.22LR Ammo Comparison 

I find it depends on the firearm. My rifles will eat just about anything but not my handguns. I hear some folks say their Walther P22 or Taurus PT22 for instance will run Federal Automatch and Winchester Super X just fine but mine sure won't. Mine eat Remington Thunderbolts, Aguila Super Extra and Federal round nose and hollow points with fewer issues than CCI Mini-Mags. Crazy, I know, but that's how it is so I just roll with it. The best thing you can do for your 22 is find out what works best in YOUR gun and don't worry about what others say about your ammo choice(s).

Retired on a fixed income price matters, I shoot every week I do have 3 semi auto guns a GSG/ SIG 1911-22 , a Marlin model 60 and the bellybutton Ruger 10/22 (everybody has one). CCI AR, Minimag, and Blazer along with the Aqulia super extra are by far my favorites all under .10 cents a round. I try other brands every now and then and always come back to my favorites. Norma tac 22 and Armscore turn my semi auto guns into single shot guns although they shoot well in my bolt and lever action guns. Good video and good shooting thank you..

I’ve never cleaned the bore of my 22 competition rifle since it was brand new. The VAST majority of the guys I shoot with also have only cleaned their barrels when brand new. We do clean out chambers every 300-500 rounds to get rid of the carbon ring.

I wonder how the compared ammunition would perform out of a pistol. I found Winchester Super X Super Speed 40gr to be unreliable in my GSG 1911. Most of the issues were stove pipes. Like you, I found CCI Mini Mags to be very reliable.

-CCI Blazers are one of my staple loadings due to their good accuracy and reasonable accuracy. -I think Mini Mags are quite good, but they cost more. You can find them most anywhere which is a good thing. -I have a fair amount of the black box Norma TAC-22. It was cheap and available when I bought it, but not very consistent accuracy wise. I think the red box stuff must have been improved and Norma wanted to make sure we can tell that it's the new stuff. -No experience Norma Eco Speed. -No experience with the Hornady -I like the Eley Subsonic Hollow. Shoots very consistently for me. Pricey and I have to order it in; none of my local suppliers keep it in stock regularly; it's quite good. I think I may have some Eley Sport, but have not shot any. The Eley Match is sweet ammo. I keep some on the shelf, but it's pricey. I don't shoot Tenex; it's too expensive for me. I don't have any in my inventory. Suggestions for other ammo to try: Aquila Super Extra subsonic is one of my favorite ammos. Their Super Extra HV is quite good as well; I like it. They have solid and HP versions. Pricing is competitive. Another brand to look at is SK (by Lapua). They have some HP hunting ammo, but most of their claim to fame in economy ammo (relative term) is SK + and SK Match. Their best (most accurate and consistent) stuff is sold under their various target grade Lapua branding. Wolf Match Target and Match Extra is quite good; now manufactured by Eley, previously by Lapua.

I stocked exclusively to CCI Mini Mags and STINGERS for my emergency stash, I have 10k mini mags and 5k Stingers put aside just for hunting and emergency stash. Personally I've found them both to be very accurate atleast out of my 10/22 and my old Savage 410/22 (the grouse slayer for decades) that thing has shot the heads off so many grouse over the decades it's insane lol 😂 For just range plinking I have around 20k of a TON of different brands bought here/there a few boxes at a time.

Eley don’t run a batch of Tenex and a separate run of Match.They only run a batch of Tenex then grade it.The Tenex that falls below set parameters of Tenex go into a black match box.

out of curiosity, why'd you sell your gig 16? I was looking at picking one up so thought id ask

I recently seen a friend buy a couple boxes of Remington Thunderbolts and Golden Bullets where he experienced many problems every other round through his 10/22. Have you any experience with Federal copper jackets? Ill definitely tell him about the Blazers! Thanks for the video.

Hey, aren't you the guy on Top Gun with those sunglasses?

The ELEY ammo is pronounced E LEE

Why the sunglasses ?

75 feet with a rifle ? Really

.22 LR is not jacketed. Flash coat of copper.

EEE-LEE

You could've cut the time of this video from 25 minutes to 5 minutes. Yackity yack yack yack.

Loose the glasses

I have an old Winchester Cooey bolt action with a 4 power weaver scope. I get a 1 inch grouping at 100 meters with Remington hornets. I dont shoot anymore but should get back into it. I would love to try all this new ammo. I did use Winchester 28 grains but never at 100 meters and still have a box of them. If I do sit down and plink I will keep a record of the old girls accuracy. I do have some great stories where me and about 5 of my buddies took around 15 rifles out for a shoot. There were some awesome rifles there of varying calibers. They sure didn't like me at the end of the day. and we shot down a tree about 16 inches across, that's a lot of lead at 100 meters. Also its a good thing we were not putting up new targets when the tree fell. PS we were shooting birds one day and just as my buddy pulled the trigger i said wait, well shit if he didn't shoot someone's parroket. Aboy a month later on a perfect windless day I says to my friend that's the tree Hector shot the parrot out of. I didn't even get the words out of my mouth when this giant elm tree fell strait towards us sending us running and i mean it just missed us. Is that weird or what on a windles day

Every rifle, even the same make and model, seems to have a preference for ammo. My 10/22 loves American Eagle 38 HP which shoots as well as the elegy in it, but y long barrelled CZ 452 LUX prefers CCI Velocitors! Thanks for a good video. BTW the reason you don’t zero in your grouping on the X bullseye is if you do you wreck your point of aim and your group will suffer. You don’t destroy your aim point. I shoot mine high or low to the bullseye for that reason. Simple tweak of the scope sets it up for hunting then, up or down only…

