22 Ammo Accuracy

[Ganderite]

Each rife will do well/poorly with various brands of ammo. It would be worth your effort to scope the rifle and shoot it off a rest at 50 or 100 yards, on a calm day.

Those of us who shoot competitively go to the ammo distributor and use his rig to clamp down the barreled action and test the various lot #s of our favourite ammo. When we find a lot # that sings in our rifle, we buy a case or two of it.

Here is an interesting ammo test. Some of this ammo is over $25 a box. Some is cheap.

http://www.accurateshooter.com/guns-of-week/22lr-rimfire-ammo-comparison-test/

 

[lone ranger]

for sure,.. not all 22 ammo is created equal. Some guns prefer "select" ammo .

 

[Ganderite]

If you test your rifle and find you get real good results out of, say, Federal Bulk, go back to the store and buy more boxes of that same lot #, Each lot can be quite different in your rifle, so if you find something that works, buy more.

 

[johNTO]

Wow...what an eye opener. I recognized maybe 5% of the brands. I don't see Win555's on the list

 

[Fassteel]

Asa non competive shooter I have found that Federal American Eagle in the 38gr HP shoots well in any CZ rifle, american, lux, or varmint. FS

 

[Winnipeg Toymaker]

I use Winchester 333/555 ammo only. Tried the rest and found that my .22s like this ammo. Cheap and does the job on critters. don't do much paper shooting as no range near here. but out to 200 yards, the ammo does great for gophers.I think that a lot has to do with knowing your gun and your own limitations. when they both work together, it is a fun time.

 

[mlehtovaara]

For everyone who is not a competitive shooter, and is shooting .22lr for the cost savings, be sure to pay attention to the CCI Standard Velocity results.

For what it costs it is by far the most consistant and accurate .22 lr for the price IMHO.

 

[Silverado]

I noticed that they didn't shoot CCI Green Tag.

Has anyone here shot enough of it vs. CCI Std Velocity to speak to the difference?

 

[hometownhero]

I noticed that they didn't shoot CCI Green Tag.

Has anyone here shot enough of it vs. CCI Std Velocity to speak to the difference?

Targets here

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...z-1827F-from-Nordic-Marksman-Thank-You!/page3

 

[cyclops666]

Wow...what an eye opener. I recognized maybe 5% of the brands. I don't see Win555's on the list

It's not called win555 or win333. It's win super x

 

[Silverado]

Thanks!

 

[Brutus]

As one can plainly see after a few moments of scanning this list, all the better performing ammunition often hails from Europe.
Unfortuneately, most North American companies pretty much ignore the serious rimfire match ammo niche.
The odd circumstance, such as the 1988 Olympics in LA are just temporary American distractions. (Federal Gold Match for that era only)

 

[Kody]

As one can plainly see after a few moments of scanning this list, all the better performing ammunition often hails from Europe.
Unfortuneately, most North American companies pretty much ignore the serious rimfire match ammo niche.
The odd circumstance, such as the 1988 Olympics in LA are just temporary American distractions. (Federal Gold Match for that era only)

yup
I used to shoot targets with Federal 711B (gold medal) but it became inconsistent plus the price went up to $5 per 50. Switched to SK/Lapua and couldn't be happier.

Nothing wrong with CCI std velocity for target or CCI subsonic HPs for hunting if your rifle likes them.

 

[beretta boy]

Was encouraged to try many different brands to see what my gun liked .... tried several variations of Winchester, Remington, Federal, CCI, RWS, Eley, Lapua.

Best of all: Lapua Midas M , close second CCI Green Tag.