Ruger American Rimfire Target

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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by bladeracer » 21 Jun 2017, 8:28 pm

Managed to test another eighteen types this arvo.

10rd groups at 50m
Norma Match 2 Training Ammunition - 30.5mm
Lapua Centre-X - 23mm
RWS Z-Lang - 80mm+ (130mm low)
RWS Club - 59mm
RWS Special Match - 23mm
RWS R50 - 40mm
RWS R100 - 24.5mm
RWS Subsonic HP - 35mm
Geco Rifle - 22.5mm
Eley Sport - 47mm (first eight into 21mm)
Federal Target Standard - 34.5mm
Federal Gold Medal Target - 29mm
Federal Premium Match - 28.5mm
SK Magazine - 27.5mm
SK High Velocity - 13.5mm
SK Standard Plus - 24mm
Remington Golden Bullet - 51.5mm
Remington Target - 38.5mm

Stand out is the SK High Velocity - two ten-round groups of 15mm and 13.5mm - wow! RWS R100, RWS Special Match, Geco Rifle, Lapua Centre-X and perhaps Eley Sport show some promise. More testing might even put the SK High Velocity at the top of the heap. The 13.5mm SK group was shots number 983-992 through the bore since new. Other than two patches to clean the bore when it was brand new, I haven’t cleaned it since. After today’s effort I’m at 1013rds through the bore. It’s quite possible that the bore is starting to “come in” now that I’ve got the first thousand through it, so I’ll shoot a bunch of CCI SV and Eley Edge this week to compare with how it shot them when new. Surprisingly, although some of these shot very well, it seems to me that only the SK High Velocity can really eclipse the CCI Standard Velocity and Eley Edge. It was getting late so I only took the Ruger Target out today. A light breeze but I think the rapidly fading light was a bigger deal. I shot all of these, then jogged 500m to get some CCI SV and Eley Edge so I could shoot some control groups – and then shot the 19mm CCI group with the last of the light.

Next step is to get some bricks for some serious testing - SK High Velocity, Geco Rifle, Eley Sport and some more Eley Subsonic HP should do it. I'm interested in seeing if the SK High Velocity holds its accuracy at longer ranges. The Lapua is significantly more expensive than the Eley Edge (which is double the price of the Eley Sport), and I can't see it offering anything to warrant further testing at that price. The Eley Sport I want to shoot more of primarily because of the price. If it can maintain what Eley Edge is doing then that would be awesome. Right now though a brick of SK High Velocity - if I can get it - could well kick everything else off the table completely. I grabbed the last four boxes the shop had for $10 each. The next import of SK is not before September, when I'll also be able to test the Rifle Match, which may even shoot better still. I'll probably just get a case of CCI to see me through until then though.

I'll add the above to my first test in this thread and sort them a little neater.
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by bladeracer » 21 Jun 2017, 9:00 pm

At 50m, ten rounds of the following 51 types (best groups):
Sub-MoA
SK High Velocity - 13.5mm
Eley Subsonic HP - 14mm (best 5rd group 7mm at 50m and 16.8mm at 100m)

1-1.5MoA
Eley Edge - 18mm (best 10rd 100m group 26.5mm)
Eley Sport - 17mm
CCI Standard Velocity - 18mm (best 5rd group 6.5mm at 50m)

1.5-2.0MoA
Remington Cyclone (0.044" rim) - 22mm (5rds)
Geco Rifle - 22.5mm
Lapua Centre-X - 23mm
RWS Special Match - 23mm
SK Standard Plus - 24mm
Eley Match - 24mm
RWS R100 - 24.5mm
RWS Rifle Match - 24.5mm
Eley Tenex - 25mm
Highland RX Target - 26.5mm (5rds)
Eley Club - 27mm
Sellier & Bellot Subsonic - 27mm
SK Magazine - 27.5mm (17mm 5rds)
CCI Velocitor - 28.5mm
Federal Premium Match - 28.5mm
Federal Gold Medal Target - 29mm

