Originally Posted by kwg020
Originally Posted by Tyrone
If you want a flat base bullet, try the Sierra flat base version of the 69 SMK - the 60gr HP. It's just a 69 with the BT cut off.

It may very well be the best shooting .22 Sierra makes.

https://www.sierrabullets.com/product/22-caliber-60-gr-hp/

That sounds like a plan Tyrone. Except for over the top of picked bean fields and maybe a corn field we don't have many shots over 100 yards. A flat based bullet does well for our needs. There are only 2 over 100 yard ranges in the area. At the closest range you have to be a member and the next one is 90 miles away. Right now it looks like my Ruger American compact, also with an 18 inch barrel is the accuracy king at my house.

I shot a 2" group with the Midway barrel yesterday using the Hornady 55 grain soft points and 25 grains of AA2460. This load is one of my favorite combinations. It appears the barrel just isn't going to be what I hoped it would be. At least with the current loads I'm using. With a flat based 60 grain HP I can use them in the Ruger and maybe even the Remington ADL with a 1/12 twist.

I will give a few more bullets a try just in case I'm missing something. The 68 grain Hornady and the 69 grain Sierra sound promising. But, I'm going to take a break from this project for now. Come fall and some cooler weather I'll look at it again. I will say I'm really enjoying the range time. Even a bad day at the range is a good day. For future reference; if there is a next time, I'm getting the BA barrel.

I want to give a shout out to jiveturkey for letting me use his free float hand guard during this process. I was surprised just how much the hand guard affects accuracy. That was my biggest lesson during this process.

kwg

Sounds like you learned something good buddy. I believe in the sticky I started most agree that a freefloating handguard cuts group size down. I know in my upcoming shoot, the rifles I use will all be wearing freefloating handguards. All except for my Colt. Last year at one of our shoots, I felt bad for pulling out the Noveske in the iron sight matches, so I put it away and shot my Colt. It does not have a free floating handguard, but it must have a damn good barrel:
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This was the target from that shoot, with my new (at the time) Colt:
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I was on a roll that day.. ha ha . The Portlandia and Vancouver guys thought they were going to come to your little hick clubs range and clean up that day. They were using some fancy olympic style AR's too. I'm wondering why they didn't come back to the next ar shoot we had? They wanted to come in and change some of your slow fire shoots. One guy say's, "lets have a fast fire event". I ask, what does that entail? "Well, it's 10 shots in 60 seconds", says the Vancouver sob wearing the shooters jacket. I say, "that's not what I would consider "fast fire", let's do 10 shots in 10 seconds". If you don't get all 10 shots on target, you get scored accordingly. Fair is fair right? They only got 7-8 shots on target. Poor saps.. It was fun/funny watching them try though.. As stick would say, "bless their hearts"...

Originally Posted by raybass
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style.
Originally Posted by Pharmseller
You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole.

BSA MAGA