Anschutz best ammo?
- Thread starter Shoeguy
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You might want to look at ammo sold on Nordic Marksman, they sell the good stuff 
Best bet is to buy a bunch of different brands, see what your gun likes?
Best bet is to buy a bunch of different brands, see what your gun likes?
Try .22LR match ammo. Even relatively inexpensive standard velocity entry level match ammo such as SK products will perform better than any North American (or Mexican) produced .22LR ammo. Avoid high velocity ammo like the plague.
There are three match ammo makers -- SK/Lapua, Eley, and RWS. Each match ammo maker produces entry level match ammos, as well as more expensive upper tier varieties. Each variety is made in batches. Not all batches of the same variety will perform equally well.
Each of the match ammo makers will make ammo that will shoot well in your rifle. For many shooters, the availability of ammo often determines what they try.
There are three match ammo makers -- SK/Lapua, Eley, and RWS. Each match ammo maker produces entry level match ammos, as well as more expensive upper tier varieties. Each variety is made in batches. Not all batches of the same variety will perform equally well.
Each of the match ammo makers will make ammo that will shoot well in your rifle. For many shooters, the availability of ammo often determines what they try.
Talking about shooting .22 LR past 50 yards here. Rifles are individuals, but for ordinary practice at 100 (and I'm told 200) yards, Federal Champion 510 is an excellent choice in my Anschutz. Unlike the same ammo designated '714,' it has the power to get out there, and unlike other bulk stuff has enough quality control built in that it will reliably chamber and eject from a quality rifle. And no copper! Some day in the future, the berms on our club's 200 yard range will be finished and I'll try it there too, if death don't take me first (it's been a slow process).
Premium rounds that work well out past 50 are RWS Target Rifle Match, and Cabelas is currently stocking what seems to be an intermediate grade called RWS Target Rifle that I haven't tried yet. RWS doesn't put logistics info on their boxes and I haven't looked it up online, shooting the stuff is the proof.
Premium rounds that work well out past 50 are RWS Target Rifle Match, and Cabelas is currently stocking what seems to be an intermediate grade called RWS Target Rifle that I haven't tried yet. RWS doesn't put logistics info on their boxes and I haven't looked it up online, shooting the stuff is the proof.
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^this. Only the gun can tell you what it'll shoot well, but try everything from CCI level up. No point in trying anything branded Winchester or Remington, I've had no luck with any of the S&B or Aguila offerings either. In my 64, CCI SV is very decent but this gun will find the inconsistencies with it. SK Rifle Match is reliably excellent, ammo like RWS 50 is exceptionally accurate, but about $30/50 too. I hover around the SK Rifle match level, as it seems to be the best combination of cost/accuracy. For this 64 at least.
Each rifle is different. Even in the same brand, a different lot will give you different result.
So test as many brand you can and when you find what work, buy a lot of that same number. That, if you are serious with accuracy and shooting matches. At our club, shooters are partial to Lapua and some SK. Matches are won with Lapua, center X and Midas. Good score are also obtained with Eley Tenex.
For plinking, anything goes.
So test as many brand you can and when you find what work, buy a lot of that same number. That, if you are serious with accuracy and shooting matches. At our club, shooters are partial to Lapua and some SK. Matches are won with Lapua, center X and Midas. Good score are also obtained with Eley Tenex.
For plinking, anything goes.
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Nice rifle. I have a recently new 1710Comp model. So far it likes SKStdPlus. Norma Tac22 USA is just ok. Jury still out on Eley Match. Still more trials needed. And to echo some of the others here, your rifle will tell you what it prefers. And you need to try different brands. Stay with the Target and Match grades. Avoid bulk and copper bullets. You have a great platform to start with. And use wind flags.
You have a 1710 ACC . . . roughly $2800 . . . and you find Lapua and Eley Expensive?
You might get lucky feeding it cheaper ammo but can that lot be duplicated.
Part of the rational behind having a quality rifle and using quality ammo is the results.
Would anyone buy a race car and burn regular gasoline or diesel?
Much like horses and oats . . . Cheaper oats can be had but they have been through the horse once!
You may have to wait out about 1000 rounds to coat the bore. Cleaning excessively may defeat the process. Using any copper will delay the process.
This is a good read: www.thetruthaboutguns.com/
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Mystic Precision
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practise with SK Rifle match
compete with Lapua CenterX or higher grade.
You can use similar grades from Eley/RWS. I am just familiar with SK/Lapua
Great rifle... feed it quality ammo that it prefers. If your goal is LR rimfire prs, confirm your ammo choice at 300yds. Min distance to test is 100yds.
Jerry
compete with Lapua CenterX or higher grade.
You can use similar grades from Eley/RWS. I am just familiar with SK/Lapua
Great rifle... feed it quality ammo that it prefers. If your goal is LR rimfire prs, confirm your ammo choice at 300yds. Min distance to test is 100yds.
Jerry
Yeah, I've been hearing the same thing myself, for over a year now lol. But it will come some day.
Shot some of the new-to-me RWS 'Target Rifle' rounds at the range yesterday, it being the premium ammo currently being stocked by Cabelas here. Right off the bat, I was surprised by how heavily lubed the stuff was, it was coming off on my fingers like vaseline, requiring wiping them clean, but keeping an open mind I shot off a total of 25 rounds at 100 yards, this was after doing a lot of shooting with the ammo I usually use. It was noticeably lower velocity than the other stuff I shoot at 100 but of course that's normally a good thing. I in fact got a couple of really good groups of 5 before things went strange and the groupings went 'funny.' That was the too-heavy lube I guess, I only took one box out of the brick I bought and I see that at least one of the other boxes doesn't have the excessive lube that the first box did. I was in fact excessively trusting and naïve to shoot it in the first place, sweet guy that I am.
In the future I'll be taking some blue paper towel with me specifically to wipe any such excessive lube off my remaining RWS Target Rifle ammo before firing, now I'll have to be swamping out my barrel to remove what made it go funny- something I hope will be easy.
In the future I'll be taking some blue paper towel with me specifically to wipe any such excessive lube off my remaining RWS Target Rifle ammo before firing, now I'll have to be swamping out my barrel to remove what made it go funny- something I hope will be easy.
I can't post my own photos but take my word for it, in that box at least they are wet with lube. After loading 5 rnds, when I wiped the tips of my fingers off on the shooting bench, as was necessary, they left an oily mark.
If you can send me a few pictures to my email (which I will send you by PM) I can post them.
Readers in general should be aware that a greasy lubricanat is used on SK/Lapua and RWS ammo. Of course if there's too much for some unexpected reason, it can pose a potential problem. Of course, match ammo should never be handled by touching the lubricated bullet itself.
Every negative experience should be a learning one and at least in the future I'll have the sense to wipe such excess lube off before loading. Mind you, that should not be necessary.
