I had the day off but my wife had to work so the day was to myself for the most part. I headed off to the range with the shooting chrony with the intention of testing the 22 calibers I had with me. I had mt TC Contender with three barrels. One is a Super 16 22 lr stainless tapered barrel, a 10 inch 22 Hornet and a 14 inch MGM barrel chambered in 221 Fireball.

It was an interesting session to say the least. We had thunderstorms roll through the night and into the early morning in Southern New England and it cleared up by 10;00 AM or so. I headed to the range and discovered that we have a pest problem. For some reason we have an inordinate number of horseflies. Yes. Those big, black biting ones. There was one the size of a humming bird. Needless to say it got interesting at the range while shooting.

I wanted to see what the various 22 long rifle loads would do out of a 16 inch barrel. So here are my results for that session.

Thompson Center Contender 16" barrel:

CCI SGB load: 1234.1 fps ave.
CCI Stingers: 1573.1 fps ave.
CCI Quik-Shok: 1631.2 fps ave
CCI Velocitor; 1401 fps ave.
Eley Silhouex: 1085.25 fps ave.
Remington Thunderbolt: 1022 fps ave.

The TC Contender with the 10 inch 22 Hornet did the following:

22 Hornet-46 grain Winchester HP bullet, 13 grains of H110

2336.8 fps ave

22 Hornet-40 grain Hornady V Max bullet, 13 grains of H110

2310.8 fps ave.

TC Contender 14: 221 Fireball:

Remington Factory load: 50 grain V max Boattail bullet

2761.1 fps average

Handload:

40 grain Hornady V Max bullet, 19.5 grains of AA 1680 powder

3164.27 fps ave.

Next time I will take something for those horseflies.