RED ZMAN
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Finally got to go to the range yesterday with my wife, and fire my 15-22. Wife had a new sight she needed to dial in for her Archangel 10/22, so we both spent some time getting the sights where we wanted them.
I gotta say, I love this frigging rifle. I put about 700 rounds through it yesterday, and only had a few problems.
1. One pretty serious misfeed. This was with CCI ammo. the round got crushed and kinked at like a 90 degree angle. No idea how it happened.
2. 2 times the bolt caught the ejecting brass when coming forward and smashed it sideways when chambering the next round. I've never seen this before, and again, only happened with the CCI ammo I had preloaded.
That's it. Took a bit to get my green dot sighted in, but once it was on, it was ON. I was emptying the 25 round S&W mag, and the 32 round Promags with no issues.
This is a beautiful outdoor range, weather was clear but there was a breeze with the occasional gust.
Here's some pictures and such.
Here's my first grouping.
This pic shows me walking the rounds from left to right on different adjustment sessions. I started getting a little carried away and going into rapid fire. The upper set was firing at the upper right target.
Here's my wife and her 10/22. Note the Tri Mag 10 round mags.
^^^
That one is a video if you click it...
The wind started to kick up and gust after that, so I didn't take any other pictures. Managed to get about a 1.5 inch group for 5 rounds right in the center where I wanted it, and then we let loose for a bit. The Lapua SK Magazine ammo was just awesome. it does have a bit of a funny smell when you fire it the first few rounds, but man does it fire good. Not one misfire, misfeed, or anything else. I got my best rapid fire groupings with this ammo, and am super glad I bought so much of it.
My only complaint at all with the oily nature of it, is that the feed lips of my magazines were collecting the fine sand blowing around with the wind (New Mexico). I will probably wipe the rounds down every time I open a new can from now on to avoid this, but not super thoroughly.
My wife also fired about 150 rounds of it from her 10/22 without a single problem, but had a few misfires and a few misfeeds with the Thunderbolt HP stuff whe is trying to fiinish off.
Anyways, next time I'll try to remember to get some more shots later. We were both getting excited and wanted to roll through some ammo. Haven't got to shoot in a few months.
Also fired my SKS for the first time in about 15 years. That was FUN.
I gotta say, I love this frigging rifle. I put about 700 rounds through it yesterday, and only had a few problems.
1. One pretty serious misfeed. This was with CCI ammo. the round got crushed and kinked at like a 90 degree angle. No idea how it happened.
2. 2 times the bolt caught the ejecting brass when coming forward and smashed it sideways when chambering the next round. I've never seen this before, and again, only happened with the CCI ammo I had preloaded.
That's it. Took a bit to get my green dot sighted in, but once it was on, it was ON. I was emptying the 25 round S&W mag, and the 32 round Promags with no issues.
This is a beautiful outdoor range, weather was clear but there was a breeze with the occasional gust.
Here's some pictures and such.
Here's my first grouping.
This pic shows me walking the rounds from left to right on different adjustment sessions. I started getting a little carried away and going into rapid fire. The upper set was firing at the upper right target.
Here's my wife and her 10/22. Note the Tri Mag 10 round mags.
^^^
That one is a video if you click it...
The wind started to kick up and gust after that, so I didn't take any other pictures. Managed to get about a 1.5 inch group for 5 rounds right in the center where I wanted it, and then we let loose for a bit. The Lapua SK Magazine ammo was just awesome. it does have a bit of a funny smell when you fire it the first few rounds, but man does it fire good. Not one misfire, misfeed, or anything else. I got my best rapid fire groupings with this ammo, and am super glad I bought so much of it.
My only complaint at all with the oily nature of it, is that the feed lips of my magazines were collecting the fine sand blowing around with the wind (New Mexico). I will probably wipe the rounds down every time I open a new can from now on to avoid this, but not super thoroughly.
My wife also fired about 150 rounds of it from her 10/22 without a single problem, but had a few misfires and a few misfeeds with the Thunderbolt HP stuff whe is trying to fiinish off.
Anyways, next time I'll try to remember to get some more shots later. We were both getting excited and wanted to roll through some ammo. Haven't got to shoot in a few months.
Also fired my SKS for the first time in about 15 years. That was FUN.
