Something a little different...

I originally posted this at tcunation.com and thought it would worth sharing here:

This past Sunday (I'm lobbying to change Sunday to bitter clingy day) afternoon I went to the range to start breaking in my new toy (6" Beretta Neos U22). I brought a fair variety of ammunition and and shot for a good two and half hours before all the cool kids showed up with their girl friends and children. By the time I got done shooting I was wishing I had brought some water with me. On the way out I stopped by the pro shop to grab a cold drink. While I was there, somebody's mother was in their trying to buy some .22lr for her kids as they had run out. The pro shop didn't have any either. I, on the other had, had plenty at the house and had some leftover in my range bag. I paid for my drink and had this young lady come out to the car and gave her about 100 rounds of Federal Bulk and 60 rounds of CCI MiniMag round nose. She wanted to know how much. I told her to go shoot with her kids, and make sure they grew up to be responsible firearms handlers. For those of you who regularly go to public ranges, throw a few hundred rounds of inexpensive .22lr into your range bag. You never know when you'll have the opportunity to assist in the development of responsible youth.

Range Report for those interested: I fired between 400 and 500 rounds of Federal Bulk Hollow Points, Federal Champion Lead Round Nose, Federal AutoMatch Lead Round Nose and CCI MiniMag Round Nose combined.  I had maybe 6 stovepipes and thinking about it maybe 2 dimpled primers which I reloaded and fired.  I believe all malfunctions were the Federal Champions.  Still, this is not all that bad during break in.  I'll be firing another 500 rounds this weekend weather permitting to finish the break in.  I, somewhat, zeroed the sights off hand and managed to get allmost all the holes within an 8" target, mind you it looks like a shotgun pattern but, all things being equal, it ate up everything I fed to it and this is the break in period.  Next weekend I may use a rest and start to find what it actually likes the best.