SA Range Officer Ransom Rested

saread · Mar 14, 2011

Got out to the range today and put my RO in a Ransom Rest for some ammo trials. First up is some 200 gr hardball with 4.6 gr of Bullseye, not very awe inspiring:

Next up is something more inline with an actual target load, 200 LSWC with 3.8 gr Bullseye, a little more like what we're looking for:

Lastly, we change the previous load to 200 gr LSWC and 4.0 gr Bullseye, now we're talking something we can work with:

I'm going to drop in a new bushing and work up some other load combinations and we'll give this another try down the road. Not too bad for a sub $800 gun and definitely a good base gun.

Spray-n-pray · Mar 14, 2011

That's what we want to see, big ragged holes in that paper!

iamme · Mar 15, 2011

Not bad for a production gun!!

ron · Mar 15, 2011

I have used the load of 4 grains of Bullseye behind the 200 swc for many years. This is my target load with enough power to operate a 1911 without changing springs. I have used this load in falling plate matches and steel matches. What pistol are you using?

saread · Mar 15, 2011

Springfield Armory Range Officer. Stock - for now. Ransom Rest work was to baseline the gun to see how future mods come out.

orygun · Mar 15, 2011

According to the boys in the "does anyone care about Glock" thread, your gun shouldn't feed a SWC bullet. :s0114:

I've seen the Range Officer advertisements and thought it looked like it would be a good pistol. Sure looks like it shoots well.

MarkAd · Mar 20, 2011

Did the range hqve the rest of is it your own. I woould really like to bench test my pistol.

saread · Mar 20, 2011

Yes, it was at Kenmore. I don't know if you can get to use the rest if you're not a member. Doesn't hurt to ask though.

olyshoots · Mar 21, 2011

Nice work there. Pretty good accuracy for the price. Not every production gun brand can do that.

saread · Apr 16, 2011

I did a little work to my RO and had some time for load development. Back to the ransom rest for some 5 shot groups at 25 yards. I shot the range of loads I had, and then repeated the process to be sure that the results were repeatable. The powder was Bullseye and the bullet was a 200 gr. LSWC. The results of the exercise are below:

4.4 gr. Bullseye