FTF with 22 LR v. 22 mag

[Hondo44]

We shoot NRA bullseye which requires a 2 lb trigger pull for RF. No "hair triggers" which may or may not be related to hammer fall. The guys get FTF's in stock 41's and Rugers and Brownings.

Thanks for your experiences. The "super light springs" I reffered to hammer springs which help achieve desired trigger pull levels.

 

[RAMS]

"I know I'm missing something but I'm confident they all will go 1000 without incident." Hired Hand.

Yes, you are missing something. It's this: CCI does not mean "overall". Your question to me had to do with the FTF % "overall", therefore my Wag of 3% was for all .22 LR ammo overall.

"I quickly went over the said report of 55 different types of 22lr ammo tested and not one mention of any duds. I must of missed it."

What you missed is this statement:"I got some amazing groups, and some which are, frankly, absurdly bad! This has re-enforced what I had experienced with 22 ammo in the past — that is being consistently inconsistent."

What that statement and the actual test behind it means is that he disagrees with your belief that "Overall, I believe the quality and reliability of all rimfire ammo has improved as manufacturing techniques have improved in spite of record high production levels." Look again at the context of my reference to the test in the first place; it was in reply to your belief about today's .22 LR ammo quality, not just FTF. I tend to agree with you that today's quality is better OVERALL.

Anyway, I do appreciate your input, and I do believe that CCI is pretty good ammo.(My favorites are Mini Mags.) Your debate now is with TANK78327Z. He has, by actual observation, confirmed my suspicion about the poor quality of priming compound distribution in some .22 LR ammo. My original question has been answered.

 

[walnutred]

I have a Taurus revolver in which I've fired over 12,000 rounds with two FTF's. That was buying what ever bulk ammo was on sale on a given week. The factory trigger pull is a little heavier than I would like and probably heavier than what your using. One FTF fired the second time WITHOUT my touching it in any way, which indicates to me a dirty chamber. The other I gave up on after rotating it three times.

 

[1x2]

I've posted parts of this in the past- every year, the count grows. I've shot several hundred thousand rounds of .22LR ammunition: yellow jackets, vipers, stingers, mini-mags, X22-LRPP, X22-LRH, Federal 525 bulk packs. I've had winchesters that weren't lubed and some mini-mags that key-holed, years ago. I've spent years picking up Remington (mostly) ammo that people left on the ground with a primer dent that didn't fire the cartridge- most often from Ruger 10/22 rifles. I wipe them off and put them in boxes, and shoot them for fun, as freebies, at the end of the day. Out of several hundred thousand rounds, I've pulled apart at most a dozen rounds, that failed to fire- out of whatever I was shooting that day, be it a k-22, single six, diamondback, new frontier, marlin 39a, or a single-shot low-wall.

I think if a guy buys junk ammo, the ftf rate goes way higher. You get what you pay for. It helps to shoot the stuff out of a firearm of reasonable quality.