Felt good

gcp · Post by **gcp** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:43 pm

Gentlemen, it's been a while since I shot my MarkII but here's the results at 25 and 50 yards (first 3 pics).

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/0703/George/22LR/

This is one sweet shooting pistol, thanks again to the membership, and especially to Bullsey, for all the invaluable info I received putting it together!!

Post by **Bullseye** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:28 pm

Looking good!

R,
Bullseye

John fox · Post by **John fox** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:05 am

Thanks for sharing. You're a better shooter than I. I couldn't do that even if bench resting.

Retired in 2001 · Post by **Retired in 2001** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:49 pm

Really nice 22s and great pics keep em coming

Post by **Bullseye** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:45 am

I like your shooting range. Is that out in your back yard?

R,
Bullseye

gcp · Post by **gcp** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:02 pm

Here's another target from Saturday guys and I'd say that it was a most enjoyable day. We started off shooting my buddy's AR15 (who's trigger I swapped out with an after-market job for better performance), 100 rounds or so, and then we shot my Vaquero, and finally my Mark II. I let him shoot quite a few rounds with it but then I shot the group below which impressed him. Needless to say he wants a Mark II with a red dot scope on it

Bullseye, the pictures are of my property which is 52.5 acres, I originally bought it to hunt. Now that's where I spend most of my weekends for a bit of R&R, when I'm not working it....which is most of the time, unfortunately. It takes a lot of work to maintain this property in tip-top shape but I am not complaining, obviously I must like it or I wouldn't do it. This particular range goes out to 85 yards so I use it mainly for pistol but I have another range shooting into a hill which goes out to 150 yards. I shoot my milsurp rifles on it.

Post by **Bullseye** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:15 am

You can't beat a homestead with a personal rifle and separate pistol range built on it.

Your pistol must like the Remington's, looks like they group pretty well out of it. They don't work so well for me so I avoid them and shoot CCI or Federal for practice. I do like Winchester Dynapoints for practice but their cost has nearly doubled in the last year. Why buy the Winchester when I can get twice as much Federal for the same price.

Which trigger set did you use in the AR? I have Jewell triggers in mine.

R,
Bullseye

jjfunk · Post by **jjfunk** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:19 am

I too noticed the Dynapoint price being doubled. Kinda silly if you ask me, yeah, my 10/22 likes it, but it isn's like it's twice as good as the federal.

gcp · Post by **gcp** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:58 pm

Bullseye, I have a "tunned" RRA trigger in mine and love it. I believe the one I installed in my friend's AR was a Jewell but I'll have to verify. Didn't like his as much as mine in that the trigger pull is heavier...but it breaks cleanly at least.

Yea, my Mark II seems to like shooting the Remingtons but I get 2 or more FTFs per 10 round clip, while with CCIs and Federals I have no FTF issue what soever. Maybe I need to further polish the Rugger's feeding ramp a bit? Is there a precise way of accomplishing this task and is there anything I should be careful of?

Gotta tell ya, I love my property but if one is as picky as I am it can be a lot of work!!

Post by **Bullseye** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:59 pm

Keep an eye out for leading with the Remingtons. Poor detonation is another symptom of poorly made ammo. If Federals and CCIs work well in your pistol why are you playing around with the Remingtons.

The RRA triggers are well received out on the Highpower line. I've got my Jewells set at 4.5 lbs but I've seen them set much lower. A friend of mine who specializes in AR building has one in his space gun set a less than one pound. You just think about the trigger breaking and it does.

You can afford to be picky with your land. That's a nice plot of property and hills make nice natural backstops. As long as the neighbors don't complain, you've got it made in my book.

R,
Bullseye

gcp · Post by **gcp** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:35 am

I had to purchase a value pack (box of 500) of Remingtons about a year ago because that's all that was available to me at the time so am just trying to burn through them. I won't buy them again that for sure. Federals are cheap as well but my Ruger likes them even though it doesn't shoot them as accurately as the Remongtons, for some reason. BTW is there any info available on polishing the ramp?

Here's the rifle range and one can help but to shoot into the hill, but it's a haul up and down that drive of mine

Post by **Bullseye** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:59 am

George, I have not found a need to polish a feed ramp on a Ruger 22 Auto. I'm curious why you feel that your's needs this type of work? The contact points of the feed ramp and the cartridge case are so small that I haven't seen enough evidence to suspect a ramp as a source of misfeeds. Typically another part would cause misfeed problems like the extractor or magazines. Ensuring the top round of a full magazine is angled upward usually remedies this situation.

Polishing a Ruger feed ramp would require a rotary tool with a flexible shaft and a rubber polishing cone (or Craytex) tip. Access to the ramp is restricted and care is necessary to not change the angle of the feed ramp or alter the edge of the chamber entrance. Care must be taken to not over polish, the ramp is integral to the barrel, if done improperly, would necessitate replacement of the entire barrel assembly.

Hope this helps.

R,
Bullseye

gcp · Post by **gcp** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:51 pm

Bullseye, thank you for the explanation. Actually I believe the real culprit is the Rem HPs I've been feeding my Mark II but it shoots them so accurately I thought I'd try to solve their FTF issue once and for all. Maybe I shouldn't bother....

Bud33 · Post by **Bud33** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:12 pm

I have found that the remington ammo I have tried to use was heavly covered in greese.
Be sure that your gun and clips are clean and free of greese and you might try wipping down the bullets!

toyfj40 · Post by **toyfj40** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:47 pm

Bud33 wrote:I found that Remington ammo was heavily covered in grease.
To be sure that your gun and clips are clean and free of grease,
you might try wiping down the bullets!

I've found it to be more satisfying to just GIVE the Remington ammo
to someone that is less of a friend than he thinks he is...
so, be wary if I ever offer to give you some Remington-ammo