.22 Magnum ammo mystery

[Longwalker]

I was doing an ammunition test with my two .22 Win Mag rifles to see what they shot the best. An older Anschutz 1515-1516 and a newer 1516 in classic sporter configuration, fitted with 3-9x scopes and targets at 100 yards.
Results were as expected, with one wild exception.

I was getting good +/- 1" groups with both rifles shooting CCI 30 gr. polymer tipped, S&B 40 gr. hollow point, and PMC 40 gr. HP ammo, and reasonable 1-1/2" to 2" groups with most others like Federal 50 gr. HP, Win 45 gr. fmj and HP, and Hornady Vmax 30 gr. polymer tip. Worst group I shot was about 2-1/2" while trying a wide variety of brands, weights and bullet styles.

And then I tried Remington "Premier Accu tip V Polymer 33 gr. gold box" I could not keep shots on the target paper, much less in a group. Probably dispersion was 2 feet or so.

I moved targets to 50 yards and repeated the test with the same relative results.

Any idea what's going on with the Remington ammo? They market this stuff as their very best, most accurate ammo. I've never seen such a dramatic difference in factory ammunition accuracy in my life, and I'm reasonably experienced. What should I check? What's your experience?

 

[redbirddog]

Wow... I have a box of that remmington but never fired it.

Lov seeing all the folks testing 22mag ammo recently. Like to see the feedback..

 

[reb]

I have tried the Remington 33 gr polymer tips in a couple of 22 mags with awful results.

 

[Longwalker]

redbirddog, would you be able to shoot some of your ammo and please let us know the results?

Reb, please explain what sort of accuracy is "awful"? I was not able to keep all shots with the Remington ammo on a 8-1/2" x 1" paper at 100 yds, that certainly qualifies as awful in my opinion. I would hunt with ammo that produces 1" 50 yd or 2" 100 yds groups, but not worse.

 

[reb]

Didn't spend alot of time with them but seemed 3 to 5 " group's at under 50 yds

 

[bearhunter]

My CZ really likes the Remington 22WMR. I still have a 500 count brick that I saved for special shooting circumstances.

I purchased a 5k case from my LGS appx 7 years back and it's all from the same lot. The only other brand that does as well is CCI MAXI MAG tipprd with Speer 30gr TNTs

Sub 1 moa groups out to 150m is the norm.

Trajectory calculations after 75m get tricky when various distances are the type of shooting circumstances encountred

 

[Longwalker]

bearhunter more detail please, is your Remington ammo " "Premier Accu tip V Polymer 33 gr. "? or the standard magnum rimfire version?

 

[nwtbolthunter]

Cz455 has best accuracy with rem 33gr tested a bunch all winchester ammo did the worst