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Interesting day at the range.
Doc
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Well, interesting hour and a half, anyway.
Shot my custom Remington Model 581 and my BRNO #1 that I recently acquired. Ammo was Remington "Golden Bullets" and some basic Winchester HPs.
I have read many complaints about the Remingtons but I always said they worked fine in all my guns. OK, check that. The 581 didn't like them at all. About 50% misfires when feeding from the magazine. Dropped to 20% if I loaded them one at a time into the chamber with magazine in place and 10% if I loaded them one at a time into the chamber with the magazine out. What's with that? Why would the presence of the magazine affect firing?
No problems with the Winchester ammo. Worked all the time. However, the 581 did shoot its best group with the Remington ammo. Go figure.
The BRNO didn't have any issues with either brand.
The rifles...
And the targets...
Results were close, but advantage BRNO. Best 3 shot group was 7/16" for the Czech while the best for the Remington was 1/2". What's 1/16" between friends?
The BRNO opened it up to a 3/8" lead shooting 5 shot groups. Its best was 7/8" while the 581 posted 1&1/4". Again, advantage BRNO.
PS: The BRNO preferred the Winchester ammo just a bit.
Shot my custom Remington Model 581 and my BRNO #1 that I recently acquired. Ammo was Remington "Golden Bullets" and some basic Winchester HPs.
I have read many complaints about the Remingtons but I always said they worked fine in all my guns. OK, check that. The 581 didn't like them at all. About 50% misfires when feeding from the magazine. Dropped to 20% if I loaded them one at a time into the chamber with magazine in place and 10% if I loaded them one at a time into the chamber with the magazine out. What's with that? Why would the presence of the magazine affect firing?
No problems with the Winchester ammo. Worked all the time. However, the 581 did shoot its best group with the Remington ammo. Go figure.
The BRNO didn't have any issues with either brand.
The rifles...
And the targets...
Results were close, but advantage BRNO. Best 3 shot group was 7/16" for the Czech while the best for the Remington was 1/2". What's 1/16" between friends?
The BRNO opened it up to a 3/8" lead shooting 5 shot groups. Its best was 7/8" while the 581 posted 1&1/4". Again, advantage BRNO.
PS: The BRNO preferred the Winchester ammo just a bit.
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Too old to live...too young to die...
Too old to live...too young to die...
Comments
They are solid rifles like the 788's were.
Why did you cut the barrel down on the 581?
Those Burno's are nice rifles also. I don't have a rimfire but I do have one in 22 K-hornet that is a tack driver.
Too old to live...too young to die...
Capt. Jack Sparrow.