2.0-2.5MoA
American Eagle HVHP - 30mm
Norma Match 2 Training Ammunition - 30.5mm
Winchester Subsonic Max 42 - 31mm
Highland RX HP - 31mm
Remington Cyclone (0.039" rim) - 31.5mm (5rds)
Highland RX Subsonic - 32mm
Remington Subsonic - 34.5mm
Federal Target Standard - 34.5mm
Sellier & Bellot High Velocity - 35mm
RWS Subsonic HP - 35mm
Highland Super Quiet - 35.5mm (5rds)

2.5-3.0MoA
American Eagle Suppressor 45gn 970fps - 37mm
Remington Target - 38.5mm
RWS HVHP - 40mm
RWS R50 - 40mm

3.0-3.5MoA
Blazer RN - 44mm
CCI MiniMag - 46mm
CCI Stinger - 48mm
CCI Subsonic HP 1050fps - 50.5mm

3.5-4.0MoA
Winchester Powerpoint 42 - 51mm
Remington Golden Bullet - 51.5mm
Remington Yellow Jacket - 54mm
Remington Cyclone (unsorted) - 55mm (first groups)
Winchester T22 - 58mm
CCI Copper-22 - 58mm

4.0-4.5MoA
RWS Club - 59mm
Winchester Superspeed - 60mm

4.5-5.0MoA
Federal GameShock 38gn HP - 68.5mm
Sellier & Bellot Standard - 72mm

5.0+MoA
RWS Z-Lang - 80mm+ (130mm low)
CCI Quiet Seg HP 710fps - 84.5mm (220mm holdover)
Winchester Super-X Short - 90mm+
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by rsj223 » 21 Jun 2017, 9:19 pm

The Geco Rifle and RWS club and rifle match were fairly good in mine Eley match a bit better still heaps of testing to do.
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by bladeracer » 21 Jun 2017, 9:21 pm

rsj223 wrote:The Geco Rifle and RWS club and rifle match were fairly good in mine Eley match a bit better still heaps of testing to do.


Testing is fun too :-)
Can you get any SK Rifle Match or High Velocity in your area?
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by rsj223 » 21 Jun 2017, 9:26 pm

Nope all sold out, will get into it on the school holidays as I have 2 weeks off.
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by Tiger650 » 21 Jun 2017, 10:31 pm

bladeracer wrote:I can confirm that the low comb was a dumb idea on a rifle with no iron sights on it, it's far too low for scope use, so I'll have to put a cheek riser on the OEM stock.


I would think about a velcro attached "stock pack" rather than anything fixed by through the stock bolts, I put an adjustable riser on the young blokes Remington VSSF and it is a PITA to get the bolt out to clean the bore.

On his Omark 44 I used a stock pack and that is heaps better.
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by rsj223 » 21 Jun 2017, 10:39 pm

bladeracer wrote:
rsj223 wrote:The Geco Rifle and RWS club and rifle match were fairly good in mine Eley match a bit better still heaps of testing to do.


Testing is fun too :-)
Can you get any SK Rifle Match or High Velocity in your area?

Just a teaser pic coz more need to do this :D
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by bladeracer » 22 Jun 2017, 3:55 pm

Tiger650 wrote:
bladeracer wrote:I can confirm that the low comb was a dumb idea on a rifle with no iron sights on it, it's far too low for scope use, so I'll have to put a cheek riser on the OEM stock.


I would think about a velcro attached "stock pack" rather than anything fixed by through the stock bolts, I put an adjustable riser on the young blokes Remington VSSF and it is a PITA to get the bolt out to clean the bore.

On his Omark 44 I used a stock pack and that is heaps better.


