5, CR 1.42, VR 1.24, FR 2/15, OAR 1.37 $.20, lost some performance at 100, but still very good. Pricier than #1. 10.75" drop.
3. <span style="color: #3366FF"><span style="font-weight: bold">10. CCI Standard Velocity</span> </span>- avg. grp 2.25", c. barrel .1"MG, 2.5"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel 1.5"MG, 2"EG 1/10 FR
CBR 1.5, DBR 1.5, CR 1.5, VR 1.29, FR 2/15, OAR 1.45 $.05, is not the most accurate ammo at 100 yards, and there are actually ammos lower on the list that group tighter. However the price and low count of flyers (predictability) have bumped it up the list according to the OAR @ 100 yards. 8.5" drop.
4. Federal Gold Match - avg. grp. 1.75", c. barrel .75"MG, 1.75"EG, 2/5 FL d. barrel .75"MG, 1.75"EG, 3/10 FR CBR 1.5, DBR 1.83, CR 1.33, VR 1.44, FR 5/15, OAR 1.53 $.10, gained where others slipped, reliable ammo for the price 9.25" drop.
5. Aguila Golden Eagle Match - avg. grp. 1.75", c. barrel 1.75"MG, +1.75"EG, 2/5 FL d. barrel 1.25"MG, 1.5"EG, 1/10 FL CBR 1.83, DBR 1.25, CR 1.54, VR 1.33, FR 3/15, OAR 1.49 $.06, excellent ammo for the price, half or more of wolf and sk, fell just short of wolf / sk and federal on consistancy, but for the price will live with it. Definately the best value rating, and third in OAR. Likes a dirty barrel. Leaves a clumpy residue. 8.3" drop. great practice ammo, not too bad of a match ammo, an all around dual purpose economical ammo.
6. CCI Green Tag - avg. grp. +2.25", c. barrel 1.5"MG, 2"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel 1.75"MG, +2.25"EG, 3/10 FR CBR 1.5, DBR 2.33, CR 1.92, VR 1.66, FR 4/15, OAR 1.85 $.14, stayed steady to 100yds, 1 or 2 flyers opened the group, pricier than fed. 11" drop.
7. Winc. Sup. X t-22 - avg. grp. +2.25" c. barrel 1.5"MG, 2"EG 2/5 FR d. barrel 1.5"MG, +2.25EG, 3/10 FR CBR 1.58, DBR 2.25, CR 1.92, VR 1.67, FR 4/15, OAR 1.86 $.06, not bad considering $, similar to CCI g.t. at more than half the $. 9" drop.
8. Rem./Eley Targ. Rif. - avg. grp. -2.5" c. barrel 1.5"MG, 2" EG, 2/5 FR d. barrel 1.75"MG, -2.5"EG, 3/10 FR CBR 1.83, DBR 1.81, CR 2.13, VR 1.85, FR 5/15, OAR 1.91 $.20, expected much more for the $, reshot and same results. Heavy lube effecting grps? 10" drop
9. Rem. target 22 - avg. grp +3" c. barrel 1"MG, 3"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel 1.5"MG, +2.25EG, 3/10 FR CBR 2, DBR 2.75, CR 2.38, VR 2.05, FR 6/15, OAR 2.29 $.08, 10" drop
10. Rem. Sub Sonic- avg. grp ? groups were so erratic and open (over 4.5") no real data could be collected, took it out of 100 yd running. Big surprise as it performed exceptionally well at 50. $.08. reshot, same results.
<span style="color: #FF0000">MULTI YARD RANKING</span>
1. Wolf MatchTarget-MYR/CBR .995, MYR/DBR .925, MYR/CR .978, MYR/VR ..855, MYR/FR 3/30, MYR/OAR .938, avg. MYR grp -1.5"
2. Wolf Match Extra-MYR/CBR .915, MYR/DBR 1.25, MYR/CR 1.08, MYR/VR ..956, MYR/FR 3/30. MYR/OAR 1.22, avg. MYR grp -1.62"
3. Aguila Golden Eagle Match- MYR/CBR 1.29, MYR/DBR .915, MYR/CR 1.10, MRY/VR .955, MYR/FR 5/30, MYR/OAR 1.00, avg. MYR grp 1.13" (the suprisingly small groups shot at 50 yds and the price of the ammo helped it to reach 3rd in the multi yard rankings. the wolf was a bit more consistant on average at both ranges).
