ELEY Ammunition

Leavenworth said:
Hi Fellas
Could you please tell me if ELEY .22 Ammunition is good compared to others ? How is it priced compared to others ?
Thank You !
Leavenworth
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Eley ammunition is priced similarly to other brands. There are several lines of Eley ammunition. As the price goes up the consistency also does, although 2 ammo performance is very rifle specific. You have to test each different ammo brand and cost level. More expensive is not always better though. Performance at the top level of shooters changes with each ammo lot number on the box.
 
Worth ever penny if you ask me..
Very impressed with the consistancy, accurate also.
For the price.. your call. I've had good luck with other lot..by..lot 22 ammo.. hir or miss on M.O.A. but.

Not eley. Giver a try
 
Leavenworth said:
Hi Fellas
Could you please tell me if ELEY .22 Ammunition is good compared to others ? How is it priced compared to others ?
Thank You !
Leavenworth
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If by "good" you mean accurate, Eley ammunition is almost always better than high velocity or bulk .22LR ammos. But that's mostly because high velocity and bulk ammo are not made with accuracy as a high priority. They are made with cost in mind for hunting and plinking, not accuracy.

If the comparison is with other similar ammos, such as SK/Lapua and RWS, then Eley can be just as good.

It's very important to note that in .22LR, it's never about finding a brand name of ammo that your rifle "likes". It doesn't work that way.

Each of the three major match ammo makers -- SK/Lapua, Eley, and RWS -- will make ammos that will shoot to your rifle's potential. As Emerson says, each makes different lines or varieties of ammo that are priced differently. Finding the best ammo is not about finding the line or variety of Eley or SK or other ammo that will make your rifle shoot well.

Rimfire match ammo, including entry level match ammo that's typically more affordable, is made in batches called "lots". Different batches or lots of thee same variety of Eley or SK ammo -- Eley Sport or Club, SK Standard Plus or Rifle Match, for example -- don't always perform the same. Some are better and some worse. Finding those batches or lots that are better is how improved accuracy is achieved.

In short, the name on the box is never a guarantee of how it will perform. At the same time, the majority of .22LR ammos from Eley, SK/Lapua, and RWS will almost always perform better than any ammo made outside of Europe, including North America. As a result, stepping up to Eley or SK from Winchester or Remington should produce immediate improvement in accuracy.
 
Your firearm will also have a big influence on how the ammo shoots. A poorly built rifle will still shoot terrible with the best ammo available. Barrel quality and type of chamber as well as headspace and firing pin profile as well as firing pin spring poundage also are contributing factors. Eley ammo has been used for many world class shooting venues as well as the olympics for a long time. Rimfire accuracy is like trying to figure out how someone thinks. GOOD LUCK
 
Try lots, your rifle/pistol will tell you what it likes. I have had rifles that really shot it well, but currently, the rifles I have like CCI Standard; my High-Standard pistol likes Winchester Auto-match the best.
 
If you can, purchase 50rd boxes of a variety of ammunition (maybe in your case Eley). Find the one that does shoot the best, if a few are pretty close, then you can decide which one you want to shoot. THEN try and purchase a larger quantity of that specific ammo within the same lot.

I found that Eley Match and Eley Sport shot so similarly well in my Bergara B14R, that the easy choice was the Sport - it's about half the cost of Match, and so far continues to shoot exceedingly well.

As other's have said. If you're going from bulk ammunition regardless of manufacturer, you will likely see a noticeable increase in accuracy when switching to Eley, SK, Lapua etc.
 
ELEY 38gr subsonic hollow points have been the most accurate round I've used for hunting -- they're quiet, accurate, and effective.

Only thing is I think they use some kind of grease on their bullets so I give the barrel a good cleaning then put some rounds through to get it worked in (and I don't shoot anything else with my hunting rifle). And they do smell kind of funky when shooting.
 
Leavenworth said:
Hi Fellas
Could you please tell me if ELEY .22 Ammunition is good compared to others ? How is it priced compared to others ?
Thank You !
Leavenworth
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That heavily depends on what your intentions are.

If you are into precision/competition shooting then yes.

If you are like most, just find yourself a 5000 case of CCI 40 gr SV and never look back, as you would be just wasting your money on that much more expensive Elley stuff.

Using the CCI standard velocity for example, you can still make a nice ragged hole at 50 yards all day long, even with your 10/22.

It would only be slightly less ragged, if using Elley...but is the difference worth paying almost double?
 
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CZ Shooter said:
That heavily depends on what your intentions are.

If you are into precision/competition shooting then yes.

If you are like most, just find yourself a 5000 case of CCI 40 gr SV and never look back, as you would be just wasting your money on that much more expensive Elley stuff.

Using the CCI standard velocity for example, you can still make a nice ragged hole at 50 yards all day long, even with your 10/22.

It would only be slightly less ragged, if using Elley...but is the difference worth paying almost double?
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Not every gun shoots CCI SV well, my 1022 doesnt shoot it well.
 
Leavenworth said:
Hi Fellas
Could you please tell me if ELEY .22 Ammunition is good compared to others ? How is it priced compared to others ?
Thank You !
Leavenworth
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Ditto to what Longstud said. For different types of Eley and price point, go to the Nordic Marksman web site. They show a complete lineup of Eley and others like SK, Lapua, etc.
 
45CAT said:
Haven’t seen a Tikka that didn’t love CCi sv
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Love is a fairly common expression of one's rifle to a particular brand of ammunition.
Another quote was . . . "My rifle loves Blazer"!
The love affair ended at the first 100 Metre match.
You may get a batch that performs better than expected but you will likely not be able to duplicate that.
I call them batches for the number on the box signifies nothing . . . it only means something to CCI.
CCI SV comes in two different containers . . . the plastic tray and the paper box.
One is made in Idaho and the other (paper) by contract with possibly Federal in Nebraska.
Until you stretch it out to distance it may not perform consistently.
 
All depends on what the rifle likes. I've got one that can't tell the difference between CCI SV and premium brands like Eley and SK, and another rifle that can definitely tell the difference!

Buy 50 or so of everything and work your way through 100 metre targets finding out what your particular rifle/barrel likes.
 
CZ Shooter said:
Maybe I was just lucky, but thus far every 10/22 I ever shot absolutelly loved the CCI standard.
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My buddies 10-22 will make one ragged hole at 50yds, but it takes about a box of ammo to get there. lol

You're not wrong about CCI SV for affordable ammo though. My savage Mk ii would consistently print 1/2" groups at 50 with it. I have tried two types of Eley in that rifle, Eley Sport (the green box) and Eley Target (the yellow box with Remington written on it); Eley Sport was at best on par with CCI (even though it cost like 50% more), while it really liked the Eley Target. I bought a few boxes when they were on sale at MagDump a year or two ago, and I really wish I bought more, I paid like $8 a box for it I want to say, and looking online now it looks like its going for like $16+ now.
 
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