What .22 lr to get?

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Ive tried a few brands to see what works best with my gun its a ruger 10/22

Ive used

Blazer 525 40grain lead nose 1235 (way to waxy on the ammo)

Fedural Chapion 525 37 Hp copper 1125 (way to dirty)

Windchester 500 37 Hp lead 1125 (every other round jamed or bent caseing)

windchester hyperX 100 Round nose steel plated 1300 (Cost way more)

Now Ive used 4 packs of each type of ammo the fedural is smoker by alot and way dirtyer after shooting a black sludge builds up... blazers were to waxy and I didnt like loading it... and the windchester game rounds are like s single shot round thats hand loaded or it jams or bends the round 2 boxs out of 4 were ok but after 2 bad boxs in a row never agian....

I just want something that I can use for pest controll dont have to shoot those rounds much and another for plinking as Ill go through 2 boxs everytime I go shooting.. and then I clean the gun after I get back... Rather not clean the gun if its possable..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVkWtIVFVPo

and thats fedural chapion ammo thats beeing shot that day...
 
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Grizzlypeg said:
Try American Eagle 40 gr solids and 38 gr hollow points both function well in my 10/22 and shoot accurately.
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are they lead or copper bullets and I was wondering whats the diffrence I know lead is alot softer so it should wear out the gun less... thats the way I figure it..
 
The 40gr are lead and 38gr are copper, both pretty good for the cheap stuff. You get 100 rounds less on the 38gr brick or only 40 rounds per box.

I also found Federal 36gr 525 packs pretty good and about the same price.
 
You have to try a box of as many brands as you can to find the ammo that will both shoot well and cycle the action. The cost of said ammo means nothing either.
One 50 round box per brand is enough. And usually not a whole box. It either shoots well and cycles the action or it doesn't. Cycling the action is more important.
"...Rather not clean the gun if its possible..." .22's can be left dirty longer than centrefires, but you'll still have to clean it regularly. It'll stop working properly if you don't.
 
sunray said:
You have to try a box of as many brands as you can to find the ammo that will both shoot well and cycle the action. The cost of said ammo means nothing either.
One 50 round box per brand is enough. And usually not a whole box. It either shoots well and cycles the action or it doesn't. Cycling the action is more important.
"...Rather not clean the gun if its possible..." .22's can be left dirty longer than centrefires, but you'll still have to clean it regularly. It'll stop working properly if you don't.
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not with the fedural chapion after 500 rounds its noticably dirty like no tomorrow I usally just clean the reciver and just a basic bore clean.. all the other ammo it was usally after 1500 I would start to see one or 2 jams..

Its not hard to clean Im done cleaning in about 3 mins bolt out everything but the trigger comes out to be cleaned.. that and the barrel stays on no reason to mess with that..


dont care about price so much as I just seem to burn through ammo like no tomorrow all of them cycle the action with out any problems none of the ammo Ive fired had a miss fire few hot some cold but the windchester X the one in the white box then it went grey then back to white the bullets fall out they bend when feeding so its like jam jam jam good to go fire fire jam.. bent bullet bent caseing... used to only shoot it but resently man they suck.. my other guns used to shoot windchester x only the caseings seems to have gotten thinner for the brass way thinner then other brands.. bulet is lose like nothing holding it in.. 50 round box ha... that last me o... 30 seconds once its loaded..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVkWtIVFVPo

thats 120 bullets on target... destroyed 3 cans I was aiming at... but lets just say I dont normaly shoot that fast but... ammo seems to go at that rate...
 
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I love Blazer. I don't find it too waxy but to each thier own. Federal is crap no matter how many fanboys there are here (although I like thier centerfire stuff). I find most of the winchester brands to be pretty dirty but functional.

Every gun will not like certain brands of ammo but personally I would take for pest control the remington yellow jackets, I find them to be pretty consistant. Stingers are a little less accurate in my marlin 60, I think the round is a bit to fast for the rifling. For plinking I havn't found anything to match Blazer, although if you think they are too waxy I guess you will have to keep on searching till you find one you like. Just buy a single box of, literally, every name that you can find.
 
For varmint/plinking fodder I also recommend trying out the American Eagle. Both 40 grain and 38. I find my rifles like the 40, my pistols the 38. However I use the 38 in my AR .22 upper since the copper doesn't indent like the lead. They seem to work very well and accuracy is decent if your gun likes them. These are my favourite .22LR budget ammo if the firearm likes them. I ended up buying a crate of both after getting ticked off the previous year when I had difficulty finding them.

CCI mini mags also tended to work well, but are more expensive.

For target work, give Lapua Super club a try. My Ruger does well with them. But they aren't cheap.
 
I ran a box of 50 yellow jackets through my 10/22 last weekend. 2 x butler creek steel lips loaded full. No jams at all. They are pretty hot rounds.
 
You really need to try all sorts of different ammo to find out what works.

I've got a 10/22, friend has a marlin semi.
His loves AE, hates the Federal Bulk.
Mine loves federal bulk, hates AE and Remington Target.

I haven't heard of many guns that don't do at least ok with CCI mini mags.

There really doesn't seem to be much reason to what different guns like and don't like, for .22lr the specific gun/ammo combination really seems to matter.

I just got another .22, now I've got to go through this again and see what it likes to shoot. Not a bad excuse for a big ammo run and a day at the range.
 
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