Category: Rimfire

More great German ammo. SK Standard Plus was available at my gun shop for the same price as SK Rifle Match (who priced this stuff out?). Bullets are very concentric with minor marks (you can see them in the image above) that may have happened in the lubing process or in shipping. SK Standard Plus…

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Zee German Ammo For someone who grew up shooting whatever cheap 22 ammo I could get my hands on, these was very high end 22 “shells”. It gave consistently great groups from pretty much all of the rifles that it was shot with. I think that ammo like this hints at the difference in gun cultures…

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I was expecting more out of this round. With its promises of being a match round, great packaging, and decent looking bullets, I thought it was going to be a decent domestic competitor to the other match ammo types from the 2014 22LR test. Not only that, but it’s high velocity. Too bad accuracy did…

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 Cheap, Cheerful, and Available Winchester 333 is a smaller bulk pack version of the same stuff in the 555 packs. Surprisingly, the 333 bulk packaged Winchester 22LR came in the most accurate of all the bulk ammo types tested in our 2014 22LR test. I squeezed very adequate accuracy out of the Marlin 795, Norinco…

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Even with the lack of 22LR on the market, it seems as though Winchester pulls through with some options. The Super Speed RN is a spicy full size 40 grain, round-nose, copper plated bullet clocking in at 1300 FPS. That’s somewhat faster than even the CCI Mini-Mag featured in our 2014 22 LR Roundup. Winchester…

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The Ugly Duckling I think I got a bad box of this stuff. Maybe it was bring your kid to work day, or maybe QC was asleep at the wheel, but the box of Winchester Super-X 22 LR ammo that I got was a bit dinged up and ugly looking. It was as ugly on the…

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The CCI Stinger is the high performance 22 round. Clocking in at 1640 FPS, this round does make sacrifices for speed. It uses a lower weight bullet (32 grain), as well as a slightly long case that doesn’t work in tight match 22LR chambers. But, you get the fastest 22LR and some pretty amazing accuracy…

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The CCI Mini-Mag is a standard size bullet (40 grain) at a higher-than-standard velocity of 1235 FPS. It uses an easy handling, copper-plated, round-nosed bullet. It’s a favorite in the gopher squad for its availability and good overall results. CCI Mini-mag Accuracy Very respectable accuracy numbers, 100% reliability in our semi-autos, and consistent results among…

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Relatively unloved by most of our test rifles except the Norinco NS522, Remington Thunderbolt has some good things going for it that should have translated to accuracy: a simple, unplated lead bullet construction. In terms of a high speed (1260 FPS) 40 grain offering, I preferred the CCI Mini-Mags. Second worst overall accuracy among the high…

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A coated bullet to keep lead off your fingers when loading, a high speed 36 grain bullet, and CHEAP. I love this stuff. Accuracy is only so-so, and the tiny hollow point doesn’t look too functional, but this stuff kills, it’s cheap, and it’s available. Of the bulk ammo tested in our 2014 22LR shootout,…

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