just thought i'd share....
did a test awhile back on the aguila golden eagle match rifle (black box)ammo test aguila golden eagle match rifle, which came close to the performance of sk match and wolf for more than half the price ($27.60), so i was interested in trying the "target" (blue box) @ $28.50. thought maybe the two kinds of ammo have the same relationship to each other as wolf match + match extra has. so since santa brought me a brick for christmas, did a little trigger time today....results....
shot through a savage mkii, 20" bull barrel, bipod, rear bag.
35 degrees, slight to a 7mph wind(changing from 2:00 to 10:00), sunny. unfortunately left my crony "on" the last time i used it (brain fart=dead battery), so no fps data, sounds "sub sonic". shot 5 round groups. measured "MG" major group (measurement without obvious flyers), "EG" extended (measurement with obvious flyers). target was 1" circle. also shot 1 group with aguila g.e. match rifle, and 1 group with sk match, for comparison.
opened the brick and seperated in weighed lots, below shows how many rounds per lot, per this brick...
50.7 21 rnds
50.8 50 rnds
50.9 60 rnds
51.0 90 rnds
51.1 89 rnds
51.2 91 rnds
51.3 44 rnds
51.4 17 rnds
51.5 8 rnds
51.6 16 rnds
by looking at the amount of rounds in the 51.0 through 51.2, leads me to believe this was their objective produce ammo to those parameters.
there were 7 above and 7 below, used them as sighters/foulers.
at 50 yards, started with a "dirty" barrel, used 50.8 through 51.3 weight lots, 10x 5rnd groups. looking at the photos, you may or may not want to call them flyers.
50.8 1" mg, 1.5" eg, 1 flyer
50.9 .75" mg, 1" eg, 1 "flyer" (if you want to call it that)
51.0 -1" mg, -1" eg, 0 flyer
51.1 .25" mg, -1" eg, 1 flyer
51.2 -.75" mg, .75" eg, 1 "flyer" (if you want to call it that)
51.3 -.5" mg, .5 eg, 1 "flyer" (if you want to call it that)
aguila golden eagle match rifle,
51.0 .75" mg, .75" eg, 1 "flyer" (if you want to call it that)
sk match
51.3 -.5" mg, -.75 eg, 1 "flyer" (if you want to call it that)
100 yard "clean barrel" (swabbed after each group)
50.8 1.75" mg, 3.25" eg, 1 flyer (nasty one)
50.9 1.25" mg, 1.75" eg, 1 flyer
51.0 1.75" mg, 2.25" eg, 2 flyers
51.1 1.5" mg, 2.25" eg, 1 flyer
51.2 1.5" mg, 2" eg, 1 flyer
51.3 1" mg, 2.25 eg, 2 flyers
aguila golden eagle match rifle,
51.0 -1" mg, 1.5" eg, 2 flyers (remeasured mg, should be -1" in photo note)
sk match
51.3 1.25" mg, 1.25" eg, 1 "flyer" (if you want to call it that)
100 yard dirty barrel (not swabbed at all). this ammo seems to like to be shot out of a dirty barrel as evident by the photos, the aguila and sk match seems less effected, more consistant out of clean or dirty barrel.
50.8 1" mg, 1.75" eg, 1 flyer
50.9 .75" mg, 1.50" eg, 1 flyer (nasty one, too bad)
51.0 1" mg, -1.75" eg, 2 flyers
51.1 -1.25" mg, 1.5" eg, 1 flyer
51.2 1.25" mg, -1.5" eg, 1 flyer
51.3 -1.50" mg, 2.25" eg, 1 flyers (remeasured mg, should be 2.25" in photo note)
aguila golden eagle match rifle,
51.0 -1.25" mg, 1.75" eg, 1 flyers
sk match
51.3 -1.25" mg, -1.50" eg, 1 flyer
other than 2 really nasty flyers (which opened results to 3.25"), most groups at 100 yards using a clean barrel and counting flyers were 2.25" or less, 1.75" not counting flyers.
most groups at 100 yards using a dirty barrel and counting 1 nasty flyer was 2.25" or less (generally were 1.75" or less). without counting flyers, most groups were under 1.5".
even though some nice groups were produced by the aguila "target" (advertised to be aguila's most accurate ammo), it seems dependant on a dirty barrel to perform optimumly as POI and group size changes dramtically between clean and dirty barrels. the "target" appears to be bet by both aguila "match rifle" (which cost less than the "target") and of course by the sk "match". keep in mind the sk or wolf brands are twice the price.
however for the price of the aguila "target" ($28.50), it is still a nice affordable seemingly accurate ammo. however i do like the more consistancy of the aguila "match rifle" ($27.60) and sk "match" ($65.00) over both distances, both clean and dirty barrels.
there were also 2 misfires with the aguila "target". it also leaves a very dirty "sooty black" residue in barrel, the aguila "match rifle" shot cleaner, with the sk "match" being the cleanest. the sk POI was also higher than the other two, but the drop from 50 to 100 was the same at 8.3".
did a test awhile back on the aguila golden eagle match rifle (black box)ammo test aguila golden eagle match rifle, which came close to the performance of sk match and wolf for more than half the price ($27.60), so i was interested in trying the "target" (blue box) @ $28.50. thought maybe the two kinds of ammo have the same relationship to each other as wolf match + match extra has. so since santa brought me a brick for christmas, did a little trigger time today....results....
shot through a savage mkii, 20" bull barrel, bipod, rear bag.
