what brand of match .22 ammo do you use

[usnmars 136]

I recently finished a nice remington 37 custom job and am hopefully sighting it in sometime this week.  I haven't really used a true target gun before so I am used to just using the bulk remington bricks out of my 10/22's.  Something like this I want to use a quality ammo to see how it actually performs.  What do you use?

[Malice4you 627]

Only stuff I've used has been the Federal Gold Target (711B) so far. and I didn't find it to be noticeably different than the blue box Federal champion (510) at 100 yards.  That said, I've only really shot them out of a standard Marlin XT-22 and S&W 22A, and I do not claim to be a expert marksman by ANY means...

 

Around November 2012, I was planning to stock up on match ammo for my .22s over the winter and see what ammo my guns liked.  That didn't work out so well for me.  I've given up hope of finding good match ammo at prices even close to reasonable these days...  Best value from my research seems (at least formerly) to be the Wolf match ammo or CCI green tag, when not willing to pay for Lapua/RWS/etc.

 

Strangely enough, my S&W 22A with 5.5" heavy barrel seems most consistent with Rem Golden Bullets.  Go figure.

[10X 3,306]

The critical question now is:  "What can you find?"

 

The more enduring answer is:  "It depends"...you'll have to try various types and see what your particular gun likes best.  At least with a bolt action, you can select only on precision--what ammo groups best.  With a semiautomatic, you have to select first for reliable function, then for precision.

 

Standard velocity (subsonic) ammo will be most precise--unfortunately, it seems to be the hardest to find right now.   That looks like a gun capable of discerning the difference between premium and so-so target ammo, so try some of the better brands.  I'd probably start with mid-price offerings from Eley, RWS, Lapua, and top-end Federal and CCI.

 

Fortunately, the recent ammo shortage that has caused cheap .22 to skyrocket in price has only modestly increased the price of the good stuff.  I went to a gun show a few months ago and bought Eley Tenex for about 40% more than the optimistic asking price for Remington Thunderbolt.   Two years ago, the Tenex would have been over 500% more expensive.

 

Is that an old Unertl scope?  Haven't seen one of those in awhile.   They made good stuff.

[Njbanshee 9]

That scope looks like an extra barrel.

[MedicYeti 96]

Wolf Match. I have a 10/22 set up for long distance accuracy. At 100 yards I notice the group is a little tighter with the Wolf Match ammo.

[Steve_G 51]

The Wolf Match Target is really good. I didn't notice any difference between that and Lapua Center X. Of course neither is available right now nor are the higher end offerings from Lapua. (Midas, X-act)

 

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[94dak 0]

I use cci stinger at 100 yds with my 10-22, had to get a better scope so I could c the smaller groups

[Targetpractice 3]

awesome match ammo is either Eley or my personal favorite CCI Green Tag. usually the more accurate 22 ammo is a heavy bullet moving slow. think they both are a 40 grain bullet going around 1075fps give or take a few fps. When i would shoot the green tag, I could see the bullet lob into the target through the scope.

[Heavyopp 167]

I have a 10/22 with a green mountain barrel that was originally chambered for 22 short -- it was reamed to chamber .22 LR

 

That gun absolutely loves CCI mini mags but the lighter 36 grain offering not the standard 40 grain

 

I did try wolf match -- there was not a discernible difference between the 2 to justify the cost of the wolf -- still have the better part of a brick of the stuff

[Iggyort 44]

I use Wolf Match Target on both my 10/22 T and on my CZ 455 Varmit.

 

 

FYI

 

OBRAMS will have another Tactical Precision Rimfire Match on April 13th The match will be at 50 Yards.

 

We are currently working on a Course of Fire for a 100 Yard match.

[Njbanshee 9]

What have you found to be the more accurate round? I would love to see what kind of groups you're getting from this rifle.

[NJKen 23]

Ill snap up some federal automatch 22's when I find them.  I get the absolute best accuracy out of my ruger MKIII with them.  I am not quite certain how they would perform in a riffle though.

Ken