What Type Of .22 Ammo Do you Prefer ??

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I am looking for some general info on .22 cal Rim fire ammo... and What types of .22 cal ammo you have found shoots the best for you out of that particular Model...Thanks
 
:D I will start with my S&W model 41...I have tried many different brands but have found that CCI Standard vel 40g LRN shoots the Best...(AKA CCI Blue Box)
 
Remington High-Velocity, Swap Meet Special (unknown age). New Ammo I buy CCI.

Gun: Bolt Action Savage Mark II, so "Cycling" is non-existent.
 
Cheap, reliable and accurate.

Federal bulk pack is as close as I've been able to get to it.

Works in all my guns so its all I buy now.
 
The only rimfire I use these days is a 1911 with a Marvel conversion. It will reliably eat the cheapest ammo I can find and is capable of one inch at 25. I shot about 5K of Remington Thunderbolt from January through May. Currently, I use the much cursed Remington Golden. Just shot the last of 3K I bought a couple of months ago. Will replenish next time I pass Wally World.
 
My friend has a 10/22. (And a MK 2 and 3 ).and he also shoots, and Shoots..... the Federal 550 Bulk Pack...
 
Federal Bulk for the general slaughter of the Evil Soda Can Armies. If I'm betting money, Eley TenEx or Subsonic. Federal Gold Medal if I need match-grade stuff and have to buy local. CCI Green Tag same as FGM.

Shooting a bolt-action Savage Mk II.
 
I have 4 .22 cal firearms around the house and the bulk of what has gone down the tube in each case has been Federal bulk pack. At least for plinking. It's cheap and works reliably. It may not be the MOST accurate, but it's cheap enough you can just shoot more. :D

I do like to have a little CCI around for squirrel hunting as well.
 
My 10/22 will eat anything so I buy cheap bulk pack, right now Federal because it was on sale.
 
Standard velocity 40 gr ammo works well for me in bolt action rifles. Remington Target, Eley and Lapua for target shooting.

Handgun ammo, I too use the box-O-bullets (Federal) from Wal-Mart.

GGF
 
I like Federal Auto Match, CCI Blazers and CCI SV.
I shoot those three out of my Colt New Frontier, S&W 422 and Browning Buck Mark Camper. I try to shoot as much Federal as I can because they are a local company for me.
 
For plinking, I'll use just about anything I can stuff into the chamber.
Remington & CCI ammo cycle all of my semi-autos. Federal ammo won't cycle some of them but it is accurate ammo.

For hunting, Winchester Power Point is hard to beat. It is a 40 gr HP which hits hard and expands well. It shoots almost as well as target ammo in my Anschutz 1416.
 
Wolf & W-W

I really like the Wolf Match Extra - yellow label - for any target type work, rifle or pistol. But the stuff is greasy.

I go with Bottom Gun on the Power Points. They are really the most accurate high velocity ammo I have ever tried in most of my .22s. I recommend that a person try some along side the mini mags.

JT
 
"Best" is often proportional to price. But you still have to find out what your particular firearm prefers and each brand and type will shoot different. For general plinking and shooting, I like Federal Lightning sold at Walmart in 50-ct boxes.
 
Price not being a consideration:

Wolf Match Extra

Wolf Match Target

CCI MiniMags

Price being a factor:

Federal 550 Bulk Pack
 
.22 barrels are probably the most picky about ammo. A lot depends on the desired outcome. If you are willing to accept loose groups of an inch at 25 yards...then any old trash will do.

If one hole groups is the desired outcome then you better get 50 rounds each of the expensive brands....and try them all. I am talking about Fiocchi V320...Eley TENEX ....Lapua...RWS R100 All the high buck stuff that the small bore competitors use. Try them all for group. Your gun will tell you which one IT likes. Just hope it isn't the one that is $18.00 a box!

Then once you find the ammo it likes you can then get a rim thickness gauge and sort them all by rim dimension to further add to your accuracy. Rim thickness can contribute to firing pin impact and thus primer flash.

Bottom line...if your bullets have copper wash on them...you aren't going to get all you can out of your barrel. Oh....and once you find an ammo it likes with a lead bullet....never clean or shoot copper wash bullets thru that barrel again....or you will get to start over. Back in the day when I shot small bore competition...we never cleaned the barrel all season during competition. Simply cleaning can move your point of aim...and open your groups up horribly. I never shoot any copper wash bullets in a target grade .22 barrel.. they get lead only. The copper junk goes thru the 10/22...for low precision shooting.
Cheers
Mac.
 
If you are willing to accept loose groups of an inch at 25 yards...then any old trash will do.
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I rarely shoot one inch groups offhand. Five shots in two inches is usually the best I can do, so trash is fine.

I stand in awe of anyone who can shot a one hole group offhand with a 1911 .22 conversion, regardless of the ammo brand.
 
EddieNFL said:
I rarely shoot one inch groups offhand. Five shots in two inches is usually the best I can do, so trash is fine.

I stand in awe of anyone who can shot a one hole group offhand with a 1911 .22 conversion, regardless of the ammo brand.
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That's what I was thinking. I shoot .22s because it is cheap. Heck I can get 500 Blazers for $15 at Fleet Farm.
If you are benchrest shooting that's a different story. Benchrest shooting shows you how good of a gun and ammo you have. Offhand shooting shows you how good of a shooter you are.
 
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