4. Federal G. Match-MYR/CBR 1.25, MYR/DBR 1.42, MYR/CR 1.17, MYR/VR 1.16, MYR/FR 7/30, MYR/OAR 1.25, avg. MYR grp 1.62"
5. Rem/Eley T. Rif.- MYR/CBR 1.5, MYR/DBR 1.36, MYR/CR 1.58, MYR/VR ..925, MYR/FR 8/30, MYR/OAR 1.34, avg. MYR grp -2"
<span style="color: #3333FF"><span style="font-weight: bold">6. CCI Standard Velocity </span></span>- MYR/CBR 1.33, MYR/DBR 1.58, MYR/CR 1.46, MYR/VR 1.257, MYR/FR 7/30, MYR/OAR 1.408 avg. MYR grp 1.88"
7. CCI Green Tag- MYR/CBR 1.21, MYR/DBR 1.75, MYR/CR 1.48, MYR/VR 1.29, MYR/FR 6/30, MYR/OAR 1.43, avg. MYR grp +1.88"
8. Winc. S.X.T-22-MYR/CBR 1.33, MYR/DBR 1.88, MYR/CR 1.60, MYR/VR 1.39, MYR/FR 7/30, MYR/OAR 1.55, avg. MYR grp +2"
9. Rem. Target- MYR/CBR 1.63, MYR/DBR 2, MYR/CR 1.81, MYR/VR 1.56, MYR/FR 9/30, MYR/OAR 1.75, avg. MYR grp +2.25
10. Rem. Sub Sonic- open and erratic groups at 100 (over 4.5") could not be measured accurately or consistently.
SIDE NOTE:
Unexpectantly, the CCI SV was also shot through a MKII f (sporter barrel) and seemed to perform as well as the Wolf MT, Aguila Super SV, and Aguila Match Rifle. The consistancy of the CCI SV just didn't give up as much compared to the other three in the "pencil" barrel and was very similiar to how it performed out of the heavy barrel.
All in all, at 50 yards there are many better choices, but as the distance increases, the CCI SV tends to give up less, can actually "run" with ammos twice / three times the price the further out you shoot. It appears to be a good ammo for silhouette competition where 1" at 100 yards can be replace by "Minute of Ram" and is a releatively inexpensive ammo to use as a practice round, with a similiar POI as Wolf MT. What the CCI SV lost at 50 yards, it gained back at 100 yards, and when shooting multi distances stands in the middle - a very neutral ammo at a fairly inexpensive price.
The CCI SV (Standard Velocity) was priced at $24.99 or $.05 a round which was attractive to me. The ammo had a light to medium waxey lubed coating (not of a greasy type). Compared to other Match or Standard Velocity ammos I had on hand, it appeared to me that the CCI SV had a longer and sleeker nose to it. I broke out 200 rounds and did some weight and rim thickness sorting. There were 4 weight lots and 4 rim thickness lots(technically 4 rim thickness lots, with one lot containing only 1 round, so out of 200 rounds, there were 199 broken into three rim ticknesses). I then shot the weight sorted lots through a chrony to get the most consistant weight lot. NOTE: I didn't run the Rim thickness lots through the chrony. I've found that at distances past 50 yards, the weight sort tends to be more consistant.
The chrony was set out 10 ft from the muzzle, shot through a 20" 1 in 16 twist heavy barreled Savage MKII, laminated free floated stock, 20 moa base and 6-24X optic (set on 14x), Harris bipod and rear bag from a bench. 5 rounds of each weight lot was shot. Air temp was 72 deg F, and humidity was 65%. The barrel was dry swabbed clean before each weight lot switch. 1" circles used at 50 yards, 1.5" at 100 yards.
