What is a fast, accurate, and affordable .22 long rifle rimfire ammunition that can be obtained easily?

Question

I will use a new Browning Buck Mark Contour 5.5 handgun, and trying to determine which ammunition I should use without wasting too much of my time and money.

Answer 1

Remington Golden Bullet. It's accurate, and you can get a box of 50 rounds for like $2-something. They sell them in huge "bricks" too of several hundred rounds, so you can save lots of cash if you buy the party pack.

Answer 2

OK, first off, let's ignore the silencer mention, because that opens up too big a can of worms. As far as the ammo question, welcome to the world of .22's. Each gun/ammo combination is a world unto itself, and the best thing to do is to buy a box of several different brands and types and see by actual range use how you own gun shoots. What are your shooting needs: target accuracy, small game knockdown, plinking economy? If you are just trying for groups, your rifle doesn't need to be re-sighted in, but your groups may not be centered for different ammo brands. Just measure the groups and when you settle on you favorite load, then re-sight you gun in for that ammo. CCI Mini-mag and Winchester Power Point have good reputations as being accurate hunting ammo, and I have good luck with Federal brand for plinking. Once you pick a favorite, you should buy several boxes or a carton of the same lot to ensure uniformity. And try cleaning out your chamber, because it sounds like you might have wax buildup preventing your ammo chambering. Check the links.

Answer 3

I always liked Remington Yellow Jackets, fast but affordable is a personal thing. Less buildup in autoloaders than the golden bullets. Federal used to make a 550 box they sold a Wal-mart with Hollow-points. If memory serves they were inexpensive and pretty quick. Accuracy in 22 LR-either it starts slow and stays slow, or starts fast and stays fast. Going through the sound barrier has a tendency to reduce accuracy

Answer 4

For affordable use the 500 round boxes of the remington or federal .22 ammo. Since it is a new gun, you might be "blasting" away a bunch, so buying the big bulk box ammo for 7.99-10.99 is the best way to go.

As far a reliability and accuracy is concerned, I seem to have better luck with the small boxes of 50 rounds of .22 from CCI. but that will run you 3.99-5.99 for a box of 50.

You'll love that buckmark, I've got one with the same configuration and really enjoy plinking with it.

Answer 5

Eagle brand .22 ammo. We tested it against all other brands of .22lr and found it to be the most accurate, the most consistent and the cleanest burning of all of them. Plus it comes with a hollow point bullet.

Answer 6

What my pistol and rifle like yours might not. I shoot Rem thunderbolts for plinking. For small game and target shoting I shoot Eley Tenx. Your pistol might like CCI Green Tag or Eley Pistol or Federal Match. Or it might like Winchester White Box. YOu have to try some and find out.

My dad is having good luck with Agulia match.

Answer 7

Lead has the tendancy to be deformed as it feeds.
Pure lead bullets (such as wildcats) may very well not cycle.

I think it's better to use coppercoated.
Winchester dynapoints are very good if you can find them.

Answer 8

dont be cheap always fire quality ammunition. the wildcat and the thunderbolt are good rounds I use cci mini mags and I love the cci stinger rounds but they are not cheap

Answer 9

If you just want to shoot just go buy whatever is on sale. For squirrel hunting with my Buckmark I use Eley or Remington sub sonic hollow points. Deadly accurate and quiet compared to high velocity rounds. You can stand to shoot them without ear plugs and they do spook every squirrel around.

Answer 10

Remington ammo.*