{"id":1500,"date":"2017-09-05T11:52:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T16:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2020-01-04T18:56:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T23:56:02","slug":"buckmark-22lr-pistol-accuracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/2017\/09\/buckmark-22lr-pistol-accuracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Buckmark .22LR Pistol Accuracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How accurate is a typical rimfire pistol?  Out of curiosity I mounted my <a href=\"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/2006\/12\/target-pistol-browning-buck-mark-22-with-gemtech-outback-ii-suppressor\/\">Buckmark<\/a>, with its 4&#8243; Tactical Solutions barrel and 5&#8243; AAC Element II suppressor, on my test stand and recorded shots simultaneously at 25 and 50 yards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/img\/TestRigBuckmark.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/img\/TestRigBuckmark-640.jpg\" alt=\"Buckmark pistol with suppressor in test stand\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As usual, I digitized the paper targets using <a href=\"https:\/\/ontargetshooting.com\/ontarget-tds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OnTarget TDS<\/a>, and followed the statistical analysis outlined at <a href=\"http:\/\/ballisticaccuracy.com\">ballisticaccuracy.com<\/a>.  The aggregated data and analysis are in <a href=\"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/img\/BuckmarkTacSolAnalysis.xlsx\">this Excel workbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Ammunition<\/th>\n<th>CEP Radius (MOA)<\/th>\n<th>Average fps<\/th>\n<th>fps Standard Deviation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color:#CCC\">\n<td style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/img\/BuckmarkSKPlus25yd.jpg\">SK Plus<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">2.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:right\">904fps &nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:right\">20.0 &nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/img\/BuckmarkEleyTarget25yd.jpg\">Eley Target<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">2.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:right\">952fps &nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:right\">11.9 &nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color:#CCC\">\n<td style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/img\/BuckmarkGemtech25yd.jpg\">Gemtech 42gr<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">2.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:right\">910fps &nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:right\">15.0 &nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">CCI SV<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">3.1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:right\">914fps &nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:right\">16.2 &nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color:#CCC\">\n<td style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/img\/BuckmarkChampion25yd.jpg\">Federal Champion HV<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">4.7<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:right\">1037fps &nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:right\">14.6 &nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>I was surprised at how much more dispersion this gun shows than <a href=\"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/2015\/09\/1022-precision-rematch\/\">the 10\/22 rifles I have tested<\/a>.  It&#8217;s certainly nothing to brag about: The 10-ring on NRA Bullseye Pistol targets (shot competitively with autoloading rimfire pistols) typically has a radius of 3MOA, and even with zero shooter error the good ammo here would only hit that 80% of the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How accurate is a typical rimfire pistol? Out of curiosity I mounted my Buckmark, with its 4&#8243; Tactical Solutions barrel and 5&#8243; AAC Element II suppressor, on my test stand and recorded shots simultaneously at 25 and 50 yards. 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