Good cheap .22lr Ammo?

[harvs12]

I was reading an old article by some guy who did some extensive .22lr testing and his conclusion found your higher end .22lr ammo such as Lupua and Eley towards the top as one would suspect, but mentioned Federal Classic 3AR117 as a best buy at $2.50/100. Tried looking it up and cannot find it anywhere...must be discontinued .22?

What are some of your recommendations for real good .22lr at a bargain? It will be used in a Ruger Mark III.

TIA and Merry Christmas to all!!!!!

[Bawanna]

I'll be watching this one too since I've decided to really stock up on 22 myself.

[Tilos]

Federal bulk (sometimes called: Walmart Target ammo on the firing line) or Winchester as a 2nd choice.
NEVER Remington (yelow jacket) crap.

My auto prefer Fed and revolvers Win

Tilos

[muggsy]

If your gun likes it it's good ammo. I've had success with all of it.

[sinac84]

Winchester 555 from Walmart has always served me well. Ran thousands of rounds through the 22lr Browning buckmark pistol I once owned.

[harvs12]

Just ordered 8 boxes of the Federal bulk at Cabela's for local pick up! It's on sale for $79.99/2100, but if you spend over $150 you get $20 off! Plus each 2100 round order comes with a free drybox! So my total after (taxes because I'm doing local pick-up) was $150/4200 .035 per round. Not too shabby I thought with a couple dryboxes to boot!

FWIW (in case you don't have a Cabela's for local pick pick up) East Coast Gun Sales has the best price right now I could find at $15.95/525.

But for me after shipping is figured in it was a wash with my Cabela's purchase......plus the 2 free dryboxes made this an easy buy.

[Ressom]

That Federal stuff is pretty good for plinking. I used to use only CCI mini-mag, but I switched to the Federal since it is half the price.

4200 rounds! You should be set for a while. Your Ruger should eat them up. Mine hasn't had a failure with them.

[n2brk]

Blazer - my Marlin 60 and Ruger MK love em.

[Micha2u]

Good cheap .22lr Ammo?

I have to cast my for for the Federal bulk ammo. My Ruger auto pistol will shoot it all day long without any problems.

[robdnor]

well my ruger mkIIIs (1 basic target model, 1 hunter) both love the remington goldies ... but to be honest only shot the federal out of my target model (too many 'duds'.. id even reload them into the gun again and nothing...), just got the hunter this past december, but it hasn't failed to fire but 1 goldie... same with a new 10/22 im working on

My guns love it, but i will admit i have experienced a couple cracked casings and had 1 rim blow out when shooting my p22, blew the slide lock spring out too .. and they aren't always the most consistent, but they are the cheapest

i really like shooting the winchester xperts but around here at wally world they are a bit more expensive



and yes its a good day so i figured the faces worked

[DubDubU]

cci 40gn lrn std vel.

[QuercusMax]

I have to cast my for for the Federal bulk ammo.

Ditto. I like shooting my .22's more than anything, and have gone through a few thousand rounds of Federal with only 2 FTF's that I can remember. It's worked fine in my Beretta 87T, Browning BuckMark Camper, and my Remington 12C (1934 model). I used to buy CCI, but couldn't see any advantage to spending more mostly to get a nicer box.

I've got a S&W 617 near the top of my current wish list, to provide an entirely new rimfire experience. Hopefully will provide another opportunity to test Federal before too long.

[Scoundrel]

If anyone's still interested in this thread:

For bulking up, as many have pitched in already, both the Federal and Winchester bulk packs at Wal-Mart are good. However, I find them to be somewhat inconsistent in their accuracy, and definitely VERY dirty.

When I want to go shoot a crapload of .22 and don't much mind if it takes 2 or 3 shots to hit the target because I'm just having fun sending them downrange, I use the bulk pack stuff.

When I want to hit my targets with more of my shots, and want my gun to be less gunked-up when I am done, I use the CCI Sub-Sonic lead hollow point 40 grain 1050fps (CCI56) stuff, and I buy large amounts at a time from CTD to offset the shipping cost and maintain a good price on it.

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/2CCI56-1.html

The price, not including shipping, is about $0.06/round (so you gotta buy a lot to make it worth the shipping).
That's nearly twice what I pay for the Federal or Winchester bulk stuff - but if I hit the target on the first shot and don't need to fire again to get that target, well, then the price works out OK.

Back at home, after I've cleaned my gun, I carefully peel the CCI stickers off of the plastic cases and refill them with the Federal bulk stuff.

P.S. If you are using the whiz-bang loader on Ruger MKIII magazines, the wax coating on some .22 rounds causes some issues, reducing the effectiveness of the mag loader. The rounds get stuck sometimes, and the wax starts to build up in the loader. The Federal and Winchester bulk packs at Wal-Mart typically do not have the wax coating (one of the reasons they are so cheap), so they slide through the mag loader easier.

I have fired hundreds of all three types through my MKIII without any issues. I think the Ruger MKIII pistols will eat anything.

[chrish]

fwiw i have converted from cci mini mags to the winchester m22s sold at walmart. they are some kind of black coated copper bullet, but whatever it is it runs cleaner in my p22 than the cci mini mags did. they have been super reliable. ive put one brick of 1000 rounds thru my p22 already and maybe 250 into my second. do not recall a single dud yet and the only issues ive had have been failure to lock back on the last round and i have attributed that to riding the slide release on a couple of occasions. they run $45/1000 at walmart.

[TominCA]

I've had good accuracy with Fiocchi std velocity - mail order - Very accurate in my Ruger and 22 rifle and not expensive. The wally world Federal is okay (not great) and CCI the best and also most expensive.