HB of CJ 1,263 Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 (edited) Related new post. Which new .22rf ammo do you think is best? Overall accuracy, function, consistency, price and availability? Which ammo do you hoard and only use for family target contests? We for one are presently back ordered at three (3) major .22rf ammo sellers at a price we know they will never honor for a product we may never see ... at the back ordered price. Oh well. Frustrating. Edited March 6, 2016 by HB of CJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patriot 7,197 Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Which 22 ammo is best will depend on individual weapons. What's good for one may not be good for another. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vance665 225 Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 (edited) My 10/22 functions with everything I have tried, so for me the cheapest is the best. I never tried putting groups on paper though. As far a hoarding I have 500 rounds of CCI stingers and 500 rounds of Winchester super X incase SHTF and im actually going to try to kill something. Edited March 6, 2016 by Vance665 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WhiskeyMinion 300 Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 I like CCI MiniMags and Remington Thunderbolts/CyclonesThey seem to group and feed decent across the board with my 22's 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IndyArms 10,186 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Wolf MATCH TARGET is hands down THE MOST accurate and consistent ammo I have shot out of at least a half dozen 22lr rifles. It is lapua headstamp on the brass... I consistently shoot Dime sized one hole groups at 50 yards with 10 rounds... Second choice is the cream-white 325 rd box of federal target. Those aren't quite as accurate as the wolf, but for 20 bucks for 325, versus 60/75/??? For 500... And no wolf to be found anywhere... Go with the federal white 325 box. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigChongus 765 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 CCI has been the most reliable for me. Never really tried to squeeze accuracy out of any .22 round. Supposedly Wolf is pretty accurate. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunfun 3,931 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Accuracy depends on 3 things. Match of diameter to your bore, which varies a lot in 22 LR, both ammo and guns. consistency of priming compound (the powder is fairly consistent, but manufacturing of the priming is the tricky bit to get right) 3 crimp quality/consistency.. The latter two affect vertical stringing and reliabiltiy. The first one greatly affects group size and leading. There's another thread on here where I relayed some really handy data on that from FortunecookieLC on youtube. He slugged a bunch of .22lr barrels, etc. and checked the actual diameter of a broad array of brands, including samples from old and newer lots. A lot of commenters also contributed data. The amount of variance was pretty dramatic. Basically if you shoot a bullet smaller than your bore you will have a bad time, and curse the brand. A guy with a tighter bore will love that bullet. Too fat a bullet isn't really a problem, except that some guns may have issues chambering them. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HB of CJ 1,263 Posted March 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Thank you everybody and -Indy-. My local friendly gun shop got in some Federal cream colored black stripped boxes of Auto Match ammo. Right place right time with the right money. I quickly grabbed up 4 boxes. $Ouch$. The rest of the stuff sold out in about 4 hours. The shop only got in 5 cases. Wow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes1968 1,638 Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 GunFun nailed it as he most often does. I will suggest passing on locals for supply if possible, anything you save is eat up by the expense of unproductive trips and time. Its just far easier and really cheaper to find what you want exactly off the net. I like the GECO, and CCI Subsonic for score shooting (yep I am cheap not buying Eley) and CCI MiniMags for varmits in my 22LR rifles and pistols, try finding those in a LGS, one simply cannot but if I monitor things a couple of weeks I can get plenty for a good price off the net. Now if Im just shooting for the hell of it then Federal Champion is fine but it is also hard to find reliably in LGS. Some folks say you should support LGS and I agree but Im not hurting myself by being too rigid about the matter by ignoring the reality. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blkgunlvr 31 Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 I'm an Appleseed instructor and went through a spell of building up several "Liberty Training Rifles" mostly based on Ruger 10/22s. The LTR needs to shoot 1/4 MOA pretty consistently and I was surprised at how much accuracy varies in each individual rifle ammo brand to brand. Eley match may shoot lights out in one rifle and shotgun out of another. CCI minimags are pretty consistent, but will vary rifle to rifle. You just have to find what your gun likes and try to find and stock up (pretty frustrating these days)! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatonic 159 Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 If you shoot scoped, I would suggest bsa sweet 22. Pick your grain, zero at 60yds. Spin the elevation turret to the yardage you want to hit. Boom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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