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Weight sort grains / quantity / FPS</span></span>
RT / quantity (rim thickness for each weight lot listed / quantity)
51.1..../....1..../....1086
RT .039 / 1
50.9..../...105.../....1026 avg 27 dev. (1015 lowest, 1042 highest)
RT .037 / 7, .038 / 53, .039 / 49, .040 / 1.
50.8..../...77..../....1021 avg 28 dev. (1006 lowest, 1034 highest)
RT .037 / 4, .038 / 44, .039 / 29
50.6..../...17..../....1018 avg 45 dev. (991 lowest, 1036 highest)
RT .037 / 2, .038 / 103, .039 / 9
Out of 200 rounds total rim thicknesses were: .037 / 13, .038 / 103, .039 / 83, .040 / 1.
As the highest number of rounds weight sorted was 50.9 and the highest number of rim thickness (.038) were also found in the 50.9 weight lot, I can only assume this is the round that CCI intended to make across the board, or at least on average, what CCI produces most in their SV ammo.
Avg. FPS of all rounds (<span style="font-style: italic">not including the 1 51.1</span>) was 1022 with a 51 dev. 991 FPS was the lowest (50.6), and 1042 FPS was the highest (50.9). A 1086 FPS was recorded in the 1 round 51.1 weight lot, but again was excluded as it was only 1 in 200 rounds that this happened. This at least goes to show again that usually the higher the weight lot, the higher the FPS.
Compared to 3 other ammos on hand and in present environmental conditions, Wolf MT = 1005 FPS / 20 dev., Aguila Super Std Vel. = 1096 FPS / 42 dev., Agulia Golden Eagle Match Rifle = 1092 FPS / 25 dev.
<span style="font-weight: bold">NOTES: for FPS above and 50 + 100 yard grouping tests below</span>
<span style="text-decoration: underline">Residue</span> - somewhat uniform balls in barrel, mostly toward the chamber.
<span style="text-decoration: underline">Smell</span> - no distinct smell (such as the Eley primed smell of the other three ammos)
<span style="text-decoration: underline">Failure To Extract</span>(FTE) - none, all 200 rounds extracted perfectly.
<span style="text-decoration: underline">Failure To Fire </span>(FTF) - none, all 200 rounds extracted perfectly.
<span style="text-decoration: underline">Point Of Impact </span>(POI) compared to others - Similiar point of impact to Wolf MT and Aguila GE Match Rifle at 50 and 100 yards, Aguila Super Std Vel had an extremely different POI.
Unfortunately, my first day out after running the ammo through the chrony, the wind picked up substaintially. Too windy and variable for any objective groups. But then I thought which one of these would hold the wind better? So at 50 yards, with the wind varying from 5 to 14 MPH changing from the 2:00 to 4:00 position:
Aguila Super SV = .75"
Wolf MT = 1"
CCI SV = 1.25"
Aguila Match Rifle 1.75"
I only fired when a sustained wind of 10 MPH was achieved at the firing station. Aguila SV was far superior in the wind.
A week later, dead calm conditions made the range call my name, and the name of the CCI SV test. Same equipment was used as stated above, again 72 deg F, but it was 47% humidity, 0 wind, sunny. Barrel dry swabbed before each group was shot. 30 seconds between each shot. As a "true" objective test, I loaded and shot 1 50.9, 1 50.8, 1 50.6, 1 50.8, and 1 more 50.9 of each weight lot into the magazine to ensure a good cross section / mix of weight lots as if plucked out of the box and not sorting them, yet making sure there is a good mix.
Groups were measured outside to outside, and then rated as I have before when comparing ammos:
MG = major grp (excluding flyers)
EG = ext. grp (including flyers)
Flyers and Flyer Ratio = # of flyers per rnds. shot.
As some / most ammos shoot differently in "clean barrels" and "dirty barrels", I did clean and dirty barrel groups.
