Brownells 10/22 Takedown Rifle Project Update 2

After trying out higher velocity ammunition in the 10/22 Takedown in a recent range visit, I continued testing with additional high velocity ammunition I sourced from Target Sports USA. I specifically tested out CCI Mini-Mag, Federal Champion High Velocity, and Federal Premium Hunter Match.

I wanted to try CCI Mini-Mag because it has been a very popular high velocity ammo option for many years.

The CCI Mini-Mag has a factory specification of 1235fps and averaged 1178fps out of the 10/22 Takedown. The groups were decent at 25 yards and 50 yards, around

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Federal Champion High Velocity is considered a cheaper bulk ammunition option and has a 1240fps factory specification.

The Federal Champion averaged 1244fps in the 10/22 Takedown which is quite surprising that this load ran right at factory specification. The groups were decent.

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I then tried out the Federal Premium Hunter Match which looked like an interesting varmint round which is similar to the Federal Premium HV Match that I tried earlier, except for the hollow point.

Federal Premium Hunter Match has a factory specification of 1200fps and it averaged 1179fps in the 10/22 Takedown. Groups were decent, but not great.

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One interesting item of note is how Federal Champion shot right at factory specification and Federal Premium Hunter Match was only 21fps slower than advertised factory specification. I am not sure why some high velocity ammunition is actually shooting closer to specification in this barrel, when other ammunition options are shooting 70-80fps slower.

I bought a brick (500 rounds) of the Federal Champion and Federal Premium Hunter Match, but only 100 rounds of CCI Mini-Mag. I am going to order more CCI Mini-Mag ammunition along with more high velocity options in future order with Target Sports USA.

More updates on the Brownells 10/22 Takedown project in the near future.