On the OEM stock I just used a strapped on adjustable pad.
The M4 stock on the MDT chassis works very well without a riser.
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by bladeracer » 22 Jun 2017, 4:03 pm

rsj223 wrote:Just a teaser pic coz more need to do this :D


Great way to spend a few hours :-)
What is the Cobra ammo?????
Never saw that one during my research.
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by rsj223 » 22 Jun 2017, 7:14 pm

Cobra I got at gunco, very cheap and did not do very well so gave that one to the son to plink away, I think its made by Olin not worth it in my opinion.
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by bladeracer » 23 Jun 2017, 1:20 am

rsj223 wrote:Cobra I got at gunco, very cheap and did not do very well so gave that one to the son to plink away, I think its made by Olin not worth it in my opinion.


From what I can gather it appears to be Aussie made Winchester branded for Kilwell, a New Zealand retailer.
I've emailed Kilwell and asked if it is simply a rebranded existing Winchester load or something unique to their own spec. Gunco is the only place I've found that has it in Oz, and at $49 a brick it's bloody cheap so it has that in its favour at least :-)
If I ever find myself heading up to the big smoke again I'll have to remember to get some just so I can add it to the list, but I doubt it's worth a special trip :-)

One thing I forgot to mention is how greasy the SK ammo is, especially the Magazine. The cases were extracting, but often failing to eject because they were so sticky. That stuff would get very annoying very quickly.
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by bladeracer » 23 Jun 2017, 7:53 am

rsj223 wrote:Cobra I got at gunco, very cheap and did not do very well so gave that one to the son to plink away, I think its made by Olin not worth it in my opinion.


Got a response back very quickly from Kilwell.

"To answer your questions – Kilwell Whisper (subsonic), and Kilwell Cobra (supersonic) ammunition is made by Winchester Australia exclusively for us. Winchester has been making this ammo for us for many years. Early on it did differ from standard Winchester loads – we used 37.5 grain projectiles, rather than the 40 grain projectiles – but production in the past 10 years has been identical to the Winchester loads using 40 grain projectiles. Essentially, the only difference now is the packaging.

The ammunition available through Gunco is a small run-out of left-over packaging that Winchester loaded recently. Because the loads are identical to Winchester Subsonic and Power Point, I don’t think it warrants a 6-hour round trip, unless you really want some exclusive packaging! Once again, great to hear from you, and good luck with your testing.

Kind regards,
Paul Newman
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pauln@kilwell.co.nz
www.kilwell.co.nz"
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by rsj223 » 23 Jun 2017, 8:11 am

Strange the power point shot better,good enough to help get the numbers up on the barrel.
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by bladeracer » 29 Jun 2017, 4:19 am

Did another good session just shooting CCI Std Vel, Eley Subsonic and some Eley Edge.
I fired 310 rounds all up, most at 50m, but also some groups at 25m, 75m and 100m.
Stone cold bore put 5rds of CCI SV into 19mm at 50m.
Best groups for CCI SV were 11mm for 5rds at 50m, 22.5mm at 75m and 34.5mm at 100m.
Best Eley Edge were 9.5mm for 5rds at 50m, and 17.5mm for 5rds at 100m.
Best Eley Subsonic were 6mm for 5rds at 25m, 10mm at 50m, and 32.5mm at 100m.

So Eley Edge still holds it, especially out to 100m.
Eley Subsonic may be good for 50m shooting though, at almost half the price of the Edge.
Although the Subsonic is 1040fps and the Edge is 1085fps, the Subsonic drops about 70mm further than the Edge at 100m.

As I mentioned earlier, SK High Velocity may be the best of all, but I only have 150rds until September.
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by bladeracer » 01 Jul 2017, 8:01 pm

Another session today.
I shot six 5rd groups at 50m with Eley Subsonic, Eley Edge and CCI Std Vel.
Cold bore shot (Eley Subsonic) went 20mm low and left of the group.
Best groups were CCI 20mm, Subsonic 22mm and Edge 24mm.