I came up with rating system a few years ago, and to help compare one ammo to others. The following terminology and formulas seem to work: Clean Barrel Rating "CBR"=MG+EG+# of flyers, then divided by 3. Dirty Barrel Rating (10 shots) "DBR"= MG+EG+flyers divided by 3, Consistency Rating "CR"= MG+EG+flyers of CBR and DBR divided by 6, Value Rating "VR" (bang for the $) adds price per round divided by 7, and overall rating "OAR"=CBR+DBR+CR+VR divided by 4. Also came up with a multi yard rating, avg. performance at both distances. The lower the number, the better rating WHEN COMPARING TO OTHER AMMOS.
Confusing? Bear with me.
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #FF0000">50 yards</span></span>
<span style="text-decoration: underline">CLEAN BARREL</span>
MG: .5"----EG: 1"----- 2 FLYERS, FR: 2/5----CBR: 1.166
<span style="text-decoration: underline">DIRTY BARREL </span>
MG: .75"---EG: 1.25"---- 3 FLYERS, FR: 3/10----DBR: 1.666
This shows that CCI SV performs better in a cleaner barrel than dirty at 50 yards, but even with 3 flyers (only a .25" off the main group), still holds a 1.25" group in a dirty one. you can expect an average group under 1.25" or less with a clean or dirty barrel, including flyers.
<span style="text-decoration: underline">FLYER RATIO</span> (FR = amount of visible flyers per the 15 rounds shot) 5/15
<span style="text-decoration: underline">CONSISTANCY RATING</span> (CR = consistancy of the ammo with dirty and clean barrels) 1.416
<span style="text-decoration: underline">VALUE RATING</span> (VR = value of the performance given for price paid / bang for the buck) 1.221
<span style="text-decoration: underline">OVERALL RATING</span> (OAR = takes into account clean, dirty barrels, consistancy, and value ratings dived by 4) 1.367
<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold">100 yards</span></span>
<span style="text-decoration: underline">CLEAN BARREL</span>
MG: 1"---- EG: 2.5"---- 1 FLYER FR: 1/5----CBR: 1.5
<span style="text-decoration: underline">DIRTY BARREL</span>
MG: 1.5"---- EG: 2" ---- 1 FLYER FR 1/10----DBR: 1.5
This shows that at 100 yards, the ammo is pretty much a dead heat using a clean barrel or dirty, and a low amount of flyers. You can expect an average group of 2.25" or less, not many fliers. But the flyer you'll get will can be expected to kill your group by .75".
<span style="text-decoration: underline">FLYER RATIO</span> (FR = amount of visible flyers per the 15 rounds shot) 2/15
<span style="text-decoration: underline">CONSISTANCY RATING</span> (CR = consistancy of the ammo with dirty and clean barrels) 1.5
<span style="text-decoration: underline">VALUE RATING</span> (VR = value of the performance given for price paid / bang for the buck) 1.293
<span style="text-decoration: underline">OVERALL RATING</span> (OAR = takes into account clean, dirty barrels, consistancy, and value ratings dived by 4) 1.448
<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold">MULTI YARD RATING</span></span>
MULTI YARD RATING (MYR) - Rates ammo on best avg. performance at 50 and 100 yards using data and results taken. MYR/CBR = CBR of 50+100 divided by 2, MYR/DBR = DBR of 50+100 divided by 2, MYR/CR = CR of 50+100 divided by 2, MYR/VR = VR of 50+100 divided by 2, MYR/OAR = THE MYR'S CBR+DBR+CR+VR divided by 4. Flyer Ratios are also for both ranges, 30 rds total each brand. Also took avg. grps. from 50+100 divided by 2 to give an average group between both ranges. The MYR would be extremely valuable for a silhoutte match where various ranges are shot through the match.
