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Shooting at the range today
« on: May 29, 2017, 01:39:32 PM »
Learned a couple things today pistol at the range.  Rugers don't like every single brand of .22 ammo.   Not all reflex sights are good.   And plastic tops on Hoppe bottles aren't meant to be dropped on cement.

I bought a bucket of 1400 Remington HP .22's.  My one Ruger didn't want to feed them hardly at all.  I have a Mark 2 and Mark 3.   The Mark 2 did not like the Remington HP's at all.  The Mark 3 didn't care one bit.

I bought a reflex sight (on one of my Ruger's) that had the image hopping around.  It seems the base has some springs in it and they must hang up.  I was getting ready to shoot, the guy next to me popped off and shook the bench.  The reflex sight image I was lining up with took what seemed a 6 inch jump upwards.

I hope my wife doesn't go out into the garage until the smell of Hoppe's leaves.

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Re: Shooting at the range today
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2017, 02:19:52 PM »
They should make a Hoppes aftershave :chuckle:
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Re: Shooting at the range today
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2017, 07:11:51 PM »
They do, its labeled #9...   8)

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Re: Shooting at the range today
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2017, 12:14:40 AM »
My MkIII 22/45 loves to eat Remington Thunderbolt, literally.  Leaded right up in less that about 100 rounds.

CCI mini-mags worked great though.

I had a cheap Chinese BSA red dot on it, and it was so poorly made.  I got it working after taking it apart and adjusting some of the electricals, but it probably wasn't worth the time.  Still worked, but then the paint/coating got all gelled up from contact with Rem Oil, and so it went in the trash. I like open sights better anyway.

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Re: Shooting at the range today
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2017, 09:16:58 AM »
My MkIII 22/45 loves to eat Remington Thunderbolt, literally.  Leaded right up in less that about 100 rounds.

CCI mini-mags worked great though.

I had a cheap Chinese BSA red dot on it, and it was so poorly made.  I got it working after taking it apart and adjusting some of the electricals, but it probably wasn't worth the time.  Still worked, but then the paint/coating got all gelled up from contact with Rem Oil, and so it went in the trash. I like open sights better anyway.

I like open sights also but after a certain age you will find out optical sights give a clear sight picture.   Welcome to getting old.

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Re: Shooting at the range today
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2017, 09:37:22 AM »
My MKII didn't like some ammo, changed out the extractor hook with a titanium one.

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Re: Shooting at the range today
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2017, 09:47:32 AM »
My MkIII 22/45 loves to eat Remington Thunderbolt, literally.  Leaded right up in less that about 100 rounds.

CCI mini-mags worked great though.

I had a cheap Chinese BSA red dot on it, and it was so poorly made.  I got it working after taking it apart and adjusting some of the electricals, but it probably wasn't worth the time.  Still worked, but then the paint/coating got all gelled up from contact with Rem Oil, and so it went in the trash. I like open sights better anyway.

I like open sights also but after a certain age you will find out optical sights give a clear sight picture.   Welcome to getting old.

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Re: Shooting at the range today
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2017, 10:28:43 AM »
Learned a couple things today pistol at the range.  Rugers don't like every single brand of .22 ammo.   Not all reflex sights are good.   And plastic tops on Hoppe bottles aren't meant to be dropped on cement.

I bought a bucket of 1400 Remington HP .22's.  My one Ruger didn't want to feed them hardly at all.  I have a Mark 2 and Mark 3.   The Mark 2 did not like the Remington HP's at all.  The Mark 3 didn't care one bit.

I bought a reflex sight (on one of my Ruger's) that had the image hopping around.  It seems the base has some springs in it and they must hang up.  I was getting ready to shoot, the guy next to me popped off and shook the bench.  The reflex sight image I was lining up with took what seemed a 6 inch jump upwards.

I hope my wife doesn't go out into the garage until the smell of Hoppe's leaves.
One of the things I have done to all my 22s is polish the feed ramp. Can easily be done with fine grit sandpaper and or a dremmel. I personally like using the sandpaper because it's slower and you can pay attention to what your doing.

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Re: Shooting at the range today
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2017, 01:59:22 PM »

One of the things I have done to all my 22s is polish the feed ramp. Can easily be done with fine grit sandpaper and or a dremmel. I personally like using the sandpaper because it's slower and you can pay attention to what your doing.

 :yeah:

I had trouble with one of my Ruger 22's a few years back not wanting to feed cheap ammo so I not only polished up the feed lips but polished the follower and the edges where the little thumb button rides up and down.  Since I started doing this I have yet to have a single feeding issue.

Like most mags made of metal they are stamped out pieces and always have one side that is sharper than the other, polish those edges up and it'll probably run smooth with everything you feed it.

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Re: Shooting at the range today
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2017, 03:07:50 PM »
The reality is most high end guns   are just hand fitted. I've gone through several of my guns and just polished/taken out machine marks and burs. They have all become more reliable and smoother shooting.

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