22 cal ammo

[shogun199328]

What’s the best 22 cal ammo?

 

[KLB]

 

[Bugzilla]

Agree with KLB. I shoot anything but prefer CCI when not at the range.

 

[Jaybird1980]

What’s the best 22 cal ammo?

Remington Thunderbolts

 

[jwamplerusa]

Whatever works well in your firearm.

If you are chasing accuracy, then lots of data gathering and analysis. When you find "the one" which is consistently accurate in your firearm, purchase as much of that lot as you can afford.

 

[bwframe]

Isn't that Lapua Center X the best? 34 cents a round...?

If you are shooting at bigger things close, then the consistency of match ammo matters less.

Reliability and performance on critters under various conditions comes into play when that is the mission. IE, a lotta 22lr AR's need a potent velocity rating to function the gun's action reliably. And Stingers are great on small game, if you can hit them.

 

[DadSmith]

What’s the best 22 cal ammo?

My rifle likes Eley force, and Aguila Super Extra 40gr copper coated.

 

[Doug]

You have to test many varieties to find which one your gun likes best. That said, most all of mine like CCI 40 grain, standard velocity. Sub-sonic is usually more accurate than high velocity.

 

[Gabriel]

Remington Thunderbolts

Yes. Learning how to clear malfunctions is important.

 

[zachcz]

If I had to just buy one brand /type for rest of my life it’s cci SV. I’m not much of a rifle shooter but thst is where it seems guns are more picky and differences in ammo can be seen when trying to shoot tiny groups. I’m also a fan of the Aguila ammo

 

[KLB]

Yes. Learning how to clear malfunctions is important.

The only Remington I will use are their Subs, and that is because I traded regular bulk for them.

 

[BrockStrader22]

I saw a video of an in depth comparison of a bunch of .22 Ammo and Blazer had the best performance. I can't remember if the video came from this site or somewhere else. I haven't tried any blazer since then to see what I think but from what I can tell it very much depends on your gun. My savage 64 likes cci mini mag and Winchester m-22, rossi rs-22 seems to do pretty well with everything except Remington but is most accurate with cci stingers, I don't know if my marlin 60 has ever had anything it doesn't like but best accuracy has been cci standard velocity. You could probably take the rossi and savage and get the next serial number up and down and each one will like a different ammo though. I've only had feed problems with the semi autos, I'll feed the bolt guns whatever I have and be happy with it. I would say for sure stay away from Remington for semi autos.

 

[cg21]

I mean we have to take into consideration price…… a BUCKET of Remington is only like $90 otd. So unless I am defending myself from a rabid squirrel a malfunction here and there is to be expected and for me it’s accepted.

that being said my kids will be in a youth match so I will be in the lookout for some match grade ammo that the 10/22 likes. Seems to me my first test and look would be with cci subsonic rounds.

 

[BrockStrader22]

I mean we have to take into consideration price…… a BUCKET of Remington is only like $90 otd. So unless I am defending myself from a rabid squirrel a malfunction here and there is to be expected and for me it’s accepted.

that being said my kids will be in a youth match so I will be in the lookout for some match grade ammo that the 10/22 likes. Seems to me my first test and look would be with cci subsonic rounds.

Winchester and blazer bulk are similarly priced to Remington bulk and seem to have much less fail to fires. Never had a 10/22 but with that rotary mag I would imagine loading issues aren't as common as other rifles.

 

[KLB]

I mean we have to take into consideration price…… a BUCKET of Remington is only like $90 otd. So unless I am defending myself from a rabid squirrel a malfunction here and there is to be expected and for me it’s accepted.

that being said my kids will be in a youth match so I will be in the lookout for some match grade ammo that the 10/22 likes. Seems to me my first test and look would be with cci subsonic rounds.

I would start with CCI SV.

 

[Gabriel]

I mean we have to take into consideration price…… a BUCKET of Remington is only like $90 otd. So unless I am defending myself from a rabid squirrel a malfunction here and there is to be expected and for me it’s accepted.

that being said my kids will be in a youth match so I will be in the lookout for some match grade ammo that the 10/22 likes. Seems to me my first test and look would be with cci subsonic rounds.

CCI SV is subsonic and a good place to start. It shoots acceptably in all of my rimfires. My other general go to is Norma Tac. I've found it runs about the same in everything as the CCI and it used to be a little cheaper. These are lower limit of what I'll spend my money on as far as 22LR goes and hae been satisfied with both. If I were shooting matches I'd start looking at Eley or other medium/high end rimfire rounds depending on the type of competition it is.

 

[Mgderf]

I like Hornet myself, but it is a bit on the spendy side.

 

[Born2vette]

What is the intended purpose?

Do you want to punch really small holes in paper 50 yds away?
Slay squirrels with a head shot?
Put holes in soda cans?

You can spend $0.08 to $0.40 per round. I use SK rifle match to compete ($0.20/rnd) but my Ruger standard autoloader works just fine with Fed automatch.

 

[Ziggidy]

In my EDC I use Federal Punch 22lr

 

[55fairlane]

What ammo does your rifle or pistol.
I wouldn't put anything cheaper then cci sv in my Anschutz, but perfer Eley , however my Remington 541 sees no accuracy difference between cci sv & Eley.
As a general rule sv ammo is more accurate then high velocity/ bulk ammo, but test different ammo.

Aaron