'Bench' testing the H&R
1For the sake of this discussion, my 'rest' is a toolbox with a piece of cloth on top of it. Not ideal, but I figure it would serve to minimize my movement of the pistol while comparing different .22 ammo options. I had expected to see fairly tight groups even with my less than ideal rest, but at ten yards (the first stand), the groups shot with the rest all within a 4" circle, and at 15 yards they were only a little wider. I can almost shoot that well standing without a rest. Makes me wonder about the revolver. I will need to rig up a better rest so I can test more thoroughly. As far as the ammo testing goes, I shot four tests comparing Federal Champion/Match vs Aguilar Super Extra. At 10 yards and then another two tests at 15 yards. Each test consisted of 18 rounds of each type of ammunition. Even though the groups were similar between the Aguilar and the Federal, the Federal consistently shot higher than POA and the Aguilar shot slightly lower than POA. Not a very scientific test all in all. I will have to rig up a better rest and try this again.