How do you differentiate all of the 22 rimfire ammo out there? At a basic level, what ammo do you use to just shoot with and what ammo do you use to compete with? How do you judge the difference in quality and accuracy?
This is rather wise and sound advice.After carefully rank ordering 22 ammo by velocity, and again by accuracy, it's worth reordering 22 ammo by price...
Not really. In fact, the manufacturers price their different products by how accurate they are. So your rifle is probably going to be the least accurate with the cheapest Eley, Lapua, SK, CCI, etc. you can find. With rimfires guns they're usually the most accurate with the most expensive from each manufacturer.Any chance it could be manufacturer specific? ................
So much to consider. Some good advice already noted. Some a little off.
Knowing what you are shooting helped.
Savage Mark II 22 lr.... try different torque settings on your action to see how it impacts your 5 shot groups at 50 yards.
Federal Lightning is just about as good 😂😂😂
That looks exactly like the target I used for golden bullets ;-)
Target Sports has Wolf Match and a yearly membership gets you a discount and free shipping. Whidden has Lapua, but it sells out, so check back often. Killough has Eley. Optics Planet and Midway occasionally have some good 22 lr. Get their notifications and watch for free shipping deals. That is where you save the most.Any good places y’all use online to order ammo?
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I have heard good things on SK Long Range.... Most of these Brands are ran on the same equipment. (Lapua, SK, Wolf (from Lapua to Eley), etc.)I’m too cheap for that Lapua! SK long range is as high as I can go….
It's been my experience that 22 shorts and longs will not feed in any removeable magazine fed action. They will typically feed fine from tubular magazines. So you are right they will chamber, but I've always had to feed them manually if it wasn't a tubular magazine.It might help to look at 22 ammo from wimpy to strong...
22 short
22 long
22 long rifle
22 magnum
Shorts can chamber in Long or Long Rifle firearms.
Longs can chamber in Long Rifle firearms.
Only 22 Magnum can chamber in 22 Magnum firearms.
from wimp to speed demon:
Aguila Super Colibri... wimp, primer only with 20 grain bullet, silent in most rifles, might not make it out of a barrel longer then 20"
BB Cap... ancient light load, very quiet
CB Cap short... light load, very quiet
CB Cap Long... light load, very quiet
CCI Quiet-22... light load, full size bullet at 40 grains, silent in most rifles, not likely to get stuck in the barrel.
Subsonic... just under 1000 feet per second
Standard... just over 1000 feet per second, best choice for vintage firearms because that's how 22 ammo was made for a long time
High Velocity... 1200 to 1600 feet per second