I took my pair (M&P 15-22 and M&P 22) to the range today. With the current ammo shortage, I only shot 175 rounds through the rifle and 150 rounds through the pistol. I used Blazer bulk and CCI Standard Velocity in the pistol, and CCI Tactical and Federal Game Shok in the rifle. Absolutely zero malfunctions in either gun.
I took the pistol to the steel plate range. Various hanging plates, 3", 6", 8", and 10" in diameter. I could consistently hit all but the 3" plates, one right after another. I also double tapped on a single 10" plate six times in a row with 75% hits. I repeated this on the 6" plate with 65% hits.
I took the rifle to the 50 yard range and was very surprised that I could get a relatively tight group fairly close to the bullseye, after doing all my initial shooting at the 25 yard indoor range. I was shooting with sand bags, and with just a few clicks on both the open sights and the BSA red dot, I was dialed in. My open sight groups (excluding flyers) were around 1-3/4", and my BSA red dot groups were around 1-1/2" using the red cross reticle. I did notice that my groups shifted down and to the right when I started using the Federal Game Shok. I didn't have enough ammunition to swap back and forth to see if the shift was due only to the change in ammunition.
After finishing my sighting in and slow fire group shooting, I did some 50 yard magazine dumps, doing double taps (bang bang . . . . bang bang . . . . bang bang . . . .), using both the red cross reticle and the 2 MOA dot reticle. They both grouped in an oval pattern 3" long and 2" wide. I'm very pleased.
With my bad right eye, I'm still able to get a sight picture with the small aperture of my open sights, when I squint and concentrate, but with the red dot being on the carry handle, I'm able to use my left eye with it, and can get on sight a lot faster.
When I get my targets scanned, I'll post them.
I took the pistol to the steel plate range. Various hanging plates, 3", 6", 8", and 10" in diameter. I could consistently hit all but the 3" plates, one right after another. I also double tapped on a single 10" plate six times in a row with 75% hits. I repeated this on the 6" plate with 65% hits.
I took the rifle to the 50 yard range and was very surprised that I could get a relatively tight group fairly close to the bullseye, after doing all my initial shooting at the 25 yard indoor range. I was shooting with sand bags, and with just a few clicks on both the open sights and the BSA red dot, I was dialed in. My open sight groups (excluding flyers) were around 1-3/4", and my BSA red dot groups were around 1-1/2" using the red cross reticle. I did notice that my groups shifted down and to the right when I started using the Federal Game Shok. I didn't have enough ammunition to swap back and forth to see if the shift was due only to the change in ammunition.
After finishing my sighting in and slow fire group shooting, I did some 50 yard magazine dumps, doing double taps (bang bang . . . . bang bang . . . . bang bang . . . .), using both the red cross reticle and the 2 MOA dot reticle. They both grouped in an oval pattern 3" long and 2" wide. I'm very pleased.
With my bad right eye, I'm still able to get a sight picture with the small aperture of my open sights, when I squint and concentrate, but with the red dot being on the carry handle, I'm able to use my left eye with it, and can get on sight a lot faster.
When I get my targets scanned, I'll post them.
