whats you take of CCI standard velocity

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.22lr 40gr. LRN for semi-auto handguns?

ive read good reviews on this ammo from rifles (I like my marlin mod60). but I haven't read anything or couldn't find anything with this ammo and semi-auto handguns. muzzle velocity from a rifle is only 1070 fps.

I have a Ruger MkII and a Walther P22 I was thinking of plinking with this weekend. I have a chance to get a brick of this stuff but don't want to waste my time and money if it is too weak to cycle semi-auto handguns.

have any of you used this in semi-auto handguns with good results on cycling reliably?
 
It runs well in all of my 22 pistols. Especially quiet when used with a can since it's a little slower. Buy a box and try for yourself.
 
I've shot cases and cases of it over the years. When I was shooting Team Challenge, it was the only ammo I used in both the handgun and rifle events. I've rarely ever had a misfire with it and it shoots 95% as accurate as Eley.....which is pretty accurate.
 
thanks guys. I wouldn't even ask if I could buy only one box at a time. however these are bricks I'm looking at. think I will take the plunge. worse case I use it in my revolvers and semi-auto rifle.
 
So....what's a brick of the stuff selling for where you are.

IIRC couple months ago my Walmart had bulk (325 round box) for $15 and there were several boxes on the self and no panic buyers around. I bought ONE of the boxes.

I've checked back on a semi regular bases and they don't have any now though. My Fleet Farm occasionally has it (525 round bulk boxes) for $20.

I'd have no trouble buying a brick of the stuff if it was reasonably priced.
 
It is very reliable from a cycling standpoint. It is low cost ammo that performs pretty well. There is stuff out there more accurate but it costs more. FWIW, here are the results from some testing I did with some High Standard pistols some years ago. It will give you a baseline of what to expect. YMMV

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CCI Standard Velocity is excellent ammo. It cycles all of my .22 pistols flawlessly. Here's a little story about this stuff as told to me by a Camp Perry Bullseye Pistol Champion. He got a tour of the CCI factory that makes the stuff. They make CCI Standard Velocity and CCI Green Tag under the same roof, same machines. CCI Green Tag is supposed to be the best target ammo they make. He was told by the VP of CCI that SV and GT ammo is the same stuff, basically. When they set up a loading line, they try for quality standards of the GT ammo. If achieved, it gets packaged such. If the quality doesn't quite make it, it gets packaged as SV. If the quality is there, it's packaged as GT. Once the order quantity for GT has been filled, they don't just shut the line down, they keep producing GT quality ammo, but package it as SV. So chances are, when you buy a brick of Standard Velocity, you could be getting Green Tag, at half the price. This particular Bullseye shooter shot CCI Standard Velocity, even in competition. He found it every bit as good as the Green Tag, in most cases. I have no idea if this is true, but I'm not going to call this guy a liar, that's for sure. Now this was 15 years ago, things may have changed since.
 
its $42 per 500 round brick in my area
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Thanks for the reply.

Once again the CCI is (IMhO) good stuff but ouch! on the price. I've should be more complementary about the Fleet Farm and Walmart stores for NOT price gouging. Still, we've all heard stories here on TFL for brick of .22 going for $60 or more.
 
If a 22 won't function with CCI you've got a bad 22. Just my opinion.
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.22 semi auto pistols are the most ..finicky.. guns I know. Which is kind of odd, really as the .22 semi rifles I know are pretty much uncaring omnivores.

If your .22 pistol doesn't run well with a certain brand/load its fussy, but not necessarily a bad .22.

Was shooting with a friend one time, he had an S&W model 41. Awesome gun, grips that made it feel like you were wearing the pistol, not holding it, and a dot sight that virtually made you have to work at it, in order to miss.

After the 3rd or 4th failure to fire shooting CCI BLAZER, he was getting a bit put out. He swapped ammo and had 100% function.

The BLAZER ammo ran 100% through my Ruger Mk I, including the rounds that failed to fire in the S&W.