Then I cleaned the bore (after 1423rds). Sprayed solvent in and gave it a couple minutes, then half a dozen passes with a nylon brush and the fourth patch came out white. I also used a .243 nylon brush to clean the chamber. Cleaned and lubed the bolt and went back out.

Four groups of CCI with a best of 17mm. Worst group was the first at 26mm.
Then four groups of Eley Subsonic - best of 12mm.
Two groups of Eley Edge - both 17mm.
Then four groups with SK Magazine - best of 17mm.
Then back to the CCI's (after 60rds) for six more groups with a best of 11mm.
Then six groups with Eley Subsonic for a best of 13mm.

So I'm guessing the Target barrel prefers cleaning somewhere before the 1400rd mark. I'll try it again after another 700rds and see what happens. Thankfully it only seems to need fifty rounds or so to foul the barrel before tightening the groups up again.

I think at this point the rifle is easily shooting better than I can, even from bags off the bench.
I did also manage a quick plink at the rams at 50m offhand - ten rounds for ten hits. Happy with that, but it's considerably more difficult at 100m :-)
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Post by in2anity » 01 Jul 2017, 10:27 pm

bladeracer wrote:I did also manage a quick plink at the rams at 50m offhand - ten rounds for ten hits. Happy with that, but it's considerably more difficult at 100m :-)


Twice as difficult if my math is correct ;-)
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by bladeracer » 02 Jul 2017, 1:08 pm

in2anity wrote:
bladeracer wrote:I did also manage a quick plink at the rams at 50m offhand - ten rounds for ten hits. Happy with that, but it's considerably more difficult at 100m :-)


Twice as difficult if my math is correct ;-)



If only it were that easy!
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Post by in2anity » 02 Jul 2017, 2:56 pm

bladeracer wrote:
in2anity wrote:
bladeracer wrote:I did also manage a quick plink at the rams at 50m offhand - ten rounds for ten hits. Happy with that, but it's considerably more difficult at 100m :-)


Twice as difficult if my math is correct ;-)



If only it were that easy!


But It's those bloody turkeys that I always choke on...
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

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It never ends!
I have Winchester Bushman, Laser 37.5gn and 26gn, as well as Geco Semi-Auto, Fiocchi Exacta Pistol and SK Rifle Match coming this week from Rebel Gun Works. I wanted to order 10kg of lead shot a few weeks ago and they wanted $45 to ship $94 worth of lead so I didn't bother. Then a member here told me that they charge a $60 fee for a dangerous goods ticket on ammo. So I ordered the lead shot plus 1050rds of rimfire ammo - for a $60 delivery fee! Only catch is somebody needs to be here to sign for it and they won't call ahead to warn me. Since I can't guarantee I'll be down the house when they arrive I'm picking it up from TNT in town. My usual store wanted $265 to ship the rimfire ammo, an EGW pic rail and 500 bullets - no lead shot. I asked them about shipping ammo - "Yes we can freight ammunition & primers but it can be quite expensive (around $150.00 for the first 10kgs depending on location) because of the dangerous goods surcharge.".

Just been shooting Highland Super Quiet and Target, as well as some more Eley Subsonic and Sport. It's drizzling and very cold so just a quick shoot.

First I shot a cold 5rd group of CCI SV at 50m out of the Target and the Compact for 17.5mm and 20mm respectively.

I shot the Highland Target out of both for best groups of 26.5mm and 19.5mm. The nineteenth round was a slow burn and dropped 45mm below the group. Although this stuff grouped fairly nicely in the Compact it was very poor out of the Target. Could be the rifles or the fact that the Target was cleaned 160rds ago and the Compact had 1500rds since I cleaned the bore. I don't know what speed they specify this stuff but it sounds supersonic to me.

The Highland Super Quiet was atrocious in both rifles with a best of 35.5mm. But it was a fluke as the rest were around the 80mm region.

Eley Sport was excellent as expected, shooting a best of 17mm and 16mm from the Target and Compact.

