one hour at the range with 3 rugers

i went to an indoor range yesterday with ruger sr22, single six 22lr/wmr and blackhawk 45lc. it was busy so only had one hour. first up was the bh, a new to me used piece for $300 on gb.com to which i added pachmayr grips as im recoil sensitive at my place in life. i shot 50 rounds of georgia arms cowboy loads. the pachmayrs made it not unpleasant shooting. at 20' my shots were in 4" groups, lousy but with these grips im happy, and need, to practice more.

next was the ss, 50 rounds each of 22wmr hornady 30gr and winchester 45gr. the hornady was cleaner and more accurate: 3" groups at 50', 2" at 20'. i was hoping for better from the winchester, it was 2" more open, as the heavier bullet makes for a better defense round.

i took out some untried geco 22lr rifle ammo to try in the ss. this geco was all i could get at one point and this indoor range doesnt allow long guns. sadly the geco wouldn't seat in the ss' 22lr cylinder, it seemed too waxy. so i tried it in the sr22. except for some second shot ftf, the sr22 ate all 150 rds, but it wasnt particularly accurate: 3" at 20' and 5" at 50'. needless to say i wont be getting more geco. my ss has never had trouble with other 22lr. i decided to burn up the geco and ran out of time before i could try some other 22lr i brought.

though it was an abbreviated, hurried session, i came away loving my rugers, as always. the bh is the heavy artillery. the ss is the utility piece. the sr22 is the energizer bunny plinker. im getting to a point in my life where i should be downsizing but i cant let these pieces go.

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one hour at the range with 3 rugers