Best anmo for CZ 455
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I have a 457. I’ve used Win whitebox (555s) because I had it laying around (terrible ammo for target shooting obviously). I’ve also tried CCI Standard Velocity and had good results. I’d try subsonic CCI ammo, Lapua Centre X, Elley, and SK.
There are quite a few CZ 455 shooting benchrest at 50 & 100 y at my club, they shoot quite good, but they have a tough time against the Anschutz, Walthers & Remington's, director made a class for CZ & Savages also 64 Anschutz to keep attendance up, and fellow posting highest scores shoots Midas +
"Likes" does not define a level of accuracy.
A five shot group is good; five 5-shot groups is better; five 10-shot groups is best. Which one would appear to have the greatest reliability?
Where you would like to be at would help us help you.
$5 a box ammo might work but CCI SV lacks consistency. When you find some that works to your satisfaction then buy a goodly supply.
Keep in mind the lot number on CCI SV only means something to the manufacturer.
There are suppliers that will assist you in testing ammunition and may be able to keep sufficient amounts when you do your testing quickly . . . maybe two weeks.
Following the mention of Federal Match 922A made by RWS to R50 standards.
One of the first boxes I bought had R50 on the inside flap.
Later versions have a danger distance warning.
Tested five rounds against R50 at 100 yards: The R50 measured 0.79 and the Federal was 0.76 . . . close enough for the girls I take to the range!
A five shot group is good; five 5-shot groups is better; five 10-shot groups is best. Which one would appear to have the greatest reliability?
Where you would like to be at would help us help you.
$5 a box ammo might work but CCI SV lacks consistency. When you find some that works to your satisfaction then buy a goodly supply.
Keep in mind the lot number on CCI SV only means something to the manufacturer.
There are suppliers that will assist you in testing ammunition and may be able to keep sufficient amounts when you do your testing quickly . . . maybe two weeks.
Following the mention of Federal Match 922A made by RWS to R50 standards.
One of the first boxes I bought had R50 on the inside flap.
Later versions have a danger distance warning.
Tested five rounds against R50 at 100 yards: The R50 measured 0.79 and the Federal was 0.76 . . . close enough for the girls I take to the range!
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Hello,
I’m in Calgary. I may be wanting the impossible, but ideally I’d like to find reasonable ammo ($5-10/box) to shoot gophers with, and match ammo with the same velocity for shooting at the range with when I want pretty groups. I read CCI standard and Green line will do this, so just ordered some. So far Federal match has shot best out of my rifle, and was most consistent on the chronograph. It is $28/box of 50 at our local Cabelas. If I could find cheaper gopher ammo that shot similar, I’d be really happy!
I have thoroughly tested ammo in my CZ 455 over the past year. I pretty much did multiple iteration of the 5 rounds at 5 target set with just about every line of ammo. In my CZ I have found the best result versus price were with SK rifle match and SK Flatnose. I have data on all my shoots and in the end I was able to shoot under 1/2 inch group with most (better) ammo ie Eley, SK, Lapua etc. I Did get one or two with CCI Std vel but in the end anything below $8 for 50 was not as reliable for accuracy. For plinking and shooting target the size of gopher well just about any ammo will give you minute of gopher under 50m.
The SK line does that with SK Rifle match, SK standard and SK Magazine, all have the save velocity just price point is different and consistency gets better as you pay more. So I am now practicing with magazine and shoot ORPS with SK standard and CRPS with match
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Every rifle is different, some guys here have had success with CCI/Eley ammo, I have not. My 455 likes to shoot SK rifle match, SK pistol Match, Flatnose Match and Lapua Center X.
Ok, good to know! I’ll buy some and give it a go
