.22lr Ammo... What's good these days?

[osokne]

It has been over 15 years since I've had to buy .22lr. What's good & what's bad, these days? I see a lot of hollowpoint and a lot of these "bulk" boxes all over the place.

The weapon in question is the wife's new Ruger 10/22 (which I will borrow a lot). It's the standard "base" model, with no tricked out features.

Thanks.

[2DoorImpala]

Most people tend to stay away from the Golden Bullets packs. Cheapo Walmart Federal packs will do fine for plinking

[olhunter]

For a 10/22?

Whatever is on sale.

[0x80884]

Most people tend to stay away from the Golden Bullets packs. Cheapo Walmart Federal packs will do fine for plinking

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[evidens83]

From what I've been reading, I'd stay away from RGB. CCI and Federal feed fine in my .22 conversion.

[Izzy43]

Plinking, ground squirrels, varmits, casual target shooting I prefer the Federal Bulk packs at WalMart. Cheap, accurate enough and generally cycle a semi-automatic well. For accurate target shooting on a budget I use Wolf Match Target ($45 for 500) and Aquila Match Target (blue box @ $30/500). Both ammos are used in different rifles as they are picky about the target ammo. I have never used but have read nothing good about Remington Golden Bullets. The "wouldn't fire/disposal" box at my range is full of them every time I go.

[bandook]

Federal bulk is $14/box at dunns

http://www.shopdunns.com/products/917/federal_champion_22_lr_value_pack/

5 packs are about $89 shipped i.e about $17.80/box delivered to your door..

[ledman]

Federal, CCI blazer and CCI mini mags, all good all around .22lr ammo.

[rojocorsa]

What about Winchester Super X 36gr?

I bought a couple boxes worth today at Cow Palace from Miwall. I was looking to stretch my dollar, so it was between those and Golden Turds---and from past experience with Golden Turds, I will try the Super X stuff.

[.22guy]

The Federal 550 and 333 packs from Wally World work well for me, for plinking. Wouldn't use them for hunting or serious target work though.

[darqhelmet]

Same here. Federal from WalMart works great, other than that CCI MiniMags.

[EXTREMEOPS1]

CCI minimags and if you wanna have more expensive fun try thr CCI Stingers twice the price and twice the fun

[G-forceJunkie]

Federal bulk from wally world for cheap blasting, Wolf MT if I'm being serious. Groups are 50% smaller with MT vs Fed bulk. Worst in my bone stock 10/22 is winchester wildcat. Groups are 200% bigger than fed bulk.

[Droppin Deuces]

Why don't you suggest Remington Gold? I just shot a bunch of that stuff tonight and it performed well in my gun(dedicated upper). Before tonight I had used almost exclusively Federal bulk, and Win XPERT HV with a lot of CCI thrown in as well. Neither of those are as accurate in my gun as the Remington.

[darqhelmet]

I have had no problems with Rem Gold. But its all 10 years old so maybe the new stuff is not up to par?