Well, along with my 10-22 and Smith 45, I shot my Ruger mini today at the range - testing 5 loads in it. It did good with 3 of them so so with one and crap with the 5th - kind of ammo sensitive. Ran like a clock though with 100% function. I think the sights are a bit coarse and the trigger is OK but also adds to group size.
Here it is waiting for the run-through with the ammo shot:
And here are the results: First is Winchester WB (order as pictured in above):
As you can see, about 3" - these are all at 100 yards.
And here's the star: Privi Partizan soft points: (2 inches)
And the next: S&B - it did not like this stuff at all.
And then American Eagle (about 4"):
And finally, my handload which is a light load with Hornady plastic tips and Varget: (printed about a foot higher! but with a 3" group):
One thing you will notice - it printed each load to quite a different point of impact - and these were all 55 grain loads. The handload is quite light but the others should be similar...
Definately want to mate this with a good load and have it sighted for that load...
Overall, I think I did good. This is performing like I expected. I'm betting that it will do good with the new handload that I'm using for my AR's with 55 grain fmj bullets and W748 - going 3100 fps or so. If it shoot that into 3" then I'm happy.
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