CCI Standard - CCI Blazer

[LiveLife]

CCI 22lr and just tried out CCI Blazer 22lr.

Question: what to prefer in pistol shooting and revolver shooting?

While I illustrated in post #21 that CCI SV (1070 fps) and CCI Blazer (1235 fps) produced smallest consistent groups of 1/2"-3/4" compared to most other "bulk" brands/weights of 22LR; depending on range day, Blazer groups produced more flyers than CCI SV during the 10,000+ round test. (NOTE: And this is for 40 gr "boxed" as Blazer also come in loose bulk packaging of 38/40 gr)

But this was range tested using rifle barrels, not shorter pistol barrels.

Out of pistol/revolver barrels, slightly smaller, more consistent CCI SV groups with less flyers may not be noticeable to justify higher cost of CCI SV over Blazer (Currently $5/50 vs $3.30/50 for 40 gr and $31.70/50 for 38 gr).

So unless your pistols or you can shoot the difference, it may come down to shooting whichever is cheaper.

BTW, out of GSG 1911 and Glock 22 with Advantage Arms 22LR slide kit, I can't really discern the difference between more "accurate" 22LR from others as even cheap Armscor (Which produced larger 2" groups at 50 yards out of 10/22 and T/CR22, Currently below $25/50 shipped) produced 2" groups at 25 yards out of GSG 1911 (FWIW, CCI SV cycled the slide of AA slide kit but not Norma Tac-22 and did fine with other HV 22LR like Aguila/Armscor).

 

[bornintheeu]

CCI SV is probably my go to for an accuracy load, I seldom see anything shoot better from my .22's than it at a price I say is worth stocking up on, but for a general use ammo, I saw someone mention Blazer and that's a decent, common, quality ammo that is loaded hotter than standard velocity and I don't recall having too many issues with it cycling and feeding in autoloaders.

 

[bornintheeu]

While I illustrated in post #21 that CCI SV (1070 fps) and CCI Blazer (1235 fps) produced smallest consistent groups of 1/2"-3/4" compared to most other "bulk" brands/weights of 22LR; depending on range day, Blazer groups produced more flyers than CCI SV during the 10,000+ round test. (NOTE: And this is for 40 gr "boxed" as Blazer also come in loose bulk packaging of 38/40 gr)

But this was range tested using rifle barrels, not shorter pistol barrels.

Out of pistol/revolver barrels, slightly smaller, more consistent CCI SV groups with less flyers may not be noticeable to justify higher cost of CCI SV over Blazer (Currently $5/50 vs $3.30/50 for 40 gr and $31.70/50 for 38 gr).

So unless your pistols or you can shoot the difference, it may come down to shooting whichever is cheaper.

BTW, out of GSG 1911 and Glock 22 with Advantage Arms 22LR slide kit, I can't really discern the difference between more "accurate" 22LR from others as even cheap Armscor (Which produced larger 2" groups at 50 yards out of 10/22 and T/CR22, Currently below $25/50 shipped) produced 2" groups at 25 yards out of GSG 1911 (FWIW, CCI SV cycled the slide of AA slide kit but not Norma Tac-22 and did fine with other HV 22LR like Aguila/Armscor).

 

[bornintheeu]

Many thanks to all for the information.