22 lr ammo quality

Hoytcanon, I do find the tone of your posts are not warranted and your attempts either to insult myself or bait me into an argument are uncalled for. I am not interested in having an argument with you or anyone else, please do not expect me to answer any more of your posts, so continue if you may. Now could we get back on topic please ........
 
sportsman450 said:
Hoytcanon, I do find the tone of your posts are not warranted and your attempts either to insult myself or bait me into an argument are uncalled for. I am not interested in having an argument with you or anyone else, please do not expect me to answer any more of your posts, so continue if you may. Now could we get back on topic please ........
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As you were...
 
OK so get to the range and post some results, no more beer or chips for you till you do. I am waiting and getting old!
 
If you want accuracy and quality, get match quality ammo - it's expensive but it will "same hole" out of a good firearm in a rest, at 25 m. It will "almost same hole" at 50 m, which is the usual distance for .22 competitions. 25 and 50 m are the pistol competition distances. If you're worried about "minute of gopher" accuracy, bulk ammo is fine - miss one? Hmm, did the operator err, or did you get a squib round...
(FWIW, I've had a squib round in a free-pistol competition - using competition ammo (ok, it was only CCI Green Tag, but I'm not sponsored and can't afford Tenex.) - the bullet hit the ground down near the target frame - took me away from a possible score in the 540s to end up at 534)
I've never measured or weighed a .22 cartridge. Most all ammo shoots better than I'm capable of shooting (with a handgun, that is). If I was going to the Olympics (Ha, not likely), I'm sure my coach would measure the rims and weigh the cartridges with the Tenex, the RWS, or the Federal Gold Medal Ultramatch (do they still make that?)...
 
If weighing or measuring your ammo gives you satisfaction and hopefully better performing ammo that's great. It's best to glean from the comments what you can, discard the chaff and treat the negative with indifference !
Do you think Lanny Bassham took umbrage when he was told by Anschutz that they didn't want his input - no, he went out and won a gold with a Walther !
If you believe in it keep doin' it !
However, having used a Neil Jones gauge for many months I found the results insignificant and started using better ammo.
 
RadMan said:
Ah, I see what you're saying. I'm also thinking though (though I guess I didn't verbalize it) what about at -10 -15 -20 °C... at some point it's going to get cold enough for almost whatever ammo I choose to go transonic.

I figure if I can find hyper-velocity that's accurate below 0 °C, then as it gets colder and colder I'll be more "in the clear" when it comes to the sound barrier up to 100m. The ammo will likely be more expense, but I'll shooting WAY less in the dead of winter so should even out. :)
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Yeah the "super speed" 1400ft/s should be fine below 0°C up to 100m. Just for interest, I looked up the sonic barrier at -40°C and it's 1004ft/s. So if you wanted to shoot just one type of ammo in a wide temp range, or shoot past 100m near 0°C, the super match ammo at 300m/s (984ft/s) should do, if you can afford it. Personally I wouldn't be outside shooting, or doing anything at all unless absolutely necessary, when it's -40°C outside! :D
 
Ya, -40 °C isn't my cup of tea either. :D

BCP said:
Yeah the "super speed" 1400ft/s should be fine below 0°C up to 100m. Just for interest, I looked up the sonic barrier at -40°C and it's 1004ft/s. So if you wanted to shoot just one type of ammo in a wide temp range, or shoot past 100m near 0°C, the super match ammo at 300m/s (984ft/s) should do, if you can afford it. Personally I wouldn't be outside shooting, or doing anything at all unless absolutely necessary, when it's -40°C outside! :D
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