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Big-5 has Winchester 36gr. LHP on sale tomorrow for $17.00 for a 500 rnd. box. I never shoot all lead but I'm wondering, is this worth buying?...or not?
Pros - cons.
JL
Pros - cons.
JL
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Wal Mart Federal brand HP, 550 rounds. $13 something. Copper coated. good stuff. -
All this bulk 22lr ammo (Fed550, Rem Golden Bullet, Win) is pretty much the lowest quality, least consistent and mediocre accuracy ammo available. I would rate all this bulk ammo as plinking or short range hunting ammo. Nothing you would want to use if you really want to consistently hit something. I keep a few boxes of this stuff for kids to plink with.
For alittle more money, Fed Automatch and Fed 510 are more consistent, still HV. Then Aguila SV, Subsonic & Match are better for a bit more money. SK and Wolf are better still for a bit more money....etcLuck favors the prepared.
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My experience with the Federal 550 packs from WalMart for $13.47 has been all good. Never a problem in either my Marlin bolt or Ruger 10/22.
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The federal shoots better than most people can with their non-match rifles/pistols --Comment
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It all shoots good enough for what most people do with their 22s. I would rather pull the trigger 2-3 times to hit the same target for the same cost as one shot of match 22. YMMVComment
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Buy it from Wal-Mart instead and save a couple bucks. Plus, you can do this year round.Comment
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I bought a box of federal, worst **** i ever bought. still have the rest of the box after having 2 squibs and 1 round bounce off a target and hit me (target being a large stuffed animal)
*edit* wow, i went back to change my curse word to stars and it did it automatically. coolComment
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CCI Blazer is much better
From what I have found, CCI Blazer is much better quality ammo for just a bit more $. It feeds and cycles perfectly in everything I have.Comment
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Federal and Blazer are both pretty good ammo on the cheap. When I had my Marlin 925R I could get 7 shot groups within 1 inch at 50 yards using a cheap bushnell scope and rings that had difficulty holding zero. I was pretty amazed.sigpicComment
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Federal works well enough in my marlin 60, can keep it under a quarter to 50yd or so. Usually end up with 2-3 rds per box that need to be rotated after the first firing fails in order to go bang. And it's pretty dirty. I have had much better results with this though, than with any other 'bargain' .22lr. Even the Federal target grade wasn't that much better plinking out to 50yd.
I like Winchester super X (silver box) for anything more serious & handguns.Comment
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