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Well, after 4 months of layaway, I finally got to pick it up and today, took it out for some initial shooting. I had a TRS-25 attached to a Ruger Mark III that I decided to have a go with on this first time out. I managed to find the riser that came with the sight and got it all set up on the CMR.
I have a variety of ammo for the CMR-30 but this time out I shot 50 rnds of 40 gr. CCI Maxi-Mag HP, 50 Rnds of 40 gr. Maxi-Mag TMJ, and 20 Rnds of Winchester Varmint HV with the 30 grain V-max poly tip bullets.
First 3 shots were from a rest at 50 yards at a target on a piece of cardboard that was about 18 inches by 24 inches and all three shots missed the paper, to be expected I guess when you consider the RDS had just been thrown on there. Moved up to about 20 yards and finally got some rounds on paper. I dialed it in so I was hitting the center of what I was aiming at and then moved back to 50 yards, on the bench, and...promptly missed the paper entirely again. This situation repeated until I finally just gave up and went to the open sights.
Firing with open sights was a revelation compared to whatever was going on with the RDS. The hits were all close enough to point of aim that I did not feel compelled to change them at the moment. Reasonably accurate, and it did not have a single hiccup in the first 70 or so rounds, first firing through the box of CCI TMJ rounds, then moving to the HP rounds.
Up to this point I had been loading 20 rounds at a time in the mags. So, I decided to test the theory that it will have issues when fully loaded. Oddly enough, I forgot to put the magazine in the gun at this point and went to release the slide. Slide would not release, then I realized there was no mag in the gun. I Put a magazine in it, tried to release the slide and no go. I took the magazine out and lowered the gun and then suddenly the slide slammed forward.
I replaced the magazine and fired the first round, then experienced my first FTF, on a full magazine. All the rounds after that fired just fine.
Next up, I fired 20 of the Winchester Varmint HV rounds. I experienced one FTF, on the second round of this ammo, then the rest fired fine.
The gun showed good accuracy and acceptable reliability with 3 different types of ammo, so far. Upon further inspection and just as I suspected and expected, the bolt hold open thingy is broken. Yay. I was really hoping mine was built after this issue had been fixed. I guess that is what I get for violating my self imposed ban on Kel-Tec purchases.
I have a variety of ammo for the CMR-30 but this time out I shot 50 rnds of 40 gr. CCI Maxi-Mag HP, 50 Rnds of 40 gr. Maxi-Mag TMJ, and 20 Rnds of Winchester Varmint HV with the 30 grain V-max poly tip bullets.
First 3 shots were from a rest at 50 yards at a target on a piece of cardboard that was about 18 inches by 24 inches and all three shots missed the paper, to be expected I guess when you consider the RDS had just been thrown on there. Moved up to about 20 yards and finally got some rounds on paper. I dialed it in so I was hitting the center of what I was aiming at and then moved back to 50 yards, on the bench, and...promptly missed the paper entirely again. This situation repeated until I finally just gave up and went to the open sights.
Firing with open sights was a revelation compared to whatever was going on with the RDS. The hits were all close enough to point of aim that I did not feel compelled to change them at the moment. Reasonably accurate, and it did not have a single hiccup in the first 70 or so rounds, first firing through the box of CCI TMJ rounds, then moving to the HP rounds.
Up to this point I had been loading 20 rounds at a time in the mags. So, I decided to test the theory that it will have issues when fully loaded. Oddly enough, I forgot to put the magazine in the gun at this point and went to release the slide. Slide would not release, then I realized there was no mag in the gun. I Put a magazine in it, tried to release the slide and no go. I took the magazine out and lowered the gun and then suddenly the slide slammed forward.
I replaced the magazine and fired the first round, then experienced my first FTF, on a full magazine. All the rounds after that fired just fine.
Next up, I fired 20 of the Winchester Varmint HV rounds. I experienced one FTF, on the second round of this ammo, then the rest fired fine.
The gun showed good accuracy and acceptable reliability with 3 different types of ammo, so far. Upon further inspection and just as I suspected and expected, the bolt hold open thingy is broken. Yay. I was really hoping mine was built after this issue had been fixed. I guess that is what I get for violating my self imposed ban on Kel-Tec purchases.
some of the coolest firearms designs in the world, if only they could get a functioning QC dept up and running. Having to send a new gun back to the factory is not a plus no matter how nicely they talk to you on the phone. So far my experience is one functions as advertised sub2000, one cool but temperamental gun that could never be counted on in a pinch KSG and one total fail Grendal 30.....Yet the CMR still tempts me. If only you could know the day of the week the gun was made, "I'll take a Wednesday afternoon gun please."
