I recently got into shooting .22 Matches. I was told by an old timer to make sure I stored my bullets point down. Match bullets are heavily waxed and when stored on their side, the wax gravitates to one side making the bullet lopsided.
I recently got into shooting .22 Matches. I was told by an old timer to make sure I stored my bullets point down. Match bullets are heavily waxed and when stored on their side, the wax gravitates to one side making the bullet lopsided.
Yes; that can happen; usually only in higher heat in storage area.... I would be more concerned about the match ammo being dropped in handling ??
never thought about it but it makes sense. I have a handful of old plastic 22 boxes - the kind where the lid slides and the cartridges hang nose down (100 rounds to the box). For years, every time I buy a brick of ammo I load it into those boxes so I can conveniently take 100 rounds at a time to the range. That ammo usually sits nose down on the shelves for a few months before I use up the brick. My two old 22 rifles shoot very, very well-- maybe my habit of storing the bullets nose down actually did some good??
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One of my friends is a serious 22 competitor was telling me he reboxes all his special ammo into different brand boxes to irate the competition GW
I thought about doing this! Instead I shoot a Frankenchester and beat a lot of them (off the bench). Standing and shooting is now an exercise in futility as I sway like a tree in a hurricane!
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I had a buddy that I went to visit one time and he was repacking a few boxes of Ely .22 match ammo
into boxes of the cheapest/on sale .22s around. Then he put the junky ones back into the Ely boxes.
He did it to impress his kids & other friends. He did pretty good with his 10" bull barrel Browning Buckmark,,,,
He'd shoot the magazines he brought pre-loaded:
Then after a "Here, you try it"... let them load up with the el cheapo stuff from the match ammo boxes.
Yes, he was evil that way.......
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On the one hand, it would be fun to pull Eley Tenex or Lapua Midas out of a Remington Thunderbolt box. On the other, the notion of dumping Eley Tenex or Lapua Midas into a loose bulk pack makes my skin crawl.
Better still might be to put the ultra match grade stuff into faded and water-stained Super X or Peters boxes from the 1950's, with fake lot numbers stamped on the sides. . .
Last edited by Bigslug; 11-30-2023 at 12:39 AM. Reason: More evil
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