22LR ammo source.......

by Charles, Saturday, December 01, 2012, 15:30 (4377 days ago) @ Gunner
edited by Charles, Saturday, December 01, 2012, 15:38

Bulk 22 ammo is of pretty low quality these days. I shoot in a weekly falling plate match with 22s and we try about everything. Here are our findings.

1. First place goes to CCI, but today we had a few FTF (failure to fire) with it.
2. Federal is reasonably good stuff with the higher priced 22 Automatic being better than the lower bulk HP stuff.
3. Winchester is not worth the purchase price. One shooter had 50% FTF with that stuff today.They switched to Federal and that FTFs went away.
4. If possible Remington is worse than the Winchester.

When it comes to 22 Long Rifle ammo, you really do get what you pay for these days. Quality also seems to have a big swing from lot to lot.

Our match is based on who gets the rack of seven plates down the fastest. So FTFs or FTE (eject) or puffers will cost you a match. We don't need the high end accuracy, but we do need reliability. If reliability doesn't matter then just buy whatever is cheapest.

I buy my Federal ammo at Walmart. Cheapest place around my town by far. They also sell CCI but they are higher than Federal.