armscor/centurion ammo

[Vinegar Joe]

Does anyone have experience with either Armscor high velocity or Centurion standard velocity 22LR ammunition?

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[gunner]

Dont have any experiences with .22 and armscor. Only with .357 bullets from armscor and they are`nt accurate in their weight. I use CCI or Lapua.

Regards

Gunner

[mac1911]

I have 5k rounds of the Centurion by Agula sp.. I purchased from CMP before they sold out I have the slighty high FPS fodder they offered. So far it shoots as well as my skill set and feeds fine in all my 22s even my beretta bobcat. It is fairly clean is 22 can be. and the cases are brass. so far my best group on a nice calm day is about 1" @ 50 yards with my glenfield 25.
out of a lead sled rest. I mainly use it for blasting those pesky orange burm rats (clay targets) at the 100y back stop with my AR 22lr upper from TacSol.

[jimbcac]

Yesterday I did an ammo "field test" In the test were Remington Eley Target Rifle
Federal Gold Medal Wolf Match Target (the really good stuff, not the cheapo kind)Jagd-Und GmBH( donno what it is exactly, German of some sort, really expensive) Hansen High Velocity,Aguila Super Extra Standard Velocity, and Subsonic
Aguiila Match Pistol, Whichester Wildcat, PMC Sidewiders, Remington Golden Bullet (the really cheap ones that come in the big green box) and Centurion .22 solids..

I used a Ruger single six, a Ruger Bearcat, and a Ruger MKII.. (so I like Ruger)..
Anyway what I was trying to do was see if any of these $10per box of 50 .22 was any better
then the inexpensive ammo, since Centurion seems to be available just now, and as
cheap as any ammo is going to be for a while I wanted to check it out...
RESULT:
What i found is that at the ranges that I shoot at, using a hand held - offhand shooting
stance that the Centurion worked as well as any of the other cheap brands, and better then
some of the PRIMO EXPENSIVO stuff..
I suspect that for my tricked out 10X scoped 10/22 that I will stick with the Federal Gold Medal or the Remington Eley. But for pretty darn impressive accuracy (10 shots in a
dime size hole at 50' with the MK II ) I will be more than happy with this Centurion ammo.
I expect the days of $10 bricks are long gone. And really good target ammo is rapidly becoming a lost luxury, and at 59 my eyes are not what they were for off hand shooting.
Soooo maybe a half case or so of the big orange boxes with a guy standing with his spear
are in my future
I have had mixed luck with Aguila ammo in the past, mostly due to feeding problems in
Ruger semi autos, both 10/22 and the MK series. However the Cent. feeds just fine.
I prefer the Centurion ammo to the Aguila Super SE Extra subsonic (pink box) and the
Super SE Extra Standard Velocity (Blue Box, tho Aguila keeps changing boxes on me
Bottom line is that this ammo is pretty decent stuff, better then most of the really
cheap ammo out there, and as good as some of the more expensive ammo,
Stock up..

jim in gold bar