what ammo do you like for .22?

[surfclod]

When trying different types of ammo be sure to clean the barrel in between brands. After the barrel is clean it takes approximately 1 round per inch of barrel to coat it with the particular bullet lube that the type of ammo you are testing uses.

In my 20" barrel I clean it with a few passes of the boresnake and then shoot about 25 rounds of the type of ammo I am testing to "season" the barrel for that type of ammo and then fire the remaining 25 round into 5 groups of 5 rounds each. Then clean and try the next box of ammo. The first 25 rounds I just shoot offhand for practice and the remaining rounds are shot from bags to try and remove as much human error as possible.

This is maybe a little bit of overkill for most shooters but I enjoy trying to get the most out of my gun.

Before I knew this method I had purchased some expensive .22 target ammo and have very inconclusive results. Now that I know better I want to redo the test and see if fancy shmancy target ammo can do any better than cheaper stuff.

[eric2381]

Originally Posted by TheClash

cci quik shoks ....as fast as the stingers but boy do they open up a gopher.

I agree, they split them open ear to arse. They shoot pretty accurately in my rifle as well. But, they are expensive. Sort of a treat to use them.

[graham1]

Originally Posted by surfclod

When trying different types of ammo be sure to clean the barrel in between brands. After the barrel is clean it takes approximately 1 round per inch of barrel to coat it with the particular bullet lube that the type of ammo you are testing uses.

In my 20" barrel I clean it with a few passes of the boresnake and then shoot about 25 rounds of the type of ammo I am testing to "season" the barrel for that type of ammo and then fire the remaining 25 round into 5 groups of 5 rounds each. Then clean and try the next box of ammo. The first 25 rounds I just shoot offhand for practice and the remaining rounds are shot from bags to try and remove as much human error as possible.

This is maybe a little bit of overkill for most shooters but I enjoy trying to get the most out of my gun.

Before I knew this method I had purchased some expensive .22 target ammo and have very inconclusive results. Now that I know better I want to redo the test and see if fancy shmancy target ammo can do any better than cheaper stuff.

Good advice

[sharp_85]

Are you using the Winchester Super X solid tips, or hollowpoints? I've used the Super X hollowpoints for a couple years now and I get pretty decent carnage with them. I mean they don't blow gophers apart like my .22-250, lol, but there's usually guts spilling out wherever I hit them.

[graham1]

Originally Posted by sharp_85

Are you using the Winchester Super X solid tips, or hollowpoints? I've used the Super X hollowpoints for a couple years now and I get pretty decent carnage with them. I mean they don't blow gophers apart like my .22-250, lol, but there's usually guts spilling out wherever I hit them.

Hollowpoints. I shot a few gophers the other day and about half you had to look to see where the bullet hit. They were dead quick but hardly any blood. Maybe I'm to fussy.

[jackal]

I have had good luck with win wildcats, in all of my 22s,

[berjerkin]

i've got nearly everybody i know converted to remington yellow jackets. very rarely a missfire, very accurate and very distructive on gophers.

[TheClash]

Originally Posted by berjerkin

i've got nearly everybody i know converted to remington yellow jackets. very rarely a missfire, very accurate and very distructive on gophers.

these are terrible in my .22 (marlin mod 60)....it is a great choice for sure....but for some reason (i think it is the shape of the nose) my gun does not like them...too bad though.

[Heckler]

Originally Posted by raised by wolves

Through several rifles, I have found the CCI Velocitors to be the most consistent for accuracy and velocity.

Ditto for me - like a couple of the other guys were saying I tried several brands of .22 varmint loads, the CCI Velocitors performed the best with my rifle hands down. What I really like about them is that they are a 40 gr bullet coming out at 1435 fps - lots of energy on target, you can really hear the thump when they connect!

[WayneChristie]

my vote is for the Yellowjackets.

I've been shooting Remington game loads (think i paid $11 for a brick a few years ago) and they work well for small game hunting. We hunted jack rabbits and cottontails a lot down south with them and they seemed to do enough damage the rabbits never made it more that a yard or two. And jackrabbits are a lot of bunny, the big ones weigh 10-12 pounds. Maybe worth trying, my 10-22 had issues digesting the Winchester bullets my Dads 10-22 likes (wildcats). I've never tried 22 ammo that cost more than a couple bucks for 50 bullets but the game loads work well for rabbits, grouse, gophers, starlings, etc. I still haven't had one get caught in the action (Remington 10-22) after going through the first brick so they sure seem to cycle smooth. Only 2 more bricks to go .

[Gonehuntin']

Federal 525 Bulk Pack Plated HP-Very consistent- kills squeaks dead.Plus I'm cheap.....won't part with the $ for Velocitors or Stingers or Yellowjackets, gets pricey @ 500+ rds. per day.....

[Gonehuntin']

Has anybody seen any of those PMC Zapper shells around?They were great, pretty greasy, but accurate and lethal, have't seen them around, like to get some more.

[Cal]

I agree with gone huntin, those bulk federal hollowpoints mess up a gopher good enough for me and shoot well out of both my 22's, and cost less than 20bucks a brick. Another plus is that the federal solid points shoot to the same point of impact in my 22's so I dont have to re sight my gun when I go grouse hunting. And if BBJ thinks that their good out to 200 yards they must be a hell of a 22 load

[joe-nwt]

Yellowjackets. Sure they cost a bit more than bulk ammo, but the cost is still a tiny fraction of what my annual gopher safari costs. And really, I'd hate like hell to have my evening beer budget surpass my daily rimfire budget anyway.....

[EagleEye54]

I like Yellow Jackets. They kill pasture poodles very effectively and are very accurate.

[Rantastic]

I'm stilla fan of the super X's $16 bucks a brick at Bass pro last time i was down a bought ten bricks. at 3 cents a shot its worth throwing a few extra bullets into each gopher if you wanna see damage.

[duceman]

i've found those cheap american eagle hp's are most accurate in my 541s, from about a dozen different brands tried.
sighting in for the postal match coming up, i put 10 rounds in 1 3/4" over the hood of the truck the other day. lucky they work for me, bought 2 cases last fall when they were on sale at ufa.
for carnge, step to a centerfire. 10 gr of unqiue under a 50 gr tnt in my duce is cheap, quiet, and cool in the summer on the barrel.
and explosive!!
lee.