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22 ammo advice
- Thread starter jambrdly
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I like the CCI ammo in general as for accuracy I guess you could try some of their Competition Grade ammo.
http://www.cci-ammunition.com/products/competition.aspx
http://www.cci-ammunition.com/products/competition.aspx
Each of these makers offer several grades of ammunition. The top levels are very expensive. Sometimes the lower grades come up just as accurate at much lower cost.B. Lahey Eley, Lapua, RWS, and Federal Gold Medal are the most common brands for rimfire accuracy fanatics.
Sometimes the lower grades come up just as accurate at much lower cost.
Very true! A High Master Bullseye Pistol shooter told me the following.
He is friends with the VP of the company that makes CCI ammo. Even got a tour of the plant they make .22 ammo in. The VP of CCI told him that he’s better off buying CCI Standard Velocity (Blue Label) over their top of the line CCI Green Tag. When CCI starts making Green Tag, and it passes QC, they make enough for that particular order, then keep the machines running but instead of putting the ammo in the Green Tag containers, it goes into the Blue Label. So chances are real good, when you buy a box of Blue Label, you are getting Green Tag but at half the cost. Kind of a crap shoot, I know, but according to this High Master shooter, odds are in your favor of getting the good stuff. He shoots Blue Label exclusively, even in serious competition, like the national matches at Camp Perry.
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On average, for a cost conscious shooter > CCI Standard Velocity (SV) LR from Dicks (currently $30 a 10 50-ct box 500 round brick).
For high speed, CCI is usually pretty good, but won't be as good on average as the SV stuff.
Wolf Match Target and SK+ is always good an usually a step up.
Of course you can buy the really expensive stuff.
My advice, buy some of each if you are really interested and shoot at targets at 50 yds and record your results so you don't forget.
It depends on the kind of accuracy you seek... smallest groups possible for that rifle or minute of squirrel.
Generally speaking, standard velocity 22LR will shoot better than High Velocity on average.
For high speed, CCI is usually pretty good, but won't be as good on average as the SV stuff.
Wolf Match Target and SK+ is always good an usually a step up.
Of course you can buy the really expensive stuff.
My advice, buy some of each if you are really interested and shoot at targets at 50 yds and record your results so you don't forget.
It depends on the kind of accuracy you seek... smallest groups possible for that rifle or minute of squirrel.
Generally speaking, standard velocity 22LR will shoot better than High Velocity on average.
As always it depends on your gun. I got a new to me rarely been fired made in 1980 Ruger Single Six and decided instead of just shooting whatever I had on hand for it I would do some serious comparing and find the best round for it. Shooting 12 rounds each in my brothers single six from 1976 and my new one I started going through my inventory and I am about a third of the way through. What I have shot so far is as follows.
40 gr Remington Gold PRN
40 gr Remington Standard Velocity LRN
40 gr CCI Mini Mag PRN
40 gr CCI Blazer LRN
40 gr Winchester Super X PHP
36 gr Remington Gold PHP
40 gr CCI Blazer PHP
I still have a lot to go but in both guns the Remington Gold 40 gr solids are grouping about 1/3 smaller than the others which are pretty even.
Best group in my gun so far has been with 40 gr CCI Maxi Mag WMR PRN. Both the magnums and the Rem Gold kept all rounds in the black of a 50 foot small bore pistol target at 25 yards. but the mag had no flyers out of the group the Rem had 1 just out of the group.
I still have a lot of ammo to test but so far these are the results. Except for a few failures to fire with almost all brands there have been no bad results so far.
Just for giggles I also did some rapid fire shooting thumb cocking the single sixes and shooting as fast as I could and compared them to my S&W 41. All single six groups were around 7" except for the Rem gold HP which was 6" and my S&W M41 shot a 1 inch group with the Win Super X PHP. That 1 inch group at 25 yards is the same size groups I get with that gun shooting slow fire from a rest at 25 yards. Give the gun a lot of credit for that.
As far as best ammo, same advice as always. Find what shoots good in your gun without breaking the bank and buy lots of it. I have found my high dollar match ammo is no better than the dollar store stuff until I start shooting out past 50 yards. Then it makes a difference.
40 gr Remington Gold PRN
40 gr Remington Standard Velocity LRN
40 gr CCI Mini Mag PRN
40 gr CCI Blazer LRN
40 gr Winchester Super X PHP
36 gr Remington Gold PHP
40 gr CCI Blazer PHP
I still have a lot to go but in both guns the Remington Gold 40 gr solids are grouping about 1/3 smaller than the others which are pretty even.
Best group in my gun so far has been with 40 gr CCI Maxi Mag WMR PRN. Both the magnums and the Rem Gold kept all rounds in the black of a 50 foot small bore pistol target at 25 yards. but the mag had no flyers out of the group the Rem had 1 just out of the group.
I still have a lot of ammo to test but so far these are the results. Except for a few failures to fire with almost all brands there have been no bad results so far.
Just for giggles I also did some rapid fire shooting thumb cocking the single sixes and shooting as fast as I could and compared them to my S&W 41. All single six groups were around 7" except for the Rem gold HP which was 6" and my S&W M41 shot a 1 inch group with the Win Super X PHP. That 1 inch group at 25 yards is the same size groups I get with that gun shooting slow fire from a rest at 25 yards. Give the gun a lot of credit for that.
As far as best ammo, same advice as always. Find what shoots good in your gun without breaking the bank and buy lots of it. I have found my high dollar match ammo is no better than the dollar store stuff until I start shooting out past 50 yards. Then it makes a difference.