I usually shoot Eley ammo, but I was testing some RWS ammo, which means that I need to clean out the bore and re-season with RWS lube. Is this some sort of rimfire superstition? There are a lot of rimfire superstitions out there... this is not one of them. My results today are very illustrative, so I thought I'd share.
I don't know why this is showing up as a negative, but you can see it fine. This is how I shoot these targets: 1) upper left, 2) middle, 3) upper right, 4) lower left, 5) lower right.
The first shot was very high and left. I decided not to rezero and see what happens. The next shot was in the low left. Finally, the groups started shrinking. See how the final group was the smallest? I thought that was a freak group...
Now check out the next 5X5 I shot...
That final group turned out to be typical of what I can expect from this lot of ammo. Whenever I clean the bore with solvent, it usually takes about 3 - 10 shots to get the accuracy back if I am not switching brands. When switching brands, it appears to take 20 - 25 shots to get accuracy back. No wonder I don't like to switch back and forth between brands! BUT my rimfire dealer turned me on to this RWS and I have to admit, it shoots as well or better than any ammo I have tested... so I might be making a switch. That is pure rimfire blasphemy for me!
I don't know why this is showing up as a negative, but you can see it fine. This is how I shoot these targets: 1) upper left, 2) middle, 3) upper right, 4) lower left, 5) lower right.
The first shot was very high and left. I decided not to rezero and see what happens. The next shot was in the low left. Finally, the groups started shrinking. See how the final group was the smallest? I thought that was a freak group...
Now check out the next 5X5 I shot...
That final group turned out to be typical of what I can expect from this lot of ammo. Whenever I clean the bore with solvent, it usually takes about 3 - 10 shots to get the accuracy back if I am not switching brands. When switching brands, it appears to take 20 - 25 shots to get accuracy back. No wonder I don't like to switch back and forth between brands! BUT my rimfire dealer turned me on to this RWS and I have to admit, it shoots as well or better than any ammo I have tested... so I might be making a switch. That is pure rimfire blasphemy for me!
