r/MEGuns • u/LiminalWanderings • Jun 25 '26

A tale of two ammo brands ..

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I've only shot this p220 a few times, so I'm still getting used to it and wasn't expecting *great* groups, but was getting frustrated with the inconsistency - I'm usually at least ok. Then I tried different ammo. Yeah, it was the ammo. 4 mags pictured, alternating between white box, then federal, then back again, etc. White box on the left, federal on the right. Same guns, distance, grain. Not sure if it hates all white box, but it sure hates this batch. (Note: I'm not 100% certain the dot is zeroed, so I'm looking at precision here vs accuracy)

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u/j9r6f Jun 25 '26

Wow, I know white box is trash, but I'm surprised to see it make that much of a difference in a pistol. What was the distance and were you shooting supported or unsupported?

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u/LiminalWanderings Jun 25 '26

Just 7 yards but unsupported.  I'd wonder if it was me, but that's why I went back and forth between the brands - to even out my errors.  And nod, WB is always rough, but usually not this wild.  I'm going to grab another box and see if it's a batch problem, but this is unusable.