Favorite rimfire ammo?
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"Buck1950 said:
And the 'Stingers' OR the 'Stangers' will Beat up Your rifle/pistol, esp if it's a semi. "
Re 'Imbalances', look at the vids "Stowaway" posted here, starting around Post #54 -> http s://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/22-lr-bullet-sorting.4012117/page-3 .
As for the 'especially semis', the Stinkers will beat up the buffer/spring or whatever the system has. Many semis carry warnings against 'Hyper-V' ammo.
And the 'Stingers' OR the 'Stangers' will Beat up Your rifle/pistol, esp if it's a semi. "
RE Post #9, Part of my issue w/ Stinkers is the Velocity, Yes. Once you get out past 50-yds or so, the higher speed bullet is more likely to 'drift' from wind or just 'crossing the sound barrier. They're just more susceptible at that higher speed. Faster bullets have that 'stability' prob, as well as higher rotation can emphasize imbalances.
Re 'Imbalances', look at the vids "Stowaway" posted here, starting around Post #54 -> http s://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/22-lr-bullet-sorting.4012117/page-3 .
As for the 'especially semis', the Stinkers will beat up the buffer/spring or whatever the system has. Many semis carry warnings against 'Hyper-V' ammo.
Easily my favourite as well
SurplusNut15
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I won't be one of them, as dirty as Remington stuff tends to be, I never found it significantly worse for my very basic purposes than other bulk stuff at times when the stores around me had nothing but Remington. Thunderbolts and Cyclones in particular were pretty decent, Golden Bullets were the dirtier, less reliably primed stuff but I even shot a bit of that too at one time. Not a favourite exactly but it worked OK for me.
Kazman1960
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- Timmins Ontario
My Tikka seems to shoot well with Norma Tac subsonics , S&B match and Hornady Varmint .
Shoots OK with CCI bulk and even Remington Viper .
My Savage A22 pro varmint is shooting the CCI bulk really well and also the AR Tactical - .22LR, 40gr gave great accuracy and not one failure to fire or eject .
johnny1984
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For plinking I have had success with CCI Blazer. It was actually the one I could get to use on a temperamental S&W MP22. It works well on everything else I shoot.
For more precision shooting I have found Eley Precision Benchrest to work well.
Sorting still costs you time and effort. Worthwhile is subjective. Sorting is also a crapshoot. Assuming you don't mind taking the time and effort, sorting is still a crapshoot. It can help some lot numbers perform noticeably better than unsorted, but it isn't going to make CCI Standard shoot like Eley Tenex. You may not even be saving any money by buying cheaper and sorting. You're essentially removing some from use. That makes the remainder that you do use more expensive again. Maybe you still use the rejects for practice or fouling in after cleaning, and not actually simply toss them, but you're still reducing the amount you have for the "now it counts" times.
Sorting by weight helps. Sorting by rim thickness helps. Sorting by rim to driveband helps. Sorting by concentricity helps. Even modifying rounds with something like Neil Waltz's die helps. How much any method helps differs from SKU to SKU and from lot number to lot number, and you just never know how much. In the end, it's pretty much always better to just buy better ammo. But, yes, it can help you get better results.
Sorting by weight helps. Sorting by rim thickness helps. Sorting by rim to driveband helps. Sorting by concentricity helps. Even modifying rounds with something like Neil Waltz's die helps. How much any method helps differs from SKU to SKU and from lot number to lot number, and you just never know how much. In the end, it's pretty much always better to just buy better ammo. But, yes, it can help you get better results.
lol that’s about what I thought but was hoping for a magic recipe.for some of my center fire I do a lot of component sorting and it does make a difference for some of my competition setups but won’t turn your 11/2” hunting rifle groups into “below.25”.
Federal 36gr cphp for me
I like the copper plated bullets as it keeps my fingers cleaner while loading mags,
And they generally go on sale for a good price,
Yeah shooting ragged holes all day would be great but I'm not willing to pay the premium for that, I shoot the bulk for what it is and we're happy to do so.
I like the copper plated bullets as it keeps my fingers cleaner while loading mags,
And they generally go on sale for a good price,
Yeah shooting ragged holes all day would be great but I'm not willing to pay the premium for that, I shoot the bulk for what it is and we're happy to do so.
