Preferring to use CCI Blazer 40 grain LRNHS in 50 boxes, but knowing preferred brands are near unobtanium today, I thought I would compare accuracy and point of impact of four similar .22LR HS loads roughly rated at 1255fps.
They were:
CCI Blazer 40 grain LRNHS 50 box
CCI MiniMag 40 grain CPRNHS 100 box
Fiocchi 40 grain CPRNHS 50 box
Aguila 40 grain CPRNHS (called Super Extra) (250 round bulk pack)
Pistol:
Ruger Mk.II 6 7/8” Competition with UTG green dot
Rifle:
S&W AR15-22 with Bushnell TRS-25
Both were more or less well sighted in some time ago with CCI Blazer. Shooting was from a sitting rest over a carpet roll appropriate to the pistol resting hands on the roll or the rifle resting the fore end hand on the roll.
The targets for the pistol were five 6” Shoot-N-See’s on a white board at 25 yards and the same for the rifle, but at 50 yards. The 6” targets indicate the accuracy level and POI.
I fired 10 shots of each ammo at the four corner targets and then when done, refined the Blazer zero a little with the center target.
Pistol Target:
Rifle Target:
Comments:
1). All four ammos were of about the same noise, recoil, ejection function, feel, etc.
2). Neither gun was exactly zeroed for the Blazer, but all four 10 shot groups were shot with out sight change. A couple clicks were adjusted later on the center target ending with it. If the Blazer group in the center moved, every thing else would have been closer to center with the rifle. The pistol was pretty close to start with.
3). Group size was variable with the Blazer and Fiocchi making nice groups and the MiniMags and Aguila wandering about larger.
4). The rifle sighted about a half inch up at 25 yards hits an inch or so high at 50 yards and then is close to zero at 75 yards.
5). The pistol zeroed at 25 yards climbs and then drops down to about a 50 yard zero.
6). After this shooting, the rifle, the pistol, and a Glock 44 were shot on 2” rocks in the berm sufficient to shoot about 300 rounds spread between the ammo boxes. Every round fed, fired, and ejected in all three guns. The Glock 44 sucks on 2” rocks at 60 yards. The AR and Ruger both hit more than they missed. A green or red dot is easier to see on white limestone rocks than it is visible on black bullseyes.
7). The ammo functioned all guns well. The group centers were all about in the same place.
8). The powder used in the Aguila will open your sinuses with a distinctly biting acrid odor. Like Cordite.
9). The Fiocchi and Aguila do what a lot of brands fail at doing today: They work semi auto guns properly. So do the CCI items.
10). The Blazer and Fiocchi gave noteworthy accuracy on a 43F windy day. 11). MiniMags and Aguila, not so much.
But they run 100%.