MYR/CBR: 1.333, MYR/DBR: 1.583, MYR/CR: 1.458, MYR/VR: 1.257 MYR/FR: 7/30, MYR grp. 1.88"
MYR/OAR: 1.408
How it stacks against other ammos tested in the same manner / ammo class:
<span style="color: #FF0000">50 YARD RANKINGS</span>
1. Aguila Golden Eagle Match-1035 fps - avg. grp. .75", c. barrel +.5"MG, +.75"EG, 1/5 FL, d. barrel +.25"MG, +.5"EG, 1/10 FL CBR .75, DBR .58, CR .66, VR .58, FR 2/15 OAR .52 $.06, VERY good results for the price! leaves a clumpy residue, most shots where touching or in each other at 50 yds. slightly more flyers than the wolf, but flyers were not extreme (1/8" to 1/4" away)likes a dirty barrel better than clean.
2. Wolf Match Extra-1024 FPS 14 Dev. - avg. grp -1.25", c. barrel ..75"MG, 1"EG, 0/5 FR d. barrel -.75"MG, -1.25"EG, 1/10 FR
CBR .5, DBR 1, CR .75, VR .67, FR 1/15, OAR .730 $.20, pricey, dirty residue, low # flyers, 1 made it -1.25"
3. Wolf Match Target- 943 FPS 24 Dev. - avg. grp 1", c. barrel -.75MG, 1"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel -1"MG, -1"EG, 0/10 FR
CBR .91, DBR .6, CR .79, VR .69, FR 1/15, OAR .749 $.14, dirty residue, low # flyers
4. Rem./Eley T Rifle - 1021 FPS 24Dev. - avg. grp -1", c. barrel -.5"MG, -1"EG, 2/5 FR d. barrel -.75"MG, -1"EG 1/10 FR
CBR 1.16, DBR .91, CR 1.04, VR .92, FR 3/15, OAR 1.01 $.20, semi dirty residue, flyers killed it, highly lubricated
5. Rem. Sub Sonic- 947 FPS 46 Dev. - avg. grp 1.25", c. barrel .5"MG, 1"EG, 2/5 FR d. barrel .75"MG, 1.25"EG, 1/10 FR
CBR 1.16, DBR 1, CR 1.08, VR .94, FR 3/15, OAR 1.04 $.08, dirty residue, good groups for price. 38gr h. point
6. Federal G Medal -1059 FPS 18 Dev. - avg. grp 1.5", c. barrel +.5"MG, 1.5"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel -1"MG, +1"EG, 1/10 FR
CBR 1, DBR 1, CR 1, VR .87, FR 2/15, OAR .968 $.10, clean shooting, nice flyer ratio, a decent neutral ammo, no complaints
7. CCI Green Tag - 988 FPS 31 Dev. - avg. grp -1.5", c. barrel -.75"MG, 1"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel 1" MG, 1.5"EG, 1/10 FR
CBR .91, DBR 1.16, CR 1.04, VR .91, FR 2/15, OAR 1.07 $.14, semi clean, price held it back compared to above. 2 far out flyers.
8. Rem. Tar. 22 s. vel. - 1086 FPS 66 Dev. - avg. grp 1.5", c. barrel -.75"MG, 1"EG, 2/5 FR d. barrel 1.25"MG, 1.5"EG, 1/10 FR
CBR 1.25, DBR 1.25, CR 1.25, VR 1.08, FR 3/15, OAR 1.20 $.08, clean shooting, not too good out of dirty barrel
9. Winc. S.X. T-22- 1056 FPS 50 Dev. - avg. grp. 1.75", c. barrel -.75"MG, 1.5"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel -1"MG, 1.75"EG, 2/10 FR
CBR 1.08, DBR 1.5, CR 1.29, VR 1.11, FR 3/15, OAR 1.24 $.06, semi clean, decent economical ammo in c. barrel. Flyers killed grps.
