I expect that a better grade of standard velocity ammo will tighten groups up a bit, I seem to be getting a bit of unexplained vertical out of the CCI Std Vel but for $2.50 per box of 50 I am not complaining about it.

I have a portable bench set up on my deck, I stepped out yesterday afternoon when the breeze dropped and shot these three - 5 shot groups at 50 yards. Leupold ,VX-2, 6-18x40mm fine duplex, using of all things a set of $8.99 Weaver rimfire rings (Oh! the horror).
I used the Weavers as an interim ring while I had a set of Warnes rimfire rings on order but I am not going to change a thing the way this combo is working.
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223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.

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