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Beautiful day for a trip to the public range: Sunny and a high of 33 degrees today. I found a good deal on 500-round bricks of Aguila .22 Super Extra ammo at $25 per brick, so I bought 5 of them. It has a 40 grain solid point bullet that's rated at 1,255 feet per second, and is made in Mexico. It's probably the best thing Mexico produces, and is supposed to be pretty accurate. Well let's see if it is.
Here we are set up at the range. I'm shooting a scoped 1951 Marlin Model 60 bolt-action .22 rifle. It takes a magazine that holds 7 rounds and is pretty much a tack-driver...
Here's a view downrange: I'll be shooting the 25 yards targets first, then 50 yards, then 100 yards. I've set up a chronograph to see if the velocity comes close to the advertised 1,255 fps.
It's sunny here, but the temperature is only supposed to reach 34 degrees. I put an Aladdin kerosene heater under the bench to keep my pecker warm.
Picture of Aguila ammo. What a deal.
Here's the chronograph. it's a "Shooting Chrony" which is made in Canada. These are fairly cheap, running at about a hundred bucks new. I found this one at a garage sale for 10 dollars. They're pretty accurate, even after being shot a couple times, which I've accidentally done.
This is what I got at 25 yards. Not too bad. That's two seven-round magazines in one ragged hole.
50 yards. Still not too shabby. One 7-round magazine.
100 yards was a bit harder. The target was difficult to see through the cheap variable Tasco scope I have on that rifle. A better scope would tighten up the groups. The two holes at 12 o'clock and 2 o'clock were already there, as the target was one that somebody left hanging. The black circle measures 6" in diameter. The average velocity coming out of the 22-inch barrel on the Marlin was 1184 fps.
Just for shits and giggles, I also brought that 1924 Spanish-made Eibar "Liberty" .25 auto pistol I found at a flea market. Let's see how it does at 7 yards.
Obviously it wasn't meant for target shooting. The orange dot in the upper left was the point of aim needed to get the point of impact close to the black. Still fairly accurate as .25 auto pistols go.
Here we are set up at the range. I'm shooting a scoped 1951 Marlin Model 60 bolt-action .22 rifle. It takes a magazine that holds 7 rounds and is pretty much a tack-driver...
Here's a view downrange: I'll be shooting the 25 yards targets first, then 50 yards, then 100 yards. I've set up a chronograph to see if the velocity comes close to the advertised 1,255 fps.
It's sunny here, but the temperature is only supposed to reach 34 degrees. I put an Aladdin kerosene heater under the bench to keep my pecker warm.
Picture of Aguila ammo. What a deal.
Here's the chronograph. it's a "Shooting Chrony" which is made in Canada. These are fairly cheap, running at about a hundred bucks new. I found this one at a garage sale for 10 dollars. They're pretty accurate, even after being shot a couple times, which I've accidentally done.
This is what I got at 25 yards. Not too bad. That's two seven-round magazines in one ragged hole.
50 yards. Still not too shabby. One 7-round magazine.
100 yards was a bit harder. The target was difficult to see through the cheap variable Tasco scope I have on that rifle. A better scope would tighten up the groups. The two holes at 12 o'clock and 2 o'clock were already there, as the target was one that somebody left hanging. The black circle measures 6" in diameter. The average velocity coming out of the 22-inch barrel on the Marlin was 1184 fps.
Just for shits and giggles, I also brought that 1924 Spanish-made Eibar "Liberty" .25 auto pistol I found at a flea market. Let's see how it does at 7 yards.
Obviously it wasn't meant for target shooting. The orange dot in the upper left was the point of aim needed to get the point of impact close to the black. Still fairly accurate as .25 auto pistols go.
The colibri both of them are fun too, bout pellet noise and power. Take a Henry 001 lever and fit a mess of them in there, cycle fine. Great for in the barn.
