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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Man, I wanted to like this ammo. Bulk match ammo that’s made for semi-autos in a fast, 1200 FPS, 40 grain lead round nose: what more can you ask for in a 22LR round?? Unfortunately, I just didn’t get the accuracy I was looking for out of this round. Now to be fair, I’d have…

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Yesteryear’s High Performer I remember buying this stuff as a kid; has it always been around or did Remington ramp production back up once 22LR got hard to find? This is like the original CCI Stinger: a fast, lightweight bullet made for speed. The Remington Yellow Jacket has 1 advantage: it uses a standard length…

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Close In Pest Control The CCI Quiet Segmented HP is a low velocity, low noise option for quiet pest control. It uses a different powder charge with an almost single minded goal of reducing noise. The bullet itself is designed to split into 3 pieces on impact, making for a more lethal bullet than most…

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The Best Subsonic Tested Winchester’s subsonic 22LR offering comes in a 40 grain, hollow-point, un-plated offering. Compared with the CCI Quiet Segmented HP in the 2014 22LR shootout, it offered much better accuracy, a much smaller shift in Point of Impact (POI), and cycled most of the time in our semi-auto’s. Winchester 22LR Subsonic Accuracy My Marlin…

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CCI Standard Velocity is, like the name implies, a standard velocity 22LR round clocking in at 1070 FPS. Using a 40 grain, round nose, lead bullet, this is a plinking round with promise for more. In our 2014 22LR Shootout, this ammo would be a good place to start for most rifles. CCI Standard Velocity…

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Budget-priced Match Ammo CCI Green Tag is very similar to their SV (Standard Velocity) offering in appearance, speed, and construction, which leads me to believe that they’re lots of SV that are more consistent. Green Tag was pretty reasonably priced in my area, especially considering the current shortages in 22LR, and came out consistently accurate…

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Budget Accuracy In terms of inexpensive ammunition, Blazer seemed to come out on top. It bested all of our bulk pack ammunition choices and came in as the most accurate high velocity round in our 2014 comparison of 20 different kinds of 22 LR ammo. With a speed of 1235 at the muzzle, this is…

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