What is the most accurate .22lr Ammo? Answer inside..

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What is the most accurate .22lr Ammo? Answer inside..

Post by MoA » Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:02 pm

So came acrossthis post on 6mm BR, very interesting given the 55 different types of ammo use.

Links to tagets at 50 yards
Links to tagets at 75 yards
Links to tagets at 100 yards

There are some real oddities in there.. for example the Eley Club group actually shrank from 75 to 100 yards.

What do you guys think.

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Post by shooter » Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:30 pm

i think its a very comprehensive test for various ammunition. esp at 100 knowing what .22lr is at 100 yards.

Re: the eley, what do u think the chances were of eley performing the way it did due to personal error?

Are the numbers in inches or minutes of angles?
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Post by z375 » Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:36 pm

Lapua Midas M!! My little Anschutz's favorite fodder! :mrgreen:
"With solid bullets on heavy animals such as elephant, rhino and buffalo this power is quite apparent but is not so obvious as when soft-nose bullets are being used, say, lion, particularly when is a case of stopping a charge : the .404 will stop him all right, but will seldom crumple him quite so completely as will the .416" -- John Taylor, Big Game and Big Game Rifles, (Ch. IX)

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Re: What is the most accurate .22lr Ammo? Answer inside..

Post by MoA » Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:46 pm

The Eley Tenex is generally considered the most accurate .22 lr ammo at 50 yards, which is the distance it is shot at in competition. Which doesnt quite mean its true for longer distances.

The shooting was done by someone who is a very experienced BR shooter, in a tunnel. Additonally the numbers are an average of 5 5 shot groups for each type of ammo at each distance. The measurements are in inches.

Additionally each .22lr tends to favour a particular type/brand of ammo. My Cz 452 for some reason will not group Eley Tenex, but is great with Midas.

In rimfire benchrest, most shooters will buy a few boxes of ammo from different lots, and see what works. Once they find what make, style and lot number is working for them, they buy a few cases of the ammo from a particular lot. Rimfire ammo is a constantly shifting target for most shooter.

The one type of ammo I would have loved in this mix is the Lapua Xact.

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Post by shooter » Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:33 pm

Guruji please note my group at 55 yards shot with a friends .22 CZ with hollowpoint CCI:

5 shot group from the top of my car:

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Guruji as i told you before i have no experience in shooting. (Till 6 months ago i used to think shooting close groups is stupid if u cant get it on the bullseye.)
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Post by MoA » Wed Apr 28, 2010 1:14 am

Those are decent groups. Now the billion dollar question?

What Hollow Points? CCI makes several kinds...

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Post by shooter » Wed Apr 28, 2010 1:38 am

subsonic hp.
Interestingly, these ones didnt group well with the rifle compared to the other load which was over. (being the preffered ammo, it was shot more and hence finito).
So i had to make do with the subsonic hp's
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Post by MoA » Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:46 am

Come with me.. I am going the 20th or 21st.. Will get you to shoot a variety :D

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