<span style="color: #3366FF"><span style="font-weight: bold">10. CCI Standard Velocity</span> </span>- 1022 FPS 51 Dev. - avg. grp -1.25", c. barrel .5"MG, 1"EG, 2/5 FR d. barrel .75"MG, 1.25"EG 3/10 FR
CBR 1.12, DBR 1.67, CR 1.42, VR 1.22, FR 5/15, OAR 1.37 $.05, uniform ball residue, shoots somwhat clean, although there are better choices at 50 yards, still a decent shooting ammo for the price, really performs better than others at 100 yards. Although groups are actually smaller than several higher ranked ammos, this ammo does prefer a cleaner barrel and it's DBR is what hurt it - cascading into lowering it's CR, VR, and OAR results and kicking it down the list. It just can't seem to make that transition as the others at 50 yards.
<span style="color: #FF0000">100 YARD RANKING</span>
1. Wolf Match Target - avg. grp. -1.75", c. barrel 1"MG, 1.25"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel 1"MG, -1.75"EG, 1/10 FR CBR 1.08, DBR 1.25, CR 1.16, VR 1.02, FR 2/15, OAR 1.19 $.14, just bet the pricier Extra, tight groups, low flyers. Shot almost equally out of d or c barrels. 11.5" drop.
2. Wolf Match Extra - avg. grp. -2", c. barrel 1.25"MG, 1.75"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel 1.5"MG, -2"EG, 1/10 FR CBR 1.33, DBR 1.5, CR 1.42, VR 1.24, FR 2/15, OAR 1.37 $.20, lost some performance at 100, but still very good. Pricier than #1. 10.75" drop.
3. <span style="color: #3366FF"><span style="font-weight: bold">10. CCI Standard Velocity</span> </span>- avg. grp 2.25", c. barrel .1"MG, 2.5"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel 1.5"MG, 2"EG 1/10 FR
CBR 1.5, DBR 1.5, CR 1.5, VR 1.29, FR 2/15, OAR 1.45 $.05, is not the most accurate ammo at 100 yards, and there are actually ammos lower on the list that group tighter. However the price and low count of flyers (predictability) have bumped it up the list according to the OAR @ 100 yards. 8.5" drop.
4. Federal Gold Match - avg. grp. 1.75", c. barrel .75"MG, 1.75"EG, 2/5 FL d. barrel .75"MG, 1.75"EG, 3/10 FR CBR 1.5, DBR 1.83, CR 1.33, VR 1.44, FR 5/15, OAR 1.53 $.10, gained where others slipped, reliable ammo for the price 9.25" drop.
5. Aguila Golden Eagle Match - avg. grp. 1.75", c. barrel 1.75"MG, +1.75"EG, 2/5 FL d. barrel 1.25"MG, 1.5"EG, 1/10 FL CBR 1.83, DBR 1.25, CR 1.54, VR 1.33, FR 3/15, OAR 1.49 $.06, excellent ammo for the price, half or more of wolf and sk, fell just short of wolf / sk and federal on consistancy, but for the price will live with it. Definately the best value rating, and third in OAR. Likes a dirty barrel. Leaves a clumpy residue. 8.3" drop. great practice ammo, not too bad of a match ammo, an all around dual purpose economical ammo.
6. CCI Green Tag - avg. grp. +2.25", c. barrel 1.5"MG, 2"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel 1.75"MG, +2.25"EG, 3/10 FR CBR 1.5, DBR 2.33, CR 1.92, VR 1.66, FR 4/15, OAR 1.85 $.14, stayed steady to 100yds, 1 or 2 flyers opened the group, pricier than fed. 11" drop.
7. Winc. Sup. X t-22 - avg. grp. +2.25" c. barrel 1.5"MG, 2"EG 2/5 FR d. barrel 1.5"MG, +2.25EG, 3/10 FR CBR 1.58, DBR 2.25, CR 1.92, VR 1.67, FR 4/15, OAR 1.86 $.06, not bad considering $, similar to CCI g.t. at more than half the $. 9" drop.
