Originally Posted by
tazman
Temps in the low 40s today with very little wind. Just the occasional swirl to take a person down a notch and give your group a flyer.
Nice and sunny.
I took my three best shooting 22lr rifles with me to try out some different brands and see how they did in cooler weather.
I had picked up three boxes each of Eley Club, Lapua Midas +, and S&K Rifle Match(red box).
I began each rifle with Eley Match and then continued shooting that rifle with Eley Club, then S&K Rifle Match, and finally Lapua Midas +.
I started with Eley Match because I knew how that ammo shot in each of these rifles.
The MTR liked all of it. Nothing performed particularly better than another. I didn't shoot any Eley Tenex through it today but that always shoots really well in this rifle.
Next up was the AT-1. It was doing really well today with the Eley Match. It also did really well with the Eley Club. It did poorly with the S&K and the Lapua. Not sure why. I shot plenty of seasoning shots so that should not have been an issue and when I switched back to the Eley, the rifle immediately began shooting well again. I guess it only likes Eley ammo.
The 452 Trainer shot the Eley Match and Eley club really well. I even posted a 1 inch group with the Club at 100 yards. When I changed brands of ammo, the accuracy dropped way off.
The MTR has a match chamber and the other two do not. I suspect that may be a good part of the accuracy difference with the different ammo brands.
Since all three of these rifles like Eley ammo, I guess that is what I will feed them. I am going to stop experimenting with other brands and just use what works in all of them.