Scooter1942
Bearcat
Last week I stumbled upon a 1998 production new old stock 5.5" stainless single six convertible and couldn't walk away. I promptly bought some 22 Mag, CCI Maxi-Mag 40 gr Target and Hornady 30 gr V-max. I grabbed some 40 gr. 22LR Aguila from my stash and headed to the range after cleaning the revolver and installing some Wilson springs.
First cylinder of 22 Mag CCI was one ragged hole from 7 yards off-hand. Then the next three cylinders shot more like a shot gun, patterning at nearly 6" from only 7 yards! I switched to the Hornady V-Max and put two cylinders inside of an inch. Switched back to the CCI and groups were horrible. Can't even call them groups.
So, I switched over to the 22LR expecting a decrease in accuracy since that seems to be typical for Single-Six's. Turns out, one ragged hole with several cylinders of 22LR!
So I'm confused..why would the CCI go from being insanely accurate in the first six rounds to downright disappointing from that point forward? All the while, other ammo seemed to do fine, thus eliminating any suspected issues with the barrel. And while ammo can be inconsistent, I'm baffled by why the CCI would be awesome for 6 and then crap after that?
One other piece of evidence. I measured the diameter of both...the CCI measured .224 and the Hornady measured .2185.
Thoughts?
First cylinder of 22 Mag CCI was one ragged hole from 7 yards off-hand. Then the next three cylinders shot more like a shot gun, patterning at nearly 6" from only 7 yards! I switched to the Hornady V-Max and put two cylinders inside of an inch. Switched back to the CCI and groups were horrible. Can't even call them groups.
So, I switched over to the 22LR expecting a decrease in accuracy since that seems to be typical for Single-Six's. Turns out, one ragged hole with several cylinders of 22LR!
So I'm confused..why would the CCI go from being insanely accurate in the first six rounds to downright disappointing from that point forward? All the while, other ammo seemed to do fine, thus eliminating any suspected issues with the barrel. And while ammo can be inconsistent, I'm baffled by why the CCI would be awesome for 6 and then crap after that?
One other piece of evidence. I measured the diameter of both...the CCI measured .224 and the Hornady measured .2185.
Thoughts?