35 degrees, slight to a 7mph wind(changing from 2:00 to 10:00), sunny. unfortunately left my crony "on" the last time i used it (brain fart=dead battery), so no fps data, sounds "sub sonic". shot 5 round groups. measured "MG" major group (measurement without obvious flyers), "EG" extended (measurement with obvious flyers). target was 1" circle. also shot 1 group with aguila g.e. match rifle, and 1 group with sk match, for comparison.
opened the brick and seperated in weighed lots, below shows how many rounds per lot, per this brick...
50.7 21 rnds
50.8 50 rnds
50.9 60 rnds
51.0 90 rnds
51.1 89 rnds
51.2 91 rnds
51.3 44 rnds
51.4 17 rnds
51.5 8 rnds
51.6 16 rnds
by looking at the amount of rounds in the 51.0 through 51.2, leads me to believe this was their objective produce ammo to those parameters.
there were 7 above and 7 below, used them as sighters/foulers.
at 50 yards, started with a "dirty" barrel, used 50.8 through 51.3 weight lots, 10x 5rnd groups. looking at the photos, you may or may not want to call them flyers.
50.8 1" mg, 1.5" eg, 1 flyer
50.9 .75" mg, 1" eg, 1 "flyer" (if you want to call it that)
51.0 -1" mg, -1" eg, 0 flyer
51.1 .25" mg, -1" eg, 1 flyer
51.2 -.75" mg, .75" eg, 1 "flyer" (if you want to call it that)
51.3 -.5" mg, .5 eg, 1 "flyer" (if you want to call it that)
aguila golden eagle match rifle,
51.0 .75" mg, .75" eg, 1 "flyer" (if you want to call it that)
sk match
51.3 -.5" mg, -.75 eg, 1 "flyer" (if you want to call it that)
100 yard "clean barrel" (swabbed after each group)
50.8 1.75" mg, 3.25" eg, 1 flyer (nasty one)
50.9 1.25" mg, 1.75" eg, 1 flyer
51.0 1.75" mg, 2.25" eg, 2 flyers
51.1 1.5" mg, 2.25" eg, 1 flyer
51.2 1.5" mg, 2" eg, 1 flyer
51.3 1" mg, 2.25 eg, 2 flyers
aguila golden eagle match rifle,
51.0 -1" mg, 1.5" eg, 2 flyers (remeasured mg, should be -1" in photo note)
sk match
51.3 1.25" mg, 1.25" eg, 1 "flyer" (if you want to call it that)
100 yard dirty barrel (not swabbed at all). this ammo seems to like to be shot out of a dirty barrel as evident by the photos, the aguila and sk match seems less effected, more consistant out of clean or dirty barrel.
50.8 1" mg, 1.75" eg, 1 flyer
50.9 .75" mg, 1.50" eg, 1 flyer (nasty one, too bad)
51.0 1" mg, -1.75" eg, 2 flyers
51.1 -1.25" mg, 1.5" eg, 1 flyer
51.2 1.25" mg, -1.5" eg, 1 flyer
51.3 -1.50" mg, 2.25" eg, 1 flyers (remeasured mg, should be 2.25" in photo note)
aguila golden eagle match rifle,
51.0 -1.25" mg, 1.75" eg, 1 flyers
sk match
51.3 -1.25" mg, -1.50" eg, 1 flyer
other than 2 really nasty flyers (which opened results to 3.25"), most groups at 100 yards using a clean barrel and counting flyers were 2.25" or less, 1.75" not counting flyers.
most groups at 100 yards using a dirty barrel and counting 1 nasty flyer was 2.25" or less (generally were 1.75" or less). without counting flyers, most groups were under 1.5".
even though some nice groups were produced by the aguila "target" (advertised to be aguila's most accurate ammo), it seems dependant on a dirty barrel to perform optimumly as POI and group size changes dramtically between clean and dirty barrels. the "target" appears to be bet by both aguila "match rifle" (which cost less than the "target") and of course by the sk "match". keep in mind the sk or wolf brands are twice the price.
however for the price of the aguila "target" ($28.50), it is still a nice affordable seemingly accurate ammo. however i do like the more consistancy of the aguila "match rifle" ($27.60) and sk "match" ($65.00) over both distances, both clean and dirty barrels.
there were also 2 misfires with the aguila "target". it also leaves a very dirty "sooty black" residue in barrel, the aguila "match rifle" shot cleaner, with the sk "match" being the cleanest. the sk POI was also higher than the other two, but the drop from 50 to 100 was the same at 8.3".
