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TXGunNut said
28 gauge- 

Not familiar with Imperial ammo, is it standard or high velocity? I understand the 63 does better with high velocity and my little carbine is no exception. Which ammo grouped best? I haven’t found anything that works especially well in my carbine yet but I haven’t shot it much lately.

 

Mike  

 Mike ,the Imperial ammunition was the high velocity 40 grain stuff.It has not been made for the public for quite sometime now.The company is now owned by General Dynamics and produces only ammunition for the military .The ammunition was bought quite sometime ago, after the company was sold from C-I-L to I-V-I.I-V-I sold out to General Dynamics later on.The ammo I had was I-V-I manufacture.

 The ammunition was always good quality ammo.Perhaps the ammo I have, made by I-V-I close to the time they sold out,was not as well made or a bad batch. Imperial always worked well in an other .22 rifles I used it in ,until the last trip to the range.Sometime I will try what I have left in my Winchester Model 9422 rifle.It has always fired what ever I have put into it.:)

 Funny thing is, two of the best groups I had were shot using the Imperial ammo.Sometimes it worked well in the rifle and at other times it did not seem to want to go in the chamber of the Model 63.The same thing happened with the Browning SA in use on the same day.