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Northern Shooter said:
$0.14+TAX still kinda hurts for .22LR. Are the Mini-Mags that much better than the CCI Blazer? Free shipping is nice though.

In Ontario that $700 + tax is $791 or $0.158/round assuming free shipping.

The case of CCI blazer I picked up worked out to be $594 after tax and shipping, or $0.119/round.
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Yeah, FOC had the mini mags for less but the shipping was $41.00 to BC for 2 bricks. Kinda negated the savings.

I use the Mini Mags on gophers. They are deadly and very accurate. I have also found they are more accurate than other ammo in both my .22 pistols and rifles. Plus, as mentioned, they have been difficult to locate at any price. Worth it to me at .14 per round. The tax was only 5% being in BC, would have been 12% otherwise. And of course, free shipping.
 
I just bought 1000 Winchester m22 for a little over $100 at crappy tire. Not prime rounds or anything but good for plinking
 
yeesh... When I started pistol shooting in 1986 I bought a case of T22 for practice (and used CCI Green Tag for matches - or Eley Club, or Eley Pistol Match, or RWS). A membership in BC Rifle Association (part of Dominion of Canada Rifle Association) had us issued with 100 rds of CIL .22 every week, if we were using it, and/or a 64 rd box of 9mm ball, or a bandoleer of 7.62/51 ball. Each week.
My first case of T22 cost me $178. Two members of the Coast Marksmen club had been saving their issued .22 for a couple of years and gave it to me. So in my first year of shooting a .22 pistol (which at the time was a S&W Mod. 41) I went through 10,000 rounds of .22 ammo practising, and after a year I shot a 577/600 in the ISSF Standard Pistol Match.
My wages now are only $1000/annum more than I was making back then. (whole lot of different jobs and I'm seriously pissed with the current one)
So I don't buy good ammo anymore, and I rarely go out to Genesee to shoot because it's a half-tank of liquid gold (87 octane gasoline) to go there and back.
Calling $500 cheap for a case of .22 plinking ammo makes me shake my head.

Anyway - if you're able to purchase a case of .22 ammo in the Excited States, make darned sure you can leave the USA with it, legally, rather than just risking it.
 
CZ Shooter said:
That is exactly what needs to be done.
I for one never miss an opportunity to take a swing at those clowns for this very reason and I encourage others to do the same.

The truth is, that firearms and politics are very closely tied together.
It is not sufficient to just state that something is happening, without explaining why it is happening.

Count me into the "angry right winger" category too.
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Ok, I get the "angry right-winger" and "take every opportunity...", etc, but really, what's the point on CGN? It's not this community that you need to convince re the libtards who are ruining the world - or at least the very small part of it that is interested, cares about, and enjoys firearms. You guys who "take every opportunity" sound like a bunch of old women who can't get over how wronged they've been by the men in their lives.

What's the point in "taking every opportunity" to rant to a bunch of people who probably already agree with you? Are you trying to convince your fellow gunnies who might not agree with your political leanings? We're already gunnies and dealing with the same shortages, restrictions, etc, as you are.

Like really...can't we just stick to helping a bro who's wanting to know where he might find some affordable plinking ammo and save the rants for actual opportunities? CGN isn't just a platform for you guys who insist on ranting to rant. There's a large segment of the Canadian shooting community who come here to explore, learn about new cartridges, improve their shooting, etc. Not to listen to the rants of a bunch of angry old, injured women.
 
CCI-SV at Tenda - w-chrony test

I just wanted to note that presently Tenda has some CCI-SV on hand for $6.99. I think it's a good price since I ran a short Chrony test a couple weeks ago and found it to have the best ES of the 4-low-priced brands I tested - only 30fps Avg. I'm low on that brand so might get some. SK-FN (now disc.) was next best with 35 fps but I've only got a brick left. SK+ had ES of 47 and Fed Champion 40gSV was at 52 :mad: Just my luck I've got a couple bricks of that but they were only $3/box ;)
Anyway here's the data from that small test -

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Buck1950 said:
I just wanted to note that presently Tenda has some CCI-SV on hand for $6.99. I think it's a good price since I ran a short Chrony test a couple weeks ago and found it to have the best ES of the 4-low-priced brands I tested - only 30fps Avg. I'm low on that brand so might get some. SK-FN (now disc.) was next best with 35 fps but I've only got a brick left. SK+ had ES of 47 and Fed Champion 40gSV was at 52 :mad: Just my luck I've got a couple bricks of that but they were only $3/box ;)
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I bought some Federal Champion SV a while back, and was not at all impressed. Like you I bought it cheap. I'll probably just leave it for the kiddos to shoot...
 
It's good for 'plinking' but not when I'm trying to keep under 3/4" :-( Looking at the 2nd and 3rd mag strings their ES is 28 and 19 resp. Either would have been a good group but the 4th string was 41 - a big jump and prob 1" or larger. I have 3 guns that it would matter and a couple that are only tin-can shooters so guess who's going to get the Champion?
 
Not trying to thread jack, but what would someone recommend for a gsg 1911 22lr? I've never bought 22lr for a handgun before, not sure how picky handguns can be with 22lr
 
Sundogg said:
Not trying to thread jack, but what would someone recommend for a gsg 1911 22lr? I've never bought 22lr for a handgun before, not sure how picky handguns can be with 22lr
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GSG 1911 can be finicky, tends to stovepipe a lot of what I feed it. Actually interested what people are getting decent results with myself.
 
