I only fired thirty rounds through the .17 Savage. That was all I needed to see what I wished to see.
Today I tried another brand of ammunition in the rimfire. If it were centerfire, this would be load development. Being a rimfire, I am at the mercy of the ammofacturers.
Up till now, I have been shooting CCI A-17, a loading developed by CCI for the Savage A-17 delayed blowback rifle.
When I bought my Savage boltie, the A-17 was the only thing on the shelf, this being a time of political moronity and panic buying by citizens who's buttholes are itching.
On the top left, we see a group of five with the CCI ammo. About 1.75" at 100 yards, and generally where that ammo is shooting in this rifle.
I'd *like* to see groups under an inch, but I can be satisfied with the CCI if that's all there is.
On the top right, the Hornady V-max offering. I was lucky enough to find it on a gun shop shelf yesterday. Sadly, that shop has a current policy of one box per day per customer, and it's an hour from home.
Anywho, the Hornady .17 shot decent groups bouncing around 1.5" at 100 yards, but did show me a flier I could not explain. I know this is not unheard of in rimfire ammo, but the CCI stuff hasn't been doing it.
The center group, at 2.25", was me shooting quicker with the CCI. I was thinking in terms of 'woodchuck holding still for *this* long' as I was shooting.
I also spent some time dry-firing between groups, to see if the larger groups might be due to me. Typically, firing pin fall saw the crosshairs bump, but only about .5". I was also able to keep the heartbeat bounce around the same .5". That is with every bit of breathing control I can muster, and shooting in the riflemans pause.
Today, on the way home, I scored a box of Federal .17, and that will be my next experiment. After that, I'll be looking at bedding, barrel pressure, and barrel harmonics.
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