22mag

[brybenn]

Whats everyone shooting in their 22mags?
I was trying to hide from house work so i locked myself in my gun room and took notice of my rimfire ammo. I discovered i only have 3 boxes of 22mag ammo. One is hornady 30 gr vmax another is remington accu point 33gr the last is a complete mix from 30 to 50 gr. Hollow points to tmj to poly tipped. I currently only have one 22mag rifle an old mossberg chuckster with the plastic finger grooves.

I need to restock

 

[.22LRGUY]

Whats everyone shooting in their 22mags?
I was trying to hide from house work so i locked myself in my gun room and took notice of my rimfire ammo. I discovered i only have 3 boxes of 22mag ammo. One is hornady 30 gr vmax another is remington accu point 33gr the last is a complete mix from 30 to 50 gr. Hollow points to tmj to poly tipped. I currently only have one 22mag rifle an old mossberg chuckster with the plastic finger grooves.

I need to restock

^that's a rifle I've been interested in for a long time...so please update this thread with some target photos if you end-up testing a bunch of ammo types.

Back when I had my Savage 93FV, it shot the Hornady 30gr. best...and that caliber out to 100 yards is a kiss-of-death to groundhogs. It is past that too, but I found anything beyond 100 yards...shot placement became way more critical and well...22WMR doesn't exactly print tiny groups even @ 100 yards. Best I could do with that ammo that shot best~maybe averaged about 1-1/4". Rarely smaller groups..so I wouldn't take on groundhogs past 125 yards with it.

The Remingtons didn't shoot as well in that gun, but I had to try it (in spite of the cost) because I heard so many people raving about it. Like every rimfire I've owned..the gun will make the final choice, so try as many types as you can find/afford.

 

[brybenn]

I used it alot for jack rabbits. It shoots the remington 33gr accupoint very well. The 40 or 45 gr tmj is what i used for coyotes on frozen creeks. Id wear all white and bury into the snow banks and call. The coyotes run the ice and id shoot rhem in the head. A 30gr vmax dropped a mean 110lb shepard mix with a shot behind the ear. I ahot a jackrabbit a few years ago at 200ish yards and blew the bottom jaw off it. As it waa flipping i shot it again and caught it in the chest thru the arm with a 30gr vmax at 225 paces. Basically yards. The bullet was still intack with only a small dent and rifling marks. Never found the red tip though. The 2nd shot did kill it
Im going to buy several brands then stock up.
1.25" at 100 yards waa about what it would do iirc
I can keep u updated.
Id like a new 22mag either a savage bokt or henry lever.
I do love my chuckster though.

 

[Crashman]

I have a Marlin 25MN, it was my dads and he used for clearing out nuisance beavers on the farm, he probably killed over a 100 of them big rodents with that rifle! It seems to like the winchester 40 gr HP the best, which is fine by me as I use it for a coyote rifle to 125 yards, and yes it will put them down provided you hit them in either the head or the vitals. Vital shots they run, head shots, general DRT.

 

[SJAR]

I've got a pile of CCI Maxi Mags 40gr and they shoot ok in my Savage. I also scored a bunch of 50gr Federal for cheap so I shoot mostly those 2 for beavers.

 

[Walther_PPK]

I have a Marlin 25MN, it was my dads and he used for clearing out nuisance beavers on the farm, he probably killed over a 100 of them big rodents with that rifle! It seems to like the winchester 40 gr HP the best, which is fine by me as I use it for a coyote rifle to 125 yards, and yes it will put them down provided you hit them in either the head or the vitals. Vital shots they run, head shots, general DRT.

I also have a 25MN and I only use 40gr or larger ammo because of the Micro grove barrel it has. Apparently going lower than 40gr kills the accuracy for some reason that I can't remember, yet have found to be true.

The winchester 40gr FMJ are my favorite.

 

[Joe549]

CCI 40gr JHP is what I use most of the time.

 

[brybenn]

I think i may buy another 22mag.

 

[Meroh]

I think i may buy another 22mag.

I"m considering my first but... I was just enticed to buy an AR15 upper and lower by SFRC, so, while the interest is still here, the purchase has been postponed.

 

[brybenn]

Does anyone know of when tnw is bringing out their survival rifle in 22 mag? It is that or a henry

 

[cdill]

CCI 40gr JHP is what I use most of the time.

Easy to come by and at a reasonable price. Keep an eye on sales at Cabelas for the bulk box.

My Marlin 25MN is for longer shots out to 100yds at varmints around the farm without using a centrefire, but I also enjoy shooting the 22wmr in convertible cylinder revolvers. I have a Ruger, a couple Colts and an NAA when the chance to take restricteds to the club presents itself.

 

[bearhunter]

One thing a lot of people don't take into account is that the 22mag is a significant step up from a run of the mill 22LR.

I only have one. A CZ452 with a standard contour barrel.

When I first got it NIB, I disassembled it to get rid of any grease in the bedding and out of the bolt etc.

The trigger was horrible. Creepy and very heavy let off with way to much overtravel. I did some work on the springs, eliminated the creep with some judicious stoning and added a stop to get rid of the overtravel.

I also mounted a 3-9 Leupold VXII.

It was OK but still not acceptable, no matter what brand or weight of ammo I used. Nothing would shoot under 2 inches at 100yds.

I was going to send the rifle back but decided to take a chance and glass bed the action and first three inches of the barrel. I also made sure there weren't any areas along the barrel channel/trigger inlet and mag inlet that weren't rubbing and relieved any spot that looked suspicious.

Once the bedding cured for a couple of days, the rifle was taken to the range for sighting in and testing which brand of ammo it liked best. Yes, it was IMHO expensive. 22WMR ammo is about 3-4 times as expensive as 22LR. Some of the premium stuff is as much as 7 times more expensive. Still, if you can't afford to shoot it??????????????

I got lucky.

The handy little CZ 452 digested every brand of ammo, from cheap Dynapoint Winchester to Federal Premium and CCI TNT into one inch or less. It didn't seem to care about bullet weights, other than it shot the lighter bullets higher than the heavier bullets. It also shot the lighter bullets consistently to the left about an inch from point of aim at 100yds.

The little CZ benefit a lot from the bedding job.

After this success, a friend came over with a very nice little Savage bolt action in 22WMR. Same problems all over again. We did a clean up, bedding and trigger job and that little Savage settled right down. Changing out the crappy scope to a better brand helped as well a bit later.

Hard to say which rifle is more accurate.

We are sighted in for 125 yards. That's the normal distance we shoot Rocky Mountain Jacks.

We aim for the shoulders. Not much meat there to waste and ensures a clean quick kill. Head shots are nice but the target is smaller. One inch groups are more than enough. The WMR smashes all the way through taking out both shoulders and usually the lungs.

I've settled on CCI Maxi Mags x 30 grain TNT and Hornady NTX x 25 grain as they have almost identical points of impact.

I've tried the "Tom Landry" named ammo by Winchester but it isn't anything special accuracy wise. However, it isn't bad either.

OP, I suggest you bed your action for the best results. The trigger and clean up help but not as much as the bedding.

One other thing I found. 22WMR rifles suffer from JACKET FOULING. Of course it doesn't happen as quickly as most center fire rifles but it does happen and if you notice accuracy dropping off, clean out the fouling.


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