Remington 22 Target, 40 Grains, Accuracy Test at 50ft (16.67 Yards) with 50 Rounds of Ammo

The Remington 22 Target is actually a very nice round. I was able to achieve groupings at 50ft (16.67 Yards) of 2.125 inches wide by 2.25 inches tall. If you take out the flyers the grouping becomes 1.5 inches wide by 1.625 inches tall.
I only had 10 flyers with this ammo so the standards are much higher while it is being made. So the Standard set for these bullets is right at 80% meaning every 4th bullet you fire is going to be off. This is why we do our accuracy tests with 50 bullets and not 5, so you get true results.
I did have one bullet out of the 50 that did not fire. So that gives the bullets a malfunction rating of 1% or 1 in 100 in which the rim of the bullet is not properly packed. I did fire all 100 rounds and 99 of them did fire. I would actually have to fire more of these to properly determine the malfunction rate as this could have just been the lucky winning box of one dud and you may only get one of those in every so many boxes.
The bullet itself is 40 grains, its a lead round nose with a muzzle velocity of 1150 fps with 117 ft/lbs of energy. Going out to 100 yards this round is going down to subsonic speeds flying at 976 fps with 85 ft/lbs of energy.
Just an FYI, the speed of sound is not constant. It actually changes with a bunch of different variables, the main one being temperature. So at 0 degrees Celsius the speed of sound is actually 1085 fps, but if you go up to 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) the speed of sound is now 1125 fps. So just because the box says Subsonic does not always mean it will be and sometimes even though it doesn't say it, it still is. A little calculating can go a long ways when competing in a gun competition.
Why does that matter? Once a bullet breaks the sound barrier it does the same thing as a jet, and creates a sonic boom. It just happens so quick you don't hear it because it is happening at almost the same time you here the bang from the bullet. The sonic boom usually happens right around the end of your barrel though and creates extra recoil making your shots a tinny bit harder to stay on target. So if you are going for accuracy and a smooth feel, subsonic rounds are usually your best bet.
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Nice shots!!!

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Thank you 😁