Eley Subsonic less so with best groups of 23mm and 28mm from both rifles.

I finished off with some groups of CCI SV to confirm zeros, and got a best of 18mm from the Compact.

Just trying to thaw out my feet in front of the fire now!
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by rsj223 » 13 Jul 2017, 6:12 pm

I did notice with the Browning ammo the "bullet" was loose it would wobble and turn the LGS said thats normal hmm
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Post by bladeracer » 13 Jul 2017, 6:21 pm

rsj223 wrote:I did notice with the Browning ammo the "bullet" was loose it would wobble and turn the LGS said thats normal hmm


Remington Cyclone is a very loose bullet as well. Doesn't seem to matter though. I use them when I want to shoot a jacketed bullet through a .22LR as you can pull the bullet by hand.
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by rsj223 » 16 Jul 2017, 10:33 pm

Not wanting to hijack your thread but thought you may like the following results, I think some got worse because I removed the stock to adjust the trigger (not much better with the screw almost out)
Ruger American Target.
Highland RX= 65.70mm
Highland HV=32.93mm
CCI Std=13.52mm
CCI Subs=76.40mm
CCI Velocitor=16.68mm
CCI Mini=37.53mm
Federal Target=56.41mm
Eley HV=28.34mm
Eley Sport=42.24mm
Win 42g=32.19mm
Win Subs=17.97mm
RWS Club=15.59mm
RWS Subs=38.91mm
RWS Match=29.49mm
Gecko=84.57mm
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Post by bladeracer » 17 Jul 2017, 12:50 am

rsj223 wrote:Not wanting to hijack your thread but thought you may like the following results, I think some got worse because I removed the stock to adjust the trigger (not much better with the screw almost out)
Ruger American Target.
Highland RX= 65.70mm
Highland HV=32.93mm
CCI Std=13.52mm
CCI Subs=76.40mm
CCI Velocitor=16.68mm
CCI Mini=37.53mm
Federal Target=56.41mm
Eley HV=28.34mm
Eley Sport=42.24mm
Win 42g=32.19mm
Win Subs=17.97mm
RWS Club=15.59mm
RWS Subs=38.91mm
RWS Match=29.49mm
Gecko=84.57mm


Thanks for that.
Looks like you found similar results in the CCI SV and Velocitor.
I haven't messed with my triggers but I'm thinking about having a play with them to improve my offhand shooting.
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

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I saw that :-)
They fail to tell us the range though.
Both my rifles can equal that or even better...at three meters range.
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Post by rsj223 » 09 Aug 2017, 7:17 pm

bladeracer wrote:


I saw that :-)
They fail to tell us the range though.
Both my rifles can equal that or even better...at three meters range.

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Post by rsj223 » 24 Apr 2018, 7:23 pm

Took the Ruger Target out on the weekend tried some more ammo and found the Winchester Bushman shot 9 out of 10 on a 3 inch gong at 90 meters very happy with them.
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by Diesel » 01 May 2018, 12:03 pm

Milesy wrote:Savage Mk 11 22lr laminated Varmint
Got a barrel like a tank!
Regret not getting Ruger American as I have one in 223 and love it.


The Savage MK2 BV is one of the most accurate rifles out there, mine is on par with the SAKO's at the range, when the idiot behind the trigger isn't one of the variables and similar match ammo is used(green tag or eley in mine). I have a BV for the range and an FVSR for hunting, my daughter uses an FVSR for both.

All three consistantly group under 15mm at 50m with CCI standards which is great for SSAA field rifle and will shoot well with anything out there.

You shouldn't regret not getting a Ruger the Savages consistantly outshoot them, down here at least.
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Re: Ruger American Rimfire Target

Post by ClaytonT88 » 26 Aug 2018, 8:23 pm

What a comprehensive Ammo test, I'm starting to think the Ruger American Rimfire line is worth looking at as a first rifle. Cheers!
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