A few comments here...For 25yard targets I use product box card stock, cut to 2 1/2" square then use a felt tip pen around a quarter in the center. Cheap and easy to make. Blazer 40grRNL and Aguila 40gr RNL standard velocity are my go to plinking ammo for my old single shot Stevens. For serious "minute of squirrel" hunting, I use CCI 40gr RNL SV. When zeroing my scope at 25yards I get almost single hole groupings. If you ever get the opportunity, try and buy a Marlin/Glenfield Model 25 with Micro-groove rifling...amazing accuracy for an inexpensive bolt action rifle. Thank you for sharing this video...really enjoyed your comparison study.

I live in the UK where the ELEY .22 quality (expensive) ammo is made and one pronounces it properly by saying like you’d say “EELEEY”. That Eley Match makes great bunny getting rounds with that flat nose upfront. Packs a good punch for a quick dispatch (head shots with my Anschutz 1416 sporter rifle) is crazy accurate and is quiet enough to work well through my moderator on this rifle.

I have heard that Hornady is made by CCI, ELEY is pronounced E LEE, the firm is based in Birmingham England. All of my shooting is done on paper at 50 meters. I shoot the German made SK Rifle Match.

You need to loose the shades, you are trying to look like a gangster.

Great video. Thank you. The absolute best 22 LR I have ever shot is the Aguila interceptor at 1400 fps. Accurate, consistent and flawless. I recommend you trying it. I never fire anything else from my pistols, revolvers or my riffles. Excellent indeed. I invite all to try it. Disclaimer: I do not work, consult, being paid or have anything to do do with Aguila.

Yup 25 meters sucks for what I look for. I love the longer distance and you can really start to see the difference

I somehow missed this video when it first came out. But it is a great topic as seen by the number of responses as well as the excellent comments. What I am wondering is how much ammo is enough? Looks like some of your followers are holding 20K and more in 22. They probably have a lot more in other calibers.

Are your flyers on the first shot? If so, they could be caused by a cold bore.

First time viewer of your channel. I didn't think this young guy giving himself the "operator" handle was going to impress me. But you did so right off the bat with your praise of the 40 grain Blazers. I have at least 50# of 22lr ammo and have tested many different rounds. Not the high dollar stuff though. Although I did buy a 50 box of Federal Gold Medal Ultra Match for $14 once. ( I found that the cheapest Federal American Eagle performs just as good. ) The Blazers are consistently very good in every rifle I have had. I have some Eley Target yellow box, and it is meh middle of the road accurate. I recently got a brick of Eley Sport and haven't tested them enough to have a conclusion. I will say that my best group ever was with CCI AR Tactical. I also have a brick of 22 that I consider to be the worst ammo made. Would you venture a guess?

I get as many failure to fire from Mini Maga as I do with most other brands. What I do like about Mini Mag is they are more consistent in velocity that some other brands.

Thanks for the info! Though please,bruh, lose the unibomber glasses 😂😂

Precision is more important than accuracy. Accuracy can be adjusted

.22 ammo is hard, depends what rifle you are using. In my Winchester wildcat I run cci mini mags or stingers only

27.3403 yards .. not impressed at all .........

I've just got back from the range with my Savage B series .22 bolt action using Tac22"s and had numerous failure to ejects until I switched to Winchester Wildcat and they performed perfectly.

The sunglasses remind me of a mafia coke dealer... lol

I've used eco speed. It sucks.

What is your opinion of Aguila super extra? I get similar groups and it cycles my 10-22 with zero malfunctions. Let me know. ..

It's pronounced E Lee. Also you didn't have a jacketed bullet in the bunch. They are copper washed. Big difference. None the less not a bad video.

Have you tried Lapua Center-X ammo?

Great report, Great findings at the range, thank you for your extensive experience. "Buckeye Ballistic" also has Great reports on ALL the top performing ammo .

If your groups are that big at 25yds I don't think the ammo is the problem or being properly showcased....

I made it to seven minutes. Of course I was outside while it played. The thirty seconds I heard were total shit.

In my experience copper bullets in general need to be fired in a perfectly clean barrel. For some reason the lead and gilding metal from jacketed projectiles has an adverse effect on accuracy. That goes for rimfires and center fires alike. If you're going to use a lead free bullet then it needs to be from a clean barrel. If you fire lead then you will need to clean the barrel before switching back to lead free.

Those of us who shoot a lot know that it doesn’t matter how any of that ammo performs in your guns because no two 22 barrels and actions will shoot the same! All that info is pointless for the rest of us!

Would have been great to see CCI SV in the test.

Eley all the way!

Reliability is the one that will sink u

Did you clean the bore between groups?

Operator??

Good .....

Was it very sunny in your apartment?

The Blazer results are similar to others' findings. Found it for .07 on gunbroker.

I just bought 5000 rounds (100 boxes) of the Norma Tac 22 delivered for $300 + $14.95 shipping, no tax charged. I can put up with an occasional stovepipe for the great accuracy and only 6¢ per bullet.

who wants to sit and look at you looking int the camera for 20 minutes ?

CCI mini mags. They rule. Simple facts. Been using them for 35 years without a hiccup. U get what u pay for.

22 hollow points don’t expand