.22LR Match Ammo Choices?

One bit of advise. When you buy something to test, make time to test it immediately, then go buy all you can afford if it works. Sometimes one batch is at lot better (or worse) than the norm. Could be they just switched dies, calibrated, got a new coffee machine; whatever. The point here is to look for the same batch; not just the brand.

Buddy once got phenomenal groups with ordinary ammo, but had waited over a month to test. Guess what: one batch, and one only, had been lubed with pixie dust.
 
I have several very accurate heavy barrelled 22 rimfires: A M37 Remington, a 40X Remington, a Suhl 150 standard prepped by Jim Williams, a Mossberg 144LSB.

They all shoot best with quality ammo. RWS Rifle Match, R50 or R100; Eley Tenex or Match EPS; Lapua Midas or Master; Lapua Center-X; SK Rifle Match.

For casual shooting, I use Some Lapua Super Club or SK Standard Plus...sometimes I have used RWS Target Rifle.

One can say whatever he wants about "bulk" or run-of-the-mill ammo, but I will never take it to even a "fun" competition....it will let you down every time.
That flyer will spoil your day.

Regards, Dave.
 
Target Shooting Products and Hirsch plus Nordic and perhaps Korth are sources for Eley, RWS and Lapua.
Talk with one of the Peters at Hirsch or TSP order a box of each that they have sufficient stocks to make up a case.
 
What makes a better shooter is a trigger squeeze, not a pull. Have someone either load or not load a shot to see if you flinch. A flinch will give you what shooters otherwise call flyers. A flincher will always be a bad shooter no matter what ammo he or she uses.
 
I actually did a little experiment today. I measured rim thickness on a brick of Thunderbolt ammo and found up to 0.01" variance through the batch. Sorted into boxes of same thickness and tested for groups. A couple good groups had but still massive flier issues so there is clearly more to a quality round of ammunition than the rim thickness and I conclude for bulk ammo it was a waste of time to sort. So no getting good results on the cheap just by sorting :(
 
Sorting by rim thickness may produce better results; but it may not. The most important factor in consistent POI results is consistent muzzle velocity. A box of ammo may be stamped 1080 fps but that doesn't mean that all rounds will have that MV. There can be considerable variation. Ten fps MV differecne at 100 yards is 1/4" difference in POI. The better the ammo, the better the MV consistency. Remington Thunderbolts will vary a great deal, with 100 fps between rounds very likely.
 
I would say it depends on your rifle, budget and shooting level. I have two target rifles; a Savage Mark II (22LR) and a custom 6mm Dasher. The Savage is a nice gun but not in the class of what everyone else is talking about, and I have found that although it shoots better with Eley, Lapua etc I couldn't justify the extra cost. All I wanted to do was practice a lot with the Savage without spending a bundle. I really like CCI green tag when it's on sale, and then there is my mountain of American Eagle ($3.99/box) which I have to confess is really my personal fav. I usually shoot 2 boxes at 100 meters on windy days and manage a 2 inch group and it has made me a better wind shooter when I shoot the Dasher. It won't win me any competitions though.
 
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