The Myth of the Special Barrel and Ammo Match

[dastt]

The Takeaways

Stop looking for your rifle's long-lost soulmate lot. A special ammo-rifle match doesn't exist.

The search is for ammo lots that are better quality than others.


• Barrels do not change lot quality. Good ammo is good ammo across barrels.

this is not true.

i know this because my friend and i each bought a case of the same lot of tenex. it shot incredible out of my rifle, and poor out of his (about double the group sizes in my rilfe) so i bought his case, and low and behold, it shot the exact same as my case.

 

[IronNoggin]

Nonsense.

My 22's (several) are very fussy about what they are fed.
And just because one type works well in one rifle most certainly doesn't mean it will work well in another.
Proof is in the pudding, and I've been there FAR to long to swallow this hogwash.

 

[Duramax6.6]

Yeah, but did you test at least groups of 30 skinny and fat white haired people?

Yes and no.

They could only catch 30 fat ones.

 

[sprint]

It seems you spent a lot of time on this…

 

[250-25X]

When International Imports was in business in Waterloo On, he was the dealer for RWS, Lapua , Eley and had a 50 meter indoor test range and a machine rest , and you take or send you rifle there and he would test different ammo through

A pic from the back cover of their catalog...

 

[tacoman]

Ah, nice pic 250-25X , spent many a time there sharing a glass of schnapps with Rudy while testing ammo. Thanks for the memory.