Yes, the flyers kill me. The CCI is noticeably better about them than the Aguila. When I had the RPR, I tried sorting the ammo by weight and it didn't show any improvement for me. Not sure if measuring rim thickness would have helped either (I've done that in the past). I may just have to accept that the ammo I have is going to hold me back and scrap the whole idea. I really don't want to buy .22LR match ammo at current pricing. And I know everyone is shaking their head at me because I want a higher dollar "precision" rifle just so I can shoot non-match ammo, and I get that, not my first day at the rodeo. I'm just an inherent cheap ass and it's a constant struggle. This hobby isn't cheap anymore.I understand the long drive issue. I'm an hour out, on a good traffic day.
Just suggesting that it might be worth a trip or two to even watch one of these matches. They are very well run and have a variety of shooters from complete newbies, to literally world class/world record shooters, to 4H little girls that you wish you could shoot as good as.
To be very clear, I cannot run with the big dogs at this sport. Strangely, they still let me come shoot with them. I hope to get back to it next year.
I run a cheap Savage and have yet to be able to outshoot it. I do my best to make CCI SV work, but I'm not sure it really will. Consistency is what you get when you move from $.05 a round to double/triple, etc. per round.
IMHO CCI SV is consistent for 8-9 shots before a flyer bites you. Past a hundred yards, that really starts to make a lot of difference. Especially when judging wind and or calculating your hold from where your last miss was spotted.