Hey guys,Steve,The Skunk huh?Heh . . . OK :DThe target is 5 rounds at 100 yards from a Benchmaster rest on a NO WIND day.Hylander,You are 'prolly the 3rd or 4th person to tell me that.It really spins my grey matter.
I bought 100 rounds of all the HMR ammo out there as well as an additional 200 rounds of the Hornady just for barrel break-in.After barrel break-in, I put up my .22LR USBR targets at 100 yards and proceded to shoot 100 rounds of each ammo, 5 round per bull.After several range sessions, the testing was completed and the Remington fodder groups 1/2 everything else I feed my Marlin, save for the 20 grain pills that simply suck as far as 'groups' go. The 20 grain pills 'group' around 1.5 - 2 inches . . . blech . . .
The target posted was the norm for the Remingtion fodder. Attached is another target with the Remingtion ammo. I wish I had scanned the other targets to show you.Allrightfinethen . . . Rimfires . . . go figure . . .
Kevin G.
Life Member: NRA, VHA, O.T.H.G. Member: CPC.I Do What The Voices In My Tackel Box Tell Me To Do . . .
I have done the trigger spring replacement and have stoned the trigger to remove burrs and tooling marks. The trigger is now around 2 pounds with a little bit of take-up (kind of like a match two stage trigger group) of about 1/16 ? 1/8? and no over travel. It is a FAR CRY better than the 7 plus pounds stock pull with the feeling one was grinding rocks while pulling the trigger. Man . . . lots of burrs and tool marks.I was going to bed the rifle, but the dang thing shoots soooOOOOOo well I thought it best not to fix something that wasn?t broken. I did float the barrel as it was touching slightly on the right side of the barrel channel. Attached is a target I shot with my Marlin and the Remington ammo.
At what ever yardage . . . it equals one each dead GS unit.The rifle is sporting a Weaver Grand Slam in 6 X 20 X 40AO and is in the Duplex Reticule configuration. I was so enamored with this scope I bought one as a replacement for the glass I have on my Ruger 10/22 FrAnKeNmAg.I used this rifle almost exclusively the last day we were in Cedarville. I sent about 300+ GS units to the great pasture in the sky with this rifle/scope combo. After barrel break-in and ammo testing, my Marlin shows a MARKED preference for the Remington ammo. What is rather amusing to me . . . my FrAnKeNmAg also prefers the Remington diet as well. Rimfires . . . go figure huh?Thanks for looking!Kevin G.
