Through my lifetime of shooting and hunting, I've heard many people say that's not a lot of velocity when talking about different calibers. Now you'll know how fast that velocity is in mph. A while ago I was reading my winter 2012 edition of Varmint Hunters magazine and I came across a great article by Robert A. Rinker and I would like to pass on some of his article to you (see chart below).
f.p.s mph f.p.s mph
800 545 2000 1364
900 614 2100 1432
1,000 682 2200 1500
1,100 750 2400 1636
1,200 818 2600 1773
1,300 886 2800 1909
1,400 955 3000 2045
1,500 1023 3200 2182
1,600 1091 3400 2318
1,700 1159 3600 2454
1,800 1227 3800 2591
1,900 1295 4000 2727
If you want to figure your own calibers, take your fps and divide by 3, then multiply your answer by 2, your result will be within 3%. If you need to be dead on multiply your fps by 0.6818 to obtain mph. You can have some fun with this, I know I did. To learn a lot more and meet some great people join the Varmint Hunters in Pierre, SD.(800-528-4868)
Be safe and always know what's behind your target.
more to come......
Sunday, August 26, 2012
"CLARK CUSTOM & RUGER 77/22 MAG"
A while ago I ordered a new Clark Custom rifle in 22Mag. This is my fourth rifle from Clark, two are Ruger 10/22, one is a Ruger 77/22Lr and this new arrival is a Ruger 77/22mag. In my opinion Clark Customs makes the most accurate and well built 22 rifles and pistols on the market today (Clark Customs 1-318-949-9884).
I now have my rifle. It has a stainless match 20" Walther Bull Barrel, trigger job with over travel stop, crisp 1.5 pull, reliability package, Clark magazine release, and black laminate stock. Fit and finish are perfect. While getting ready to clean this rifle and mount a new Sightron SII 3-9x42 HHR (Hunter Holdover Reticle) scope, I had a problem with the bolt release. The problem was the bolt release spring. I called Clark Custom and talked with two guys, one being the rifle builder, two days later I had a new spring, now that's Custom service.
Now its off to the range with three boxes of ammo, CCI maxi-mag hp+v30gr, Remington premier 33gr accutemp-v and Hornady 30gr v-max. I zeroed the rifle at 50 meters with the Hornady ammo, then cleaned the rifle. Now I was going to try the different ammo's, starting with 5 shots of the Remington ammo, I thought this is great, a small group right away. Next was 5 shots of Hornady ammo with even a smaller group. Then 5 shots of CCI ammo, which this rifle did not like. After each ammo I cleaned the barrel and the bolt face. I completed this testing three more times with the same ammo. The target I received with the rifle from Clark Custom was 1/4" group shot with Fiocchi 40gr jsp at 1910 fps. I have to get a box of Fiocchi and try it next time.
Two weeks have passed and we are back at the range. The ammo's today are the Hornady and Remington I had from before and a box of that Fiocchi 40gr jsp. After 5 shot groups and cleaning with each of three boxes of ammo, the Hornady shot best at 100 meters, followed by the Remington, but at 50 meters the Fiocchi is as good as the other two. Never had a malfunction of any kind. Thank you Clark Custom.
Always be safe and know whats behind your target
more to come.....
I now have my rifle. It has a stainless match 20" Walther Bull Barrel, trigger job with over travel stop, crisp 1.5 pull, reliability package, Clark magazine release, and black laminate stock. Fit and finish are perfect. While getting ready to clean this rifle and mount a new Sightron SII 3-9x42 HHR (Hunter Holdover Reticle) scope, I had a problem with the bolt release. The problem was the bolt release spring. I called Clark Custom and talked with two guys, one being the rifle builder, two days later I had a new spring, now that's Custom service.
Now its off to the range with three boxes of ammo, CCI maxi-mag hp+v30gr, Remington premier 33gr accutemp-v and Hornady 30gr v-max. I zeroed the rifle at 50 meters with the Hornady ammo, then cleaned the rifle. Now I was going to try the different ammo's, starting with 5 shots of the Remington ammo, I thought this is great, a small group right away. Next was 5 shots of Hornady ammo with even a smaller group. Then 5 shots of CCI ammo, which this rifle did not like. After each ammo I cleaned the barrel and the bolt face. I completed this testing three more times with the same ammo. The target I received with the rifle from Clark Custom was 1/4" group shot with Fiocchi 40gr jsp at 1910 fps. I have to get a box of Fiocchi and try it next time.
Two weeks have passed and we are back at the range. The ammo's today are the Hornady and Remington I had from before and a box of that Fiocchi 40gr jsp. After 5 shot groups and cleaning with each of three boxes of ammo, the Hornady shot best at 100 meters, followed by the Remington, but at 50 meters the Fiocchi is as good as the other two. Never had a malfunction of any kind. Thank you Clark Custom.
Always be safe and know whats behind your target
more to come.....
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