My point is, that .22s seem to be very much individuals about what they like, and what they will tolerate. I've seen guns be jammomatics with a certain ammo and the next gun eat it like candy.

I don't know about (current) CCI .22 Standard velocity, have not used any in decades. An MV of 1070fps from a rifle seems pretty low, it may not run SOME semi pistols well.

High velocity 40gr .22LR (1250MV from my pistols) has been the general "standard" for decades (meaning most common), and "standard" velocity 40gr (meaning the original MV levels before High Speed ammo) has been mainly a target round for some time.

If it shoots well in something you own, you aren't wasting money.

I won't comment on the price, other than ALL the prices today are crazy, but then cheap me is still shooting .22lr I bought for less than $10 a brick during the Reagan & Bush years...:rolleyes:
 
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"CCI Standard Velocity is excellent ammo. It cycles all of my .22 pistols flawlessly. Here's a little story about this stuff as told to me by a Camp Perry Bullseye Pistol Champion. He got a tour of the CCI factory that makes the stuff. They make CCI Standard Velocity and CCI Green Tag under the same roof, same machines. CCI Green Tag is supposed to be the best target ammo they make. He was told by the VP of CCI that SV and GT ammo is the same stuff, basically. When they set up a loading line, they try for quality standards of the GT ammo. If achieved, it gets packaged such. If the quality doesn't quite make it, it gets packaged as SV. If the quality is there, it's packaged as GT. Once the order quantity for GT has been filled, they don't just shut the line down, they keep producing GT quality ammo, but package it as SV. So chances are, when you buy a brick of Standard Velocity, you could be getting Green Tag, at half the price. This particular Bullseye shooter shot CCI Standard Velocity, even in competition. He found it every bit as good as the Green Tag, in most cases. I have no idea if this is true, but I'm not going to call this guy a liar, that's for sure. Now this was 15 years ago, things may have changed since"

++1 on this. I've been told the same thing. I do know for a fact that our Pistol Club uses nothing but CCI SV in their matches, and some of those shooters were and are State Champions.
 
It runs excellently in the two Buckmarks we have. No jams or misfires, accurate, clean. When I see it I try to get some whenever possible.
 
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.22 semi auto pistols are the most ..finicky.. guns I know. Which is kind of odd, really as the .22 semi rifles I know are pretty much uncaring omnivores.

If your .22 pistol doesn't run well with a certain brand/load its fussy, but not necessarily a bad .22.

Was shooting with a friend one time, he had an S&W model 41. Awesome gun, grips that made it feel like you were wearing the pistol, not holding it, and a dot sight that virtually made you have to work at it, in order to miss.

After the 3rd or 4th failure to fire shooting CCI BLAZER, he was getting a bit put out. He swapped ammo and had 100% function.

The BLAZER ammo ran 100% through my Ruger Mk I, including the rounds that failed to fire in the S&W.

My point is, that .22s seem to be very much individuals about what they like, and what they will tolerate. I've seen guns be jammomatics with a certain ammo and the next gun eat it like candy.

I don't know about (current) CCI .22 Standard velocity, have not used any in decades. An MV of 1070fps from a rifle seems pretty low, it may not run SOME semi pistols well.

High velocity 40gr .22LR (1250MV from my pistols) has been the general "standard" for decades (meaning most common), and "standard" velocity 40gr (meaning the original MV levels before High Speed ammo) has been mainly a target round for some time.

If it shoots well in something you own, you aren't wasting money.

I won't comment on the price, other than ALL the prices today are crazy, but then cheap me is still shooting .22lr I bought for less than $10 a brick during the Reagan & Bush years...:rolleyes:
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I hear you, I just don't like fussy 22s. I've never had those issues with the Ruger MK series which is part of the reason I like those pistols.
 
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I prefer it over any other reasonably priced std. vel. ammo. In my rifles or pistols. I've never had good luck with Win. T-22 or Remington std. Pretty good luck with Fed Auto Match in my Mk2 pistol but I understand some have had poor results with it. I'd like to have a ton of the CCI std.
 
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