Favorite Bulk .22lr

[bratch]

Whats your preferred bulk 22lr load?

Not neccesarily the round your pet 22 shoots best but the box you'd pick up when you are taking 5 different 22s to the range.

 

[Leonovicz]

I'm hardly a marksman, but from my experience Winchester Xpert 22 (36gr. HP) has been the most accurate out of my CZ-452.

P.S. - You may want to modify this topic to include a poll based on common brands or specific loadings.

 

[Mal H]

Winchester Dynapoint, but no one carries them any longer. Second choice is Federal bulk. I don't like any Remington bulk offerings - too many FTF's, but the last place choice (after about 320 others available) goes to Winchester X-pert (not to be confused with Super-X). How can Winchester put out one of the best and the very worst at the same time?

[Edit about 1 minute later]
Leonovicz and I were posting at the same time. This happens quite often with .22 ammunition. What works well for one person in most of their firearms is absolute trash for another person. It only shows, once again, that you have to choose .22 ammo based on the way it acts in your guns.

 

[Mr.Caliber]

federal (champion??) I think thats what its called

 

[El Tejon]

Whatever is cooper plated. I hate getting lead all over my hands when loading.

 

[tubeshooter]

Given the choice, make mine Federal.

 

[Husker1911]

CCI Blazer.

 

[Werewolf]

Aquila - a wide variety of bullet weights and velocities, all very reliable, accurate and at a very good price.

I've tried CCI, Wolf and Remington varieties of .22LR also with varying results. My buckmark chokes every tenth round or so on CCI and remington and the wolf stuff's extra cost just isn't worth it to me.

 

[Leonovicz]

Leonovicz and I were posting at the same time. This happens quite often with .22 ammunition. What works well for one person in most of their firearms is absolute trash for another person. It only shows, once again, that you have to choose .22 ammo based on the way it acts in your guns.

In fairness to Mal H's observations, I would like to qualify my post. I have gone shooting less than ten times during my entire life; furthermore, this has mostly been hour-long sessions at indoor ranges with an unscoped rifle and poor trigger discipline (and likely posture). I believe my best "groups" have been about 4" at 20-25 yards, though they are usually 15 shots or so. The accuracy differences may be due to gradual improvement in shooting, not ammunition used.

 

[jlbraun]

Remington Golden Bullet, perversely, extracts the best in my Kadet because the rim on Federal 22LR is actually sloped back towards the rear of the casing a bit, so the extractor slips off of it.

I get about the same number of FTFs in Remington and Federal.

 

[mustanger98]

I didn't vote the poll, but if I'm taking five different .22's to the range, it'll be Federal. In my experience, it goes bang every time, cycles the actions reliably, and hits where I intend it to. However, if I'm focusing on my Remington 521-T, I'll take Winchester Xpert.

 

[DonP]

Federal Auto Match, 325 in a box

When I can find it i stock up. It's the only bulk ammo that all 3 of my Marlin Model 60's like on a regular basis.

My Browning Buckmark eats anything with nary a hiccup.

The hard part is finding the stuff. Otherwise it's the Federal Gold Match bulk with 500 per box IIRC?.

 

[carlrodd]

i have had the worst experiences with remington golden bullets. i'd say there is a fail to fire twice in every 10 rounds...that's BAD. however, i have had nothing but consistency from cci blazers. they are really smokey, but are completely reliable, and cheaper. federals are relaible too.

 

[LiquidTension]

I've been using CCI MiniMags for years because the bulk stuff just wasn't working - FTFs, FTEs all the time. Recently I tried some Federal bulk - the kind that comes in 550rd boxes. I've had zero problems with it after one box, but I haven't put the guns on a rest to test for accuracy.

 

[Pumpkinheaver]

The winchester X-Pert is the most accurate bulk load out of my 22-45.

 

[LHB1]

My standard .22 "bulk" round is the Win Super-X brick of 500, usually bought 3-4 bricks at a time. I also like a carton of 5-10 100 packs of CCI MiniMags. I just don't bother with true bulk .22 ammo as I have had poor experiences with quality, accuracy, etc. in the past. The difference in price is just not worth it. I would rather shoot first class ammo in my .22 pistols and rifles just like I do in my centerfire pistols and rifles. Just my .02

Good shooting and be safe.
LB

 

[KaiserBen]

I buy Federal Champion, costs ~$12/500, and is much more reliable than the bulk packs I've tried. Pretty accurate out of my Buckmark and CZ-452 as well.

 

[waterhouse]

It used to be dynapoint, but I'm saving my last couple bricks . . . I don't know why, I guess just to have. Why they stopped making that stuff is a mystery.

Now I mostly shoot Federal Champion, which was something like $6 a brick at Academy last year and I bought about 20 bricks. Pretty accurate and I haven't had any trouble with it.

 

[Ala Dan]

Federal

 

[FPrice]

Give me the Federal. It may not always be the best in any one gun but it seems to be consistent in more guns than any other brand I have tried.

 

[KaceCoyote]

Anything from CCI!

 

[bumm]

I buy both Remington Goldens and Federals. I have no real preference for either, but a few of my guns do.
Marty

 

[Doug Add]

Interesting the different experiences with these ammos. I hear so many bad things about Remington Golden Bullets, but my son and I have shot thousands and thousands of these with almost no failures. I cannot attest to accuracy, because we were usually just chasing cans and milk jugs around.

Winchester X-Pert was the most worthless box of ammo I ever bought. It wouldn't work in any of our .22s.

 

[denfoote]

I find that the Federal 550 round box works just fine for me!!

 

[RyanM]

Seems like 1 out of 50 to 100 Remington Golden Bullets is a dud, for me. I pulled a dud with pliers once, and found a bunch of green flakes of priming compound mixed in with the powder, but none in the rim. But it seems to be one of the more potent loads out of a pistol.

Federal bulk pack has been very reliable for me, but not very powerful in a pistol at all. Shot a quarter at 7 yards, once. The bullet got stuck. It also makes a pretty decent sized flash, so apparently the powder is a bit slow. More suited to a rifle.