Sundogg - Depending on where you live, your options may be more limited than others.

All 22LR semiautos can be picky about cycling ammunition, especially during break in. In general, for that pistol, use high velocity ammunition. The GSG-1911 that I had was actually really good about handling a broad variety of low-end HV ammunition. But there's no way to know which bulk ammunition your pistol will like until you try a bunch of different flavours.

That said, if it doesn't run CCI MiniMags, then there's probably a problem with the pistol. They're not quite as cheap as "cheap" bulk ammunition, but it's good to have at least a few hundred to run through a new pistol and keep plenty on hand for the future in order to rule out ammunition related problems if your pistol starts acting up.

Remington Golden Bullet is usually a pretty good deal if you can find it (if your pistol can digest the stuff). It is definitely dirtier than the MiniMags (just like all of the lower-end stuff), so you'll have to clean your pistol more to keep it happy.
 
chasseur said:
I see Canadian tire is advertising the Winchester 555 bulk for $70(though they have none currently in stock where I live)That’s a $20 to $25 increase from last years price on new ammo when they refresh their stock this year
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The price was hiked on that just in the past couple weeks. They also had bulk Remington .22 ammo for $146 for 1400 rounds bucket that is now $156. Not a huge hike per round but a 7-8% increase in a couple weeks. I see they have Winchester M-22 Long Rifle 40-Grain 1250 fps, 1000-rounds for $99 also listed. Shows in store only but of course no stock at my store
 
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J.Hancock said:
GSG 1911 can be finicky, tends to stovepipe a lot of what I feed it. Actually interested what people are getting decent results with myself.
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Sundogg said:
Not trying to thread jack, but what would someone recommend for a gsg 1911 22lr? I've never bought 22lr for a handgun before, not sure how picky handguns can be with 22lr
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I have put a few hundred rounds of Aguila and the cheapest remington Canadian Tire has to offer through mine and have not had a single issue. It gobbles them all up. Your experience may differ but i would say if you are just shooting for fun start with a 50 pack of the cheapest and go from there. If you want dead on accuracy for competition then maybe you will have to invest a bit more.
 
Just set an upper threshold on what you're willing to spend on .22 (and all other ammo) and wait for those sales.

I didn't think I'd see high velocity .22lr blaster ammo again for $0.10/round this year (or ever) but FOC proved me wrong with their last sale.

I bet you'll be able to find these same deals this fall during Black Friday/Boxing Day. Maybe even CCI Minimags for $0.10, that would be great.

I also think we'll be seeing $0.60 .223 and <$0.40 9mm during those same sales.
 
Northern Shooter said:
Just set an upper threshold on what you're willing to spend on .22 (and all other ammo) and wait for those sales.
I didn't think I'd see high velocity .22lr blaster ammo again for $0.10/round this year (or ever) but FOC proved me wrong with their last sale.
I bet you'll be able to find these same deals this fall during Black Friday/Boxing Day. Maybe even CCI Minimags for $0.10, that would be great. I also think we'll be seeing $0.60 .223 and <$0.40 9mm during those same sales.
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I would say if you have the cash start investing in ammo now. There are over 100,000 guns on the list that once transferred will need to be fed. I hope you are right but the laws of supply and demand tell me your Black Friday/Christmas theory may have a hole in it.
 
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Northern Shooter said:
Just set an upper threshold on what you're willing to spend on .22 (and all other ammo) and wait for those sales.

I didn't think I'd see high velocity .22lr blaster ammo again for $0.10/round this year (or ever) but FOC proved me wrong with their last sale.

I bet you'll be able to find these same deals this fall during Black Friday/Boxing Day. Maybe even CCI Minimags for $0.10, that would be great.

I also think we'll be seeing $0.60 .223 and <$0.40 9mm during those same sales.
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I always thought it was the after tax & shipping, that determines the actual price per round?
(I'm assuming you are refferencing the CCI Blazer 500 bricks for $49.99).
 
CZ Shooter said:
I always thought it was the after tax & shipping, that determines the actual price per round?
(I'm assuming you are refferencing the CCI Blazer 500 bricks for $49.99).
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Yeah the Blazer deal, I bought 5,000 of them.

I don't count shipping or tax because those are variables that vary from person to person. Taxation varies greatly from somewhere like Alberta at 5% Vs the East Coast at 15%. Shipping costs are another variable that really varies depending on where it's going or if you are buying local and can avoid it altogether.
 
Gindryden said:
I would say if you have the cash start investing in ammo now. There are over 100,000 guns on the list that once transferred will need to be fed. I hope you are right but the laws of supply and demand tell me your Black Friday/Christmas theory may have a hole in it.
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I think we are more likely to see greater sales on .223/5.56 vs 9mm this fall due to how many people just bought up 10s of thousands of handguns, most in 9mm.

That's a huge market of buyers that will need to feed their new handguns so I doubt that sales will be as deep on those.
 
I just found and bought 3,250 rds of Federal Champion automatch 22lr for $36.99 a 325 rd pack from a non sponsor. Plus $32 shipping.
 
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