Bergara BMR 22 Mag at the Rifle Range

[Bowhunter57]

I took 4 boxes of ammo to the range to see which type of ammo my rifle likes the best, at 50 yards.
As it turned out, it likes all of them, but loves 1 of them the best.
This is all on a concrete shooting bench with the rifle on a full set of sandbags.
* Absolutely love the factory trigger in this rifle.

Bottom Left: Winchester 40 gr. JHP bullet at 1910 fps.
Top Left: Hornady Critical Defense 45 gr. FTX bullet that's a JHP at 1700 fps.
Bottom Right: Hornady 30 gr. V-Max JHP bullet at 2200 fps.
Top Right: CCI Maxi-Mag 40 gr. JHP bullet at 1875 fps.

I decided to go with the Hornady 30 gr. V-Max ammo, for varmints!

 

[Knelly]

Nice! I'll be picking up the same one in a week or so. I'll be curious if mine will like the same, looking forward to trying a few on the range soon. Any suppression used?

 

[Bowhunter57]

Nice! I'll be picking up the same one in a week or so. I'll be curious if mine will like the same, looking forward to trying a few on the range soon. Any suppression used?

I am using a Rugged Oculus suppressor. It really tames the noise level down enough to not need hearing protection.

I used the same suppressor on my M&P Sport in 22LR and it was so quiet, all you could hear was the semi-auto action running....with subsonic ammo. I need the knock-down power of the 22 Mag, for immediate kill purposes and that's why I stepped up to his cartridge.

 

[Dannmann801]

I took 4 boxes of ammo to the range to see which type of ammo my rifle likes the best, at 50 yards.
As it turned out, it likes all of them, but loves 1 of them the best.
This is all on a concrete shooting bench with the rifle on a full set of sandbags.
* Absolutely love the factory trigger in this rifle.

Bottom Left: Winchester 40 gr. JHP bullet at 1910 fps.
Top Left: Hornady Critical Defense 45 gr. FTX bullet that's a JHP at 1700 fps.
Bottom Right: Hornady 30 gr. V-Max JHP bullet at 2200 fps.
Top Right: CCI Maxi-Mag 40 gr. JHP bullet at 1875 fps.
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I decided to go with the Hornady 30 gr. V-Max ammo, for varmints!
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That shot group is thumbthing else!

 

[Dannmann801]

I am using a Rugged Oculus suppressor. It really tames the noise level down enough to not need hearing protection.

I used the same suppressor on my M&P Sport in 22LR and it was so quiet, all you could hear was the semi-auto action running....with subsonic ammo. I need the knock-down power of the 22 Mag, for immediate kill purposes and that's why I stepped up to his cartridge.
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Attractive rig ya got there

 

["J"]

That shot group is thumbthing else!