.22 ammo experiences

[dpop24]

During the .22 panic, I've been buying whatever I can get my hands on for a decent price and through that process have learned what ammo my guns like. I only plink, so I'm after bulk packs.

Once ammo availability improves, I'm only going to buy Federal and CCI bulk.

[YZINGERR]

As you can see, each firearm will devour ammo and spit it out differently.
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[Paperchasin]

It really depends on whether you are shooting the ammo out of a rifle or a pistol. I basically stay away from all bulk ammo now, as they've all been nothing but trouble for me. With the only exception thus far being CCI AR Tactical, which comes in a 375rd box.

[hatidua]

Good:
Lapua
Eley
Wolf
Remington
CCI
RWS
Aguila
Federal (except 711B often goes supersonic)

Bad:

Winchester

[morrcarr67]

Can you guys post some experiences (good or bad) about ammo brands you've tried.

I've shot all types of cci out of a ruger s22 without a single malfunction.

I bought some American eagle 22 the other day and had a ton of failures to feed. The feed ramp got really dirty and grimey, I'm glad I only paid 3 dollars for 50.

My Colt Challenger doesn't like AE LRN

My Beretta Neos eats everything I've feed it.

AE LRN

Remington GB

Bulk Federal

Federal Lightning

CCI.

My Ranger 101.11 eats everything I feed it too.

[inbox485]

Depends a lot on the design. Some rifles are picky. Some are ammo sluts and take anything. Most reviews here should be tied to a rifle the experience is based on. I just shoot bulk, but in my 795, I've been happy with anything labeled .22lr.

[small hole shooter]

2 marlin 60s 18 tube, 22 inch, Ruger MK II semi-auto pistol.

Marlins---Best
Eley Match EPS
SK--Stnd Plus
SK--Magazine
CCI--Stnd Velocity

Good
Golden Bullets
mini-mags
blazer bulk LRN
Rem-Target
Fed-Auto Match
Fed-Gold medal
Thunderbolts

Bad
Winchester Bulk CPHP (none left thank god).
Fed-Value Pack CPHP ( still have 6 525 packs left, want to trade).

Ruger MKII eats just about any thing I feed it.

[Fishslayer]

I've yet to find anything that doesn't run in my 10/22 or MK III 22/45. The test is my wife's SIG Mosquito. Usually what happens is bulk doesn't have the pop necessary to cycle it.

Anything that starts with"F" and ends with "ederal" is a no go.

Remington GB bulk, good.

Remington Target, no good.

Blazer bulk, good.

Win M-22. No good.

MiniMag. Good, of course.

[Chaos47]

I love CCI Blazer 525 Value packs!

The AE you posted is supposedly pretty good when shot out of bolt actions and strangely enough Ruger MK pistols. But other semi autos I have heard don't like them.

[smith and wesson]

The American eagles I posted are supposedly high velocity yet they don't have the force to move the slide back and pick up another round, I've shot standard velocity cci out of the same handgun (sr22) without a hitch.

[Fishslayer]

You have to change the spring for Remington Target in the Sig Mosquito.

=8-)

We're running the light spring. I've yet to hear of anybody getting one to run with the heavy spring.

And the Win M-22 is one of the most accurate I've found for my 10/22. It runs great in my other Rugers as well.

[the_t0ny]

The only 22LR ammo I'd stay away from is remington thunderbolts. Nothing with problems out of my 597 when every other brand shot fine. The groupings were decent for ammo that I paid $2 per 50 but it's noticeably dirtier and a lot of bad primers(about 1-2 out of every box of 50) when other brands of ammo, even the dreaded golden bullets will shoot flawlessly out of all my 22s.

The rest of my thunderbolts I'm just saving for a bolt action/revolver or when a take newbies out and they're just blasting away at dirt.

[G21Shooter]

Can you guys post some experiences (good or bad) about ammo brands you've tried.

I've shot all types of cci out of a ruger s22 without a single malfunction.

I bought some American eagle 22 the other day and had a ton of failures to feed. The feed ramp got really dirty and grimey, I'm glad I only paid 3 dollars for 50.

Usually American Eagle(rebadged Federal) is considered quality .22 lr ammo.
I've never had issues with it.

Bottom line if you have a quality .22 lr firearm it will eat just about any .22 lr you can get. Some is dirtier than others and have a higher percentage of duds. (Winchester bulk and Remington Thunderbolts come to mind as the lowest quality you can get).

If I had a choice I would shoot only CCI Minimags, as they are very reliable, accurate and clean shooting. Federal bulk 36gr is my favorite plinking load followed by Remington Golden Bullets.

[trigger945]

Best experiences:

CCI Mini-mags
Remington Golden Bullets

So-so:

Federal bulk (blue box)
Federal Automatch
Winchester X-fire (?)

Worst:

Winchester 555 bulk pack

[kcheung2]

Marlin 795.

Agree with all the positives for CCI, although I've had a few FTEs with standard velocity. HV works great.

Something not mentioned is Centurion, which I believe is made by Aguila. It worked great for me, and although some in internetland have complained about a stinky sulfur smell I didn't notice anything.