Aguila 22 short ammo information
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:08 pm
Hi All,
A few of you may remember me posting asking for input on the Aguila 22 short match ammo. I was looking for a low cost practice/local club alternative to the CCI target shorts.
I ordered a case of Aguila off of a local dealer. The distribution warehouse was located in Quincy Ill. The lot date was quite old, over 2 years old. I was concerned about the condition of the ammo as Quincy is along side the Missippissi river and as such, subject to high humidity.
I pulled one brick out of the case and went to the range. The first session I went through 100 rounds with 15 failures to fire. As a control, I next fired 100 CCI target shorts after cleaning the pistol, 100% functioned. I returned to the Aguila after again cleaning the pistol and was presented with the same 15% defect rate. I called the dealer to inform him that there was an issue with reliability. The second 200 I left on a boiler to dry out before I returned to the range. These were kept at a temp of about 150 degrees F for about 2 weeks, these were much more reliable but still not up to match standards, they were still running 8% failure to fire. The last 100 were fired at that time and they reflected the 15% defect rate of the first batch.
The dealer worked with me in returning the case as I would not accept an overall failure rate of about 12%. I have since given up on Aguila 22 short and gone back to CCI for practice/local matches and Eley for important matches. I will still use the Aguila se in my Pardini SP's as I have never had an issue with it.
My 2 cents,
Tom
Firearm used: Walther OSP, factory brl, all ports open, recent firing pin, recoil and extractor kits. Cleaned every 75-100 rounds during the tests.
Control ammo: CCI 22 Short target part# 0037
Test ammo: Aguila 22 short match Prod date June 2002
A few of you may remember me posting asking for input on the Aguila 22 short match ammo. I was looking for a low cost practice/local club alternative to the CCI target shorts.
I ordered a case of Aguila off of a local dealer. The distribution warehouse was located in Quincy Ill. The lot date was quite old, over 2 years old. I was concerned about the condition of the ammo as Quincy is along side the Missippissi river and as such, subject to high humidity.
I pulled one brick out of the case and went to the range. The first session I went through 100 rounds with 15 failures to fire. As a control, I next fired 100 CCI target shorts after cleaning the pistol, 100% functioned. I returned to the Aguila after again cleaning the pistol and was presented with the same 15% defect rate. I called the dealer to inform him that there was an issue with reliability. The second 200 I left on a boiler to dry out before I returned to the range. These were kept at a temp of about 150 degrees F for about 2 weeks, these were much more reliable but still not up to match standards, they were still running 8% failure to fire. The last 100 were fired at that time and they reflected the 15% defect rate of the first batch.
The dealer worked with me in returning the case as I would not accept an overall failure rate of about 12%. I have since given up on Aguila 22 short and gone back to CCI for practice/local matches and Eley for important matches. I will still use the Aguila se in my Pardini SP's as I have never had an issue with it.
My 2 cents,
Tom
Firearm used: Walther OSP, factory brl, all ports open, recent firing pin, recoil and extractor kits. Cleaned every 75-100 rounds during the tests.
Control ammo: CCI 22 Short target part# 0037
Test ammo: Aguila 22 short match Prod date June 2002