8. Rem./Eley Targ. Rif. - avg. grp. -2.5" c. barrel 1.5"MG, 2" EG, 2/5 FR d. barrel 1.75"MG, -2.5"EG, 3/10 FR CBR 1.83, DBR 1.81, CR 2.13, VR 1.85, FR 5/15, OAR 1.91 $.20, expected much more for the $, reshot and same results. Heavy lube effecting grps? 10" drop
9. Rem. target 22 - avg. grp +3" c. barrel 1"MG, 3"EG, 1/5 FR d. barrel 1.5"MG, +2.25EG, 3/10 FR CBR 2, DBR 2.75, CR 2.38, VR 2.05, FR 6/15, OAR 2.29 $.08, 10" drop
10. Rem. Sub Sonic- avg. grp ? groups were so erratic and open (over 4.5") no real data could be collected, took it out of 100 yd running. Big surprise as it performed exceptionally well at 50. $.08. reshot, same results.
<span style="color: #FF0000">MULTI YARD RANKING</span>
1. Wolf MatchTarget-MYR/CBR .995, MYR/DBR .925, MYR/CR .978, MYR/VR ..855, MYR/FR 3/30, MYR/OAR .938, avg. MYR grp -1.5"
2. Wolf Match Extra-MYR/CBR .915, MYR/DBR 1.25, MYR/CR 1.08, MYR/VR ..956, MYR/FR 3/30. MYR/OAR 1.22, avg. MYR grp -1.62"
3. Aguila Golden Eagle Match- MYR/CBR 1.29, MYR/DBR .915, MYR/CR 1.10, MRY/VR .955, MYR/FR 5/30, MYR/OAR 1.00, avg. MYR grp 1.13" (the suprisingly small groups shot at 50 yds and the price of the ammo helped it to reach 3rd in the multi yard rankings. the wolf was a bit more consistant on average at both ranges).
4. Federal G. Match-MYR/CBR 1.25, MYR/DBR 1.42, MYR/CR 1.17, MYR/VR 1.16, MYR/FR 7/30, MYR/OAR 1.25, avg. MYR grp 1.62"
5. Rem/Eley T. Rif.- MYR/CBR 1.5, MYR/DBR 1.36, MYR/CR 1.58, MYR/VR ..925, MYR/FR 8/30, MYR/OAR 1.34, avg. MYR grp -2"
<span style="color: #3333FF"><span style="font-weight: bold">6. CCI Standard Velocity </span></span>- MYR/CBR 1.33, MYR/DBR 1.58, MYR/CR 1.46, MYR/VR 1.257, MYR/FR 7/30, MYR/OAR 1.408 avg. MYR grp 1.88"
7. CCI Green Tag- MYR/CBR 1.21, MYR/DBR 1.75, MYR/CR 1.48, MYR/VR 1.29, MYR/FR 6/30, MYR/OAR 1.43, avg. MYR grp +1.88"
8. Winc. S.X.T-22-MYR/CBR 1.33, MYR/DBR 1.88, MYR/CR 1.60, MYR/VR 1.39, MYR/FR 7/30, MYR/OAR 1.55, avg. MYR grp +2"
9. Rem. Target- MYR/CBR 1.63, MYR/DBR 2, MYR/CR 1.81, MYR/VR 1.56, MYR/FR 9/30, MYR/OAR 1.75, avg. MYR grp +2.25
10. Rem. Sub Sonic- open and erratic groups at 100 (over 4.5") could not be measured accurately or consistently.
SIDE NOTE:
Unexpectantly, the CCI SV was also shot through a MKII f (sporter barrel) and seemed to perform as well as the Wolf MT, Aguila Super SV, and Aguila Match Rifle. The consistancy of the CCI SV just didn't give up as much compared to the other three in the "pencil" barrel and was very similiar to how it performed out of the heavy barrel.
All in all, at 50 yards there are many better choices, but as the distance increases, the CCI SV tends to give up less, can actually "run" with ammos twice / three times the price the further out you shoot. It appears to be a good ammo for silhouette competition where 1" at 100 yards can be replace by "Minute of Ram" and is a releatively inexpensive ammo to use as a practice round, with a similiar POI as Wolf MT. What the CCI SV lost at 50 yards, it gained back at 100 yards, and when shooting multi distances stands in the middle - a very neutral ammo at a fairly inexpensive price.
