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Hi to all,
I purchased an like new ERMA Carbine in .22 LR and tested some ammo for it like the RWS R 50, S&B Club, Remington Viper and Lapua Master. At 50 yards the Lapua was the best with an 5-shot diameter of 22mm. What are your experiences with different ammos and wich one do you prefer?
TIA
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Gunner
Just bought a Polish Wz-48 trainer in 22 long rifle last week. I've only been able to get to the range once since I bought it. Federal express ammunition gave me about a 3 inch group with ten rounds fired at 50 yards. I'll work with it some more when the weather lets me get to my club.
HI guys---
The best ammo for most of my .22s without getting into the super match stuff that costs so much has been CCI Green Tag competition ammo. It's about $13.00/ 100 and I use it mostly for squirrel hunting in my Anschutz, Russian TOZ and Mossberg 22s with great consistancy.
Thanks Guys for the answers.
Whats about the Wolf ammo? I`ve heard that it should be good, any thoughts?
TIA
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Gunner
hi gunner: I hace a Sako, 22 cal, with the sako heavy barrel, that has beenbededed and trigger changed and scoped. Since I did not know where to go for ammo, I had an ammo supplier send me all of the different ammo he had available, which i SHOT THRU AND TESTED. i WOUND UP WITH THE rws 50 ammo as it really shot better than the others, including lapua, etc. I sitll have three large cases of this ammo in storage.
Duggaboy, i tested the RWS 50 with good succes in my Erma Carbine and i hope it works good out of my Anschütz too. How about the prices for the RWS? This is the most expensive ammo for the .22 but good.
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Gunner
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Originally Posted by gunner
A guy I know shoots a bit of competition and has found the Wolf "match" (about $40 brick, US) and "extra" ($60, brick) to shoot better in his rifles than most other brands of comparably priced ammo. Problem is, here in the states distributors rarely have it. If they have it there, try some.
HTH,
Emri
Hi Emri,
thanks for the answer. I`ll try to get one over here but it seems to be not easy.
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Gunner
shoots one ragged hole at 25 yards with cheap Federal Lightning. Talk about being lucky.....chris3
Like the OP I test a whole range of stuff through my smallbores. Mostly I find that best quality Eley MAtch EPS gives me best groups. I think I once read somewhere that this round has an old fashioned design which suits older chamber designs but whether this is true or whether I'm simply talking rubbish to try to explain my results I can't say for sure.
gunner: yeah, the RWS 50 is expensive now, but when I bought it, a few years ago, I bought three cases and got a really good deal on the price, so I don't feel to bad about shooting it now. duggaboy
duggaboy,
last week i ordered Lapua rounds wich i can have for $ 42 for 500 rounds. This ones are great and the price is great too. Enjoy it.
Regards
Gunner
yes,. I like the lapua, you nned to try the Eley match also. I shot some the other day at the range with a state trooper freind and he really grouped these well in my old M2 Springfield. see you, duggaboy
I have three 22's, two Marlin lever actions which are nice and accurate and a bolt action Glenfield (made by Marlin) that isn't so much. I've always hunted squirrel with 22's until last year. Now I may never go back.
17HMR made by Savage. I've never fired anything that was this accurate before in any rimfire. Bought a second one for my daughter. Theoretically, you can shoot squirrels accurately out to 200 yards with the right optics (and a steady hand).
But how does the .17 HMR compare in price to .22LR?
Hi Mike,
over here the . 17HMR is at $ 20/50 rounds and the .22lr is at $ 8/50 rounds.
Regards
Gunner
17HMR in the US should be in the range of $11-$14 for a box of 50. 22 ammo is a lot less. I haven't bought it for a while but would guess it's in the range of $3 per box of 50.
If you want to do a lot of short range plinking at the range, can't beat the 22 but for hunting, I'd definitely go with the 17HMR.
The 17HMR has only been out for a few years but it is well established now and isn't likely to disappear like some other rimfires have, mainly because of it's extreme accuracy. It's been predicted to largely take the place of the 22 and as it gains popularity, the ammo cost will come down.
I find some of the prices quoted for .22 ammo rather expensive as personally I and most of my friends use our .22's for "fun shooting" I have gone to the range with one friend that has some very expensive .22 by various makers and yes at 50 yards it does group very well. The fun we find is shooting "clays" at 100 yds. then shooting the pieces 'till they are impossible to hit being too small. What do we use? Right now Blazer in the 525 count box, cost $21.95. I can shoot 7.62 X 39 for under 17 cents a round so to spend 13 cents on .22 is just out of the question for me. I have years ago shot literally countless gophers, crows etc with the cheapest ammo I could find and had zero problems with quality or accuracy. I have been told Lapua make most of their .22 on the same assembly line, test fire batches and the one's that shoot the best get classified differently and thus you pay more? Nothing special with the production just better grouping so up goes the price. All Lapua match ammo comes off the same machines and it is tested and the batch that groups the best is marketed at a higher grade and price. This came from the son of a friend that lived in Lapua for a year and was told this by a technician IN the factory. If you are a world class shooter then certain expensive ammo can make a minute difference. My son has shot flies on a target at 50 yards using inexpensive Federal or Bazer ammo using his CZ452 Varmit 22 with a Bushnell scope. You really don't need to spend a fortune on .22 ammo, spend the money on a very good gun that will last a lifetime and a good quality scope.