This is a stock rifle, except that it has been bedded. It is loosely based on an Anshutz rifle and has a nice heavy hammer-forged barrel. I wanted to see if it was accurate.
"Accuracy" means different things to different people. My son shoots small bore on our home range. He shoots off his elbows (no rest) with iron sights. His 50 and 100 yard groups look like this;
I rummaged around the ammo bunker and got a sample of each ammo I had a quantity of. Some of this stuff is 30 years old. Most of it is cheap ammo.
The Lapua Trainer and Junior ammo is real cheap Russian ammo. It cost about $120 per case of 5,000.
I shot 5 shot groups, using the magazine, off a rest, using a 12X scope. A 20X would have been better, but that is the scope that happened to be on the rifle. My yardstick was that any groups better than what my son does with irons sights is "good" for my purposes. I know that 10 shot groups are much more reliable than 5 shot groups, but at 100 yards the quality ammo tends to do much better than the cheap stuff. Or so I thought...
The Lapua Trainer is cheap plinker ammo made in Russia. I bought it from Century International about 25 years ago. It was about $100 per 5,000.
I have no idea where the Blazer came from. I have never used it before, but found a few cases. No idea what it costs, but I am impressed. I can see why others have commented they like it.
This Federal Champion blue box ammo comes from my local Canadian Tire. I have always had good results with this ammo in a number of rifles.
I am not surprised to see this Russian plinker ammo do well. It was tested years ago and I recall it grouped well, but the steel cases would not extract from a lot of rifles I tested it in. It extracts well from rifles with dual extractors. Totally hopeless in a revolver. I bought a few cases of it becasue it was around $100 a case. Glad I did. This is the ammo that has a picture of a chicken on the box.
This white box DND ammo is amde by Olin (Winchester). I have alwys assumed it is T22, but don't know that to be a fact. It is stnd velocity, greased. I have used a lot of it in my handguns. Don't think I will use it in this rifle.
I bought this Armscor ammo about three years ago. It was the cheapest ammo I could find, at about $210 a case. At 50 yards it has been superb in a number of rifles. At 100 it drops the occasional round low. The bullets
are a bit fat and this ammo will not function in some guns, but it has worked well in those that will chamber it.
The Ely Yellow box is ammo my son tested in his target rifle. He was not impressed. It does not perform in this rifle, either. Probably not cheap ammo.
The Lapua Standard Plus is another ammo my son tested that did not perform in his Anshutz. Not very good here, either. Probably not cheap ammo.
This Remington Golden Bullet was the cheapest ammo I could find a couple years ago. About $215 a case. I bought it when I found that the Armscor would not chamber in some guns. At 20 yards it is very reliable and accurate in handguns and 10/22s. But, from the sound, I can tell that some rounds are under powered. I thought the 100 yard group would be even taller than this.
Winchester Wildcat. Seemed to be poorly made.
Winchester 333. Not impressed with this stuff. OK in a 10/22 at 10 yards at tin cans, I guess.
Aguila Match Rifle. I tried this in other rifles and it sucked. Same again. The "Wolf" on the diagram is a brain fart. The ammo is Aguila.
Conclusion: Each rifle has its preferences. try a number of different brands to see what it likes. From my experience from years ago where I worked at CIL, making ammunition, I know ammo can vary quite a bit from lot to lot, so if you find ammo that really works well in your rifle, you should note the lot number and buy a few more cases of it.
I am pleased to find some cheap ammo that works well in this rifle. And the rifle shoots better than I dared hope, given how cheap it was.
"Accuracy" means different things to different people. My son shoots small bore on our home range. He shoots off his elbows (no rest) with iron sights. His 50 and 100 yard groups look like this;
I rummaged around the ammo bunker and got a sample of each ammo I had a quantity of. Some of this stuff is 30 years old. Most of it is cheap ammo.
The Lapua Trainer and Junior ammo is real cheap Russian ammo. It cost about $120 per case of 5,000.
I shot 5 shot groups, using the magazine, off a rest, using a 12X scope. A 20X would have been better, but that is the scope that happened to be on the rifle. My yardstick was that any groups better than what my son does with irons sights is "good" for my purposes. I know that 10 shot groups are much more reliable than 5 shot groups, but at 100 yards the quality ammo tends to do much better than the cheap stuff. Or so I thought...
The Lapua Trainer is cheap plinker ammo made in Russia. I bought it from Century International about 25 years ago. It was about $100 per 5,000.
I have no idea where the Blazer came from. I have never used it before, but found a few cases. No idea what it costs, but I am impressed. I can see why others have commented they like it.
This Federal Champion blue box ammo comes from my local Canadian Tire. I have always had good results with this ammo in a number of rifles.
I am not surprised to see this Russian plinker ammo do well. It was tested years ago and I recall it grouped well, but the steel cases would not extract from a lot of rifles I tested it in. It extracts well from rifles with dual extractors. Totally hopeless in a revolver. I bought a few cases of it becasue it was around $100 a case. Glad I did. This is the ammo that has a picture of a chicken on the box.
This white box DND ammo is amde by Olin (Winchester). I have alwys assumed it is T22, but don't know that to be a fact. It is stnd velocity, greased. I have used a lot of it in my handguns. Don't think I will use it in this rifle.
I bought this Armscor ammo about three years ago. It was the cheapest ammo I could find, at about $210 a case. At 50 yards it has been superb in a number of rifles. At 100 it drops the occasional round low. The bullets
are a bit fat and this ammo will not function in some guns, but it has worked well in those that will chamber it.
The Ely Yellow box is ammo my son tested in his target rifle. He was not impressed. It does not perform in this rifle, either. Probably not cheap ammo.
The Lapua Standard Plus is another ammo my son tested that did not perform in his Anshutz. Not very good here, either. Probably not cheap ammo.
This Remington Golden Bullet was the cheapest ammo I could find a couple years ago. About $215 a case. I bought it when I found that the Armscor would not chamber in some guns. At 20 yards it is very reliable and accurate in handguns and 10/22s. But, from the sound, I can tell that some rounds are under powered. I thought the 100 yard group would be even taller than this.
Winchester Wildcat. Seemed to be poorly made.
Winchester 333. Not impressed with this stuff. OK in a 10/22 at 10 yards at tin cans, I guess.
Aguila Match Rifle. I tried this in other rifles and it sucked. Same again. The "Wolf" on the diagram is a brain fart. The ammo is Aguila.
Conclusion: Each rifle has its preferences. try a number of different brands to see what it likes. From my experience from years ago where I worked at CIL, making ammunition, I know ammo can vary quite a bit from lot to lot, so if you find ammo that really works well in your rifle, you should note the lot number and buy a few more cases of it.
I am pleased to find some cheap ammo that works well in this rifle. And the rifle shoots better than I dared hope, given how cheap it was.
