Practice, practice, practice.

Sunny, cold NW wind gusting left to right to 25. So not great for the diminutive, some say anemic, .22 round. But ya gotta practice. Today was a comparison day. I shot each rifle with no muzzle device (NMD), muzzle brake, and suppressed, using both CCI Standard and Eley Match. I find the CCI Standard to be a good, all-round ammo that shoots well in all my .22 platforms. Fairly accurate, but not match grade. The Eley Match is what I used to shoot for competition until I tried SK. Still, very accurate, and I have a bunch in stock.

And how did we do? Christensen Ranger:

Ruger Precision Rimfire:

Both rifles turned in good performances with different ammo and different muzzle configurations. Not Aspirin Shoot winners, but ok under gusty conditions. The CCI had several groups just over 1/2”, and the Eley had some .6” groups. I noticed a lot of lateral stringing with the Eley, probably from gusting. Even though it was running 35-45 fps faster. On a calm day it should outshoot the CCI.

Next time, I’ll be shooting on a no wind day with my competition ammo.