Rimfire Ammo - Best for Pistol?

tjhaile said:
Federal 525-round Value Pack or Auto Match would be my pick for cheap stuff; CCI Standard Velocity for quality stuff.

CCI Blazer is another good value-priced option, but it isn't always easy to find in quantity.
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Thats pretty well my choices most times as well.
 
Got Juice? said:
.40gn seems to work the best in all my target .22's
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Seconded!
I have found that 40 grain round nose seems the most consistent; hollowpoints have feeding issues once and a while for me.
Nothing but love for 40gn CCI MiniMags and Standard Velocity, 1080fps Federal Gold Medal orange box, 40gr Eley Club or Sport; some even eat Federal white box Automatch for a cheaper diet (my 10/22s like this stuff more than my pistols, however).

Having said that, I have a GSG that would like nothing better than a consistent diet of CCI Stingers.

Pretty much stay away from most bulk ammo, or Remington or Winchester, and you have a good starting point.
 
carpetmonkey said:
Seconded!
I have found that 40 grain round nose seems the most consistent; hollowpoints have feeding issues once and a while for me.
Nothing but love for 40gn CCI MiniMags and Standard Velocity, 1080fps Federal Gold Medal orange box, 40gr Eley Club or Sport; some even eat Federal white box Automatch for a cheaper diet (my 10/22s like this stuff more than my pistols, however).

Having said that, I have a GSG that would like nothing better than a consistent diet of CCI Stingers.

Pretty much stay away from most bulk ammo, or Remington or Winchester, and you have a good starting point.
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^^^^ AMEN on the bulk rounds
 
Its been my experience that a new semi-auto rimfire HG breaks in "quicker" with high velocity round nose ammo. I've had success with CCI Mini Mags.
After a bricks worth you should be GTG trying other brands....but stick with quality clean ammo.
 
Sakoman .308 said:
I agree with what was said above. I've found that CCI Standard Velocity works well in many guns.
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This... I get the best groupings with my Victory and standard velocity, but my M&P 22 loves the mini mags. Either way I'm CCI, all the way. Tried just about all the other brands but the cost savings don't warant the grief.
CDN Tire sells the 100 pack of CCI SV for 10.99.
 
johNTO said:
Its been my experience that a new semi-auto rimfire HG breaks in "quicker" with high velocity round nose ammo. I've had success with CCI Mini Mags.
After a bricks worth you should be GTG trying other brands....but stick with quality clean ammo.
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Exactly.
Break the gun in with mini mags then experiment to find out which cheaper ammo the gun shoots best.
 
I'd agree with buying a box at a time and see what it doesn't like, as well as what it does. I had a partial brick of Winchester Wildcat, maybe 5 yrs old. My Mk II ate it like candy, no issues whatsoever. The next two bricks (bought at the same time unfortunately) were nothing but frustration. Fail to fire, stove pipes, etc. It's finally gone, never to darken my door again.
Remington Thunderbolt worked ok, but it was like burning charcoal. Filthy dirty after a box.
I've had good success with Blazer, American Eagle, Eley Club, CCI, the Ruger isn't picky as long as it's not Winchester!
My wife's S&W 22S1 is happy with American Eagle, round nose or hollow point doesn't seem to matter.
 
In my experience with RF pistols, it takes a minimum of 100 rounds fired to foul the barrel to a particular ammunition. Then you can test accuracy FTF FTE etc.

Then you clean again and try the next batch.

It takes time but totally worthwhile. Once you find the ammo sweet spot, then you can wet patch (oil wetted q tip) and dry patch (dry q tip ) to keep the bore in good semi fouled condition.

JMHO, but a Benched Free pistol, Exemplars, Smith 41's/46's, Ruger MKII 10", 6", Contender 10", Buckmark 10" don't like.

For the record, I have never found a 1911-22 accurate enough to keep. And since my 'bailiwick' is Pistol Silhouette, and Bench Target, the guns def show when they do not like something.
 
Hey,

I've got a P226 classic (the .22LR), and it loves CCI as mentioned many times. I also tried CCI subsonic, those don't have enough oomph to cycle the action, even the small .22 bolt/spring.

Another advantage to the 226/22 is that you can buy a caliber kit and have it 9mm/.40 :)

I'd also recommend the mags from gsdesigns as they properly stop the slide on an empty mag.

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