Sterling cross premium 22LR ammo

[marshall]

Premium at 3.30 per box? that don't compute in my mind.
Back in the old days , I sold a case or tow of that Russian stuff, out of my Bruno #3 and 4's, it was very good, but you had to wear rubber gloves with it.

I just saw this stuff from the Canada ammo newsletter, has anyone use this before? I can’t seem to find any reviews on it but for 32.99 a brick, it doesn’t seem like a bad deal. Jo Brook has the same ammo for 74.99

https://www.canadaammo.com/product/detail/sterling-cross-premium-22-lr-40gr-lrn-brick-of-500-rounds/

 

[coleman1495]

I was able to get some of the Sterling Cross stuff. Tested it out in my DAR/Kidd 10/22.

Reliability was mediocre. Accuracy was very good though. Actually was some of the more accurate stuff I have fired.

It does have a lot of wax and seems to be a bit dirty.

 

[horseman2]

With a new battery in the Chrony I was back to the range.
Velocity from the Ruger 10/22 carbine: 1155, 1090,1089, 1091 and 1060.
From the CZ455 American : 1030, 1043, 1103, 1083 and 1094.

Three groups from the CZ at 50 yards was: .649, 1.593 and 1.671 (all o-o) so you can take a 0.20 off those measurements.

The variations in groups size can be explained in the velocity variation. Throwing away that 1155 shows a little bit better but it lacks any impressive results other than it goes bang.

Once photo bucket bucks up I can edit with a picture of the groups.
An invitation was extended to local management for our 100 meter rimfire benchrest but no response yet.

 

[oppy]

Sorry to revive this thread, I'm not sure if it's better to start a new one or not. I tried some of this out in my stock Remington 597 this weekend, and much to my surprise my rifle really seems to like it. If I did my part, I was about to get around 1 ~ 1.5 MOA groups with a CEP of around 0.3 ~ 0.5 MOA. It smelled funny - sort of like epoxy/glue?

I'd like to know more about this ammo, does anybody know about the BC for this ammo?

 

[Hitzy]

I've been shooting it a bit these last 2 weekends, it's not bad stuff, works good I'm semi's, fairly accurate for cheap plinker ammo. Definitely not match ammo.

 

[oppy]

I went out and recorded some velocities on the Sterling Cross ammo last week in an attempt to determine the BC . I don't know about the precision, but the G1 BC seems to be around 0.140. For the curious, I have a short write up about it.

 

[tjhaile]

The two bricks I tried a while back shot well for me. As mentioned, it appears to be identical to Aguila Standard Velocity, down to the distinctive smell, like Eley .22 ammo.