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Barrels in ARs i got have an 1/8 twist. I know that is not optimal at all for a .22lr, it is not the point - i only ask here, if anyone went over this exercise before - what brand/speed .22lr ammo groups the best with a such twist - 16" barrel. I am setting it up for a second kid to be able to shoot together, do not want them to waste my reserves of .223 - but want them to be at least remotely competitive with one another as other rifle will be CZ MTR that is subMOA - it will suck and ruin family unity if AR will be doing a 6" spread while other one is nailing it into a same hole.
I do not want to buy a dedicated upper at this point, just want to get proper ammo. Right now most .22lr i have are CCI mini mags and aguila SE - all are in 1200fps.

<blockquote data-quote="paul73" data-source="post: 7331285" data-attributes="member: 76606">Barrels in ARs i got have an 1/8 twist. I know that is not optimal at all for a .22lr, it is not the point - i only ask here, if anyone went over this exercise before - what brand/speed .22lr ammo groups the best with a such twist - 16&quot; barrel. I am setting it up for a second kid to be able to shoot together, do not want them to waste my reserves of .223 - but want them to be at least remotely competitive with one another as other rifle will be CZ MTR that is subMOA - it will suck and ruin family unity if AR will be doing a 6&quot; spread while other one is nailing it into a same hole.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I do not want to buy a dedicated upper at this point, just want to get proper ammo. Right now most .22lr i have are CCI mini mags and aguila SE - all are in 1200fps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="paul73, post: 7331285, member: 76606"] Barrels in ARs i got have an 1/8 twist. I know that is not optimal at all for a .22lr, it is not the point - i only ask here, if anyone went over this exercise before - what brand/speed .22lr ammo groups the best with a such twist - 16" barrel. I am setting it up for a second kid to be able to shoot together, do not want them to waste my reserves of .223 - but want them to be at least remotely competitive with one another as other rifle will be CZ MTR that is subMOA - it will suck and ruin family unity if AR will be doing a 6" spread while other one is nailing it into a same hole. :) I do not want to buy a dedicated upper at this point, just want to get proper ammo. Right now most .22lr i have are CCI mini mags and aguila SE - all are in 1200fps. [/QUOTE]

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