Accuracy expectations

[DocRDS]

So I was kicked outta the house to go do some stress relief and I have my Ruger "precision" 22 (It looks like an RPR, i have no idea if its partticularly good or not--its therapy and practice)..

I used the impact data books KYL target (Jerked 1st shot bad, missed target 3, but got tiny one. yes, not how KYL works, but it was a target, I shot it) and the dot drill--at 50 yards with my remington golden ammo, it was pretty tough (its my 22 stash).

I was lucky to get 50% (no bipod, shooting off bench, uncomfortable as hell, glasses sliding all over--yeah i know excuses). Is this the kind of thing someone who is rather competent can pull of at a high level. I know I am pulling some shots, but others, man i don't know what happened.

My 10 dot rapid fire:

 

[littlepod]

With good ammo a RPR consistently shoots about a .5" group at 50 yards. A lot of shooters compete with an RPR. You're shooting remington golden ammo, it's crap ammo, you'll want to clean out your barrel if it's now copper embedded and get some better ammo.

 

[DocRDS]

With good ammo a RPR consistently shoots about a .5" group at 50 yards. A lot of shooters compete with an RPR. You're shooting remington golden ammo, it's crap ammo, you'll want to clean out your barrel if it's now copper embedded and get some better ammo.

Understood. At least I now have a goal-- 100% on the dots SHOULD be achievable.

 

[Kisssofdeath]

.5" at 50 yards should be your target. To truly have an accurate gun you should be able to shoot that .5" every day 90% of the time. You should find ammo that will do that. I don't think people realize just how difficult it is to consistently shoot .5" with a factory, mass produced rifle that cost less than $500. Good luck with your quest.

 

[larry meyer]

So I was kicked outta the house to go do some stress relief and I have my Ruger "precision" 22 (It looks like an RPR, i have no idea if its partticularly good or not--its therapy and practice)..

I used the impact data books KYL target (Jerked 1st shot bad, missed target 3, but got tiny one. yes, not how KYL works, but it was a target, I shot it) and the dot drill--at 50 yards with my remington golden ammo, it was pretty tough (its my 22 stash).

I was lucky to get 50% (no bipod, shooting off bench, uncomfortable as hell, glasses sliding all over--yeah i know excuses). Is this the kind of thing someone who is rather competent can pull of at a high level. I know I am pulling some shots, but others, man i don't know what happened.

My 10 dot rapid fire:

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Yup, what they said, got to find thr ammo the gun likes. I have 3 rifles chambered 22lr & no 2 of them likes the same ammo for accuracy. Yup, Golden bullet is not well spoken of, any where I shoot. & for what it is worth, I will shoot 50 yd. but I always shoot 100 &200 yd to prove accuracy.

 

[DocRDS]

Lol now to find ammo (hey at least I got a stash and am shooting!)....but that is another thread. Appreciate the input.

 

[skl1]

There's great (and hard to find and expensive) match ammo like Eley, but I've had really good luck with CCI. Green Tag is accurate in almost all my .22's. Even the "regular" CCI shoots pretty well in most of them. The Federal Auto Match Target ammo that comes in the milk carton shaped in lots of 500 was also pretty consistent and accurate for the money, compared to the Remington Golden bullet ammo. FWIW, I've had great luck with Remington green box/CoreLokt rifle ammo being accurate, but the rimfire and UMC pistol ammo hasn't been up to the same level. HTH.

 

[Texasflyer]

Golden bullet has its place. Its great in pistols. Ive been shooting some armscore lately with decent results, and i have some browning that seem pretty hot but accurate from back when 12 bucks 100 seemed steep. But i dont shoot on anywhere near the level of you guys, just plinkin around the farm.