What is your go to 22 LR ammo?

[mroliver77]

I have a small stash of yellow box WW .22rf for times I need to hit something. I stashed quite a bit of bulk .22 away but I hate that stuff! I bought a big ole box from the CMP 10 -15 years back that is REM plain box rn ammo It varies greatly! I am about done with .22 RF! Thinking of selling most of them and like Dale stick with .22CF that is accurate.
I can load .38special pretty cheaply. I think I will get a Lee 6 cav 105gr mold for general pinking and work up a load with Titewad powder.

It makes me kinda sad as I have always loved the .22RF.
J

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

CCI stingers , for hunting

in an semi extensive test i did several years ago, i think 1997 i tried every brand i could buy for less than 10 dollars a 50 that they had at the store at the time out of thunderbolts , fedral match, wildcats , and a few others the cci ran the best in that rifle it was also darn close to the cheapest at the time also. the federal match was no noticeable difference over the cci from that gun.

the truth is every rifle is different , so buy 50 of several types and try them you will find that your gun likes , then buy a bunch of that.

[Hammerhead]

Best regardless of price?
All my rimfires seem to agree that Mini Mags are highly accurate and will cycle the actions even in the dead of winter.
Blazer for low cost practice.
CCI priming seems to be the most reliable.

[ka0tqv]

Tried about 6 rifles and the regular Federals seemed to have the edge.

[Jamesconn]

Well you can use the ripoff CCI stuff or you can buy the federal bulk packs. I have already filled a .50 cal can with .22 federal bulk. I have shot atleast 3,000 and didnt have one bad one except one that was my fault I have a henry .22 lever action and i tried to shoot too fast and jammed it but just pop it out with a cleaning rod and it was fine.

I have also hunted with the .22 federal bulk ammo it does perfectly fine ive shot rabbits phesants and coons with it and it works fine.

The only regret I have is that I did not start saving ammunition untill last year right when i get into guns everything triples.

[dmen]

CCI minimag solids, work well in all my 22lrs. dmen

[EMC45]

Another vote for CCI Blazers. I like them and all my .22s like them too. They are consistent and accurate. Can't stand Remington Thunderduds. Varied report, so-so accuracy and a bunch of misfires. But as others have said here I can load .32 S&W-L and .38 Special cheaper than I can shoot rimfire so that kind of negates me dumping a bunch of $$$ into .22LR ammo. That and the fact the bricks of Blazer that were about $9.99 a brick 3-4 years ago are now like $20 a brick now at my local spot!! I do like .22, but I never thought I'd see the day when I could shoot CF ammo cheaper than .22.....

[cajun shooter]

Federal Lighting, CCI Velociter and Winchester 22 Dynamags

[superior]

Federal bulkpack 36gr. hollows seem to do the job in all of my 22's.
They provide great accuracy and have proven to be extremely deadly on larger varmints.
I've found that they shed their hollow cavity in the form of a ring while the base of the bullet continues to penetrate deeply, where other makes have stopped short. My 10-22 T spits them into one hole at 75 yards, the 241 speedmaster (unscoped) is a jaw dropper with them, and both the Nylon Apache77 and 10-22 Sporter love them. The bulkpacks make serious wound channels when compared to the many others I've tried. As long as the accuracy and reliablility are there, I place the most importance on the type of autopsy results I see.

[Shooter6br]

Got rid of my semi autos Use a Ruger single six 22RF/22Mag. Digests any 22 ammo

[snowwolfe]

No good answer, every one of our .22's likes a different ammo for best results.

[Fenring]

Winchester Subsonics. 40gr lead hollow point. They have just released a 42gr version but I have not tried those yet.

[frogleg]

Winchester Powerpoints

[stubshaft]

I have a couple of bricks of old Winchester Power Points for shooting hogs, and generally shoot SK standard plus in my guns. If i'm taking the kids out to plink then I'll get them whatever is cheap EXCEPT Remington Goldens. Too many misfires.

[c3d4b2]

Lapua Center X for competition
CCI Standard Velocity for fun

[atr]

CCI Blazers
Federal works in all my 22's EXCEPT the High Standard Sport King....

PS....have you tried buying 22 shorts lately....the $$ almost double that of 22 Long Rifles,,,and the Longs have almost disappeared

[Depreacher]

I'm in Arkansas, our .22 Remington Thunderbolts and Golden .22's have the Lonoke Arkansas location printed on the box. These shoot well, and eject well from my fairly fussy Marlin 60, and my VERY fussy S&W 2213 automatic pistol. Everybody runs their Remmys down, but I, and another shooter I know, have great luck with them. He shoots more than I do. Bought 2 cartons of Winchester Super-X in March 2009, which was when Wally world started slowly getting some ammo in after the Obama Ammo wipeout of late 2008. They are accurate but won,t cycle any of my automatics. Shot cheapo Federals some during the 60's, 70's, and 80's but they would foul up-gum up everything I put them through. We hated them, but they were cheap. Besides, that's the only .22's you could buy at the OUACHITA BAPTIST COLLEGE STUDENT UNION in 1961 when I first started shooting them. HA, try that today !!!!!! We kept all our rifles, shotguns, and handguns in the dorm rooms, but were supposed to keep them in the dorm mothers room. That dorm was an arsenal. I even kept an MP-40 Schmeisser rolled up in a sleeping bag in the closet for a couple weeks. Today, you can get in trouble for having a pocket knife on campus, on most, if not all, of AR campuses.

[jameslovesjammie]

Federal Bulk Packs...because they're cheap and my 5 year old isn't accurate enough to know the difference.

[Hanginon]

Different rounds for different purposes,,

CCI Minimags for game,
Federal bulk pack for Appleseed shoots, (I'm Cheap)

[Matt_G]

My S&W 22A likes CCI Pistol Match.
I didn't do a lot of testing with that gun though.
That will change shortly.

I have two other recent acquisitions in 22 LR that I haven't shot yet.
A Ruger Mark II my FIL gave the wife and I a while back and a recently purchased S&W Pre 17 4 screw K-22 Masterpiece.

I'm taking a friend out shooting on the 27th and I am going to find out what these guns like. I have 10 different kinds of ammo to test.
Here's the list:

1. CCI Mini Mags - 40 gr. copper plated round nose
2. CCI Mini Mags - 36 gr. copper plated HP
3. CCI Pistol Match - 40 gr lead solid
4. CCI Standard Velocity - 40 gr. lead solid
5. CCI Sub Sonic - 40 gr. lead HP
6. Winchester Power Point - 40 gr. plated HP
7. Remington Subsonic - 38 gr. lead round nose HP
8. Federal ValuePack (550 rounds) - 36 gr. copper plated HP
9. Federal AutoMatch (325 round pack) - 40 gr. solid
10. Federal Champion Target - 40 gr. solid lead round nose

I'll post the results in a couple of weeks.
Hopefully one of the above will be a winner in all three guns.