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FINALLY! After months of waiting to get my gear, ammo, and the perfect day... I got out to test my CMMG.
I was shooting at 50 yards, with a 1-4x Millet DMS. I wanted to find which bulk ammo would print the tightest groups.
The following target is my first of the day, after zeroing the scope on rocks in the back stop, to see where I am on paper with Federal Blue Box 525 round brick. 50 yards, 10 rounds.
I was pretty happy for my zeroing and the accuracy. So I moved on to comparing the different bulk packs.
Top left- Fed Blue Box 525
Top Right- Win 555
Center- Rem 550 Golden Bullet
Bottom Left- Fed Auto Match 325
Bottom Right- CCI Mini Mag 100 pack
I was shooting using the millet 1-4x, using a grip pod, and a rear sand bag. It became obvious that A)my gun likes remington golden bullets, and B) I was shooting low and to the left.
I then printed the next group, adjusted my scope, and printed three more, using the Remington golden bullets. Once again, at 50 yards, using a grip pod, and rear bag, with the millet scope. 10 round groups
I was pretty happy with the groups... Except I learned that my relation ship with Golden bullets is a love/hate one. Once my gun started getting dirty (which happened fast with the golden bullet), it started jamming frequently. Then, as I was holding my gun sideways, face pointing towards the chamber, and pulled the trigger, I got a case blowout since the bolt was 1/16th of an inch open.
THANK GOD I was wearing eye protection. I felt it on my face, and the glasses saved my eyes. ALWAYS WEAR EYE PROTECTION. The fact that I often had a bolt left barely open, and that I like this accuracy, means I am going to upgrade to the forward assist .22 parts for my cmmg.
Now that I had some fun with the scope at 400 yards trying to nail a pig, which I did a few times. I wanted to see how she did with irons at 50 yards.
The top and bottom right targets show my results with 27 round magazines : ) Not too shabby for someone who needs some glasses. (Small note, I took off the shoot n see dot I was aiming at from the lower .22 group, and just put a pen circle to show POA)
The other holes in the target are from my 5.56 bcm, a group at fifty and zeroing at 100 on the lower right, and a 5 shot group at 100 with irons on the lower left.
If your thinking about a CMMG .22 upper, stop, and just buy the damn thing. You will love it.
I was shooting at 50 yards, with a 1-4x Millet DMS. I wanted to find which bulk ammo would print the tightest groups.
The following target is my first of the day, after zeroing the scope on rocks in the back stop, to see where I am on paper with Federal Blue Box 525 round brick. 50 yards, 10 rounds.
I was pretty happy for my zeroing and the accuracy. So I moved on to comparing the different bulk packs.
Top left- Fed Blue Box 525
Top Right- Win 555
Center- Rem 550 Golden Bullet
Bottom Left- Fed Auto Match 325
Bottom Right- CCI Mini Mag 100 pack
I was shooting using the millet 1-4x, using a grip pod, and a rear sand bag. It became obvious that A)my gun likes remington golden bullets, and B) I was shooting low and to the left.
I then printed the next group, adjusted my scope, and printed three more, using the Remington golden bullets. Once again, at 50 yards, using a grip pod, and rear bag, with the millet scope. 10 round groups
I was pretty happy with the groups... Except I learned that my relation ship with Golden bullets is a love/hate one. Once my gun started getting dirty (which happened fast with the golden bullet), it started jamming frequently. Then, as I was holding my gun sideways, face pointing towards the chamber, and pulled the trigger, I got a case blowout since the bolt was 1/16th of an inch open.
THANK GOD I was wearing eye protection. I felt it on my face, and the glasses saved my eyes. ALWAYS WEAR EYE PROTECTION. The fact that I often had a bolt left barely open, and that I like this accuracy, means I am going to upgrade to the forward assist .22 parts for my cmmg.
Now that I had some fun with the scope at 400 yards trying to nail a pig, which I did a few times. I wanted to see how she did with irons at 50 yards.
The top and bottom right targets show my results with 27 round magazines : ) Not too shabby for someone who needs some glasses. (Small note, I took off the shoot n see dot I was aiming at from the lower .22 group, and just put a pen circle to show POA)
The other holes in the target are from my 5.56 bcm, a group at fifty and zeroing at 100 on the lower right, and a 5 shot group at 100 with irons on the lower left.
If your thinking about a CMMG .22 upper, stop, and just buy the damn thing. You will love it.
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