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What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« on: April 27, 2012, 08:12:05 AM »
Shooting Eastern OR ground squirrels with a standard off the shelf Ruger 10/22 carbine W/Bushnell Fixed 4x scope next month.

I've had good luck with CCI Stinger ammo. Just wondering what others have used??

Thanks!

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Re: What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2012, 08:16:31 AM »
whatever is cheapest, because I shoot ALOT

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Re: What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2012, 08:37:45 AM »
The only comment I will make is that some 10/22's have a tendency to jam when using the cheaper all lead ammunitiion, but when using the more expensive copper jacketed ammunition they don't.  They hang up when feeding the next round on the softer lead.  The copper allows for harder / more slippery surface, so it doesn't hang up when feeding.

Just my two cents.

Lots of people thought the .22 mag in the 10/22 action were junk, because they would jam so frequently. Many would be rectified with copper jacketed ammunition.

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Re: What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2012, 08:39:02 AM »
Ive had a few 10/22's and typically its the mag that makes them jam for me.

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Re: What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2012, 08:39:50 AM »
Ive had a few 10/22's and typically its the mag that makes them jam for me.

Weak springs?  or not fitting correctly?

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Re: What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2012, 08:41:56 AM »
Ive had a few 10/22's and typically its the mag that makes them jam for me.

Weak springs?  or not fitting correctly?

fit/wiggle, I have the 25 rnd hot lipps, if it wiggles a little itll jam, if I hold it forward a tad, I can blow through a whole mag with no jams.  Stock mags have always worked with any ammo for me.

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Re: What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2012, 08:44:04 AM »
For bulk ammo, blazers  shoot the best  out of mine.

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Re: What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2012, 09:01:04 AM »
I hate to admit this. I have had one for who knows how long and just now I'm finding out I could shoot mags through it too.  :DOH:
times before with just leather, wool and cotton.

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Re: What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2012, 09:20:18 AM »
I hate to admit this. I have had one for who knows how long and just now I'm finding out I could shoot mags through it too.  :DOH:

If am understanding what you are saying and you are talking about a standard 10-22, that is not the case.  Ruger made a run of 10-22's that were chambered specifically for the .22 mag...different gun than the standard Ruger 10-22.
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Re: What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2012, 09:21:52 AM »
I hate to admit this. I have had one for who knows how long and just now I'm finding out I could shoot mags through it too.  :DOH:

If am understanding what you are saying and you are talking about a standard 10-22, that is not the case.  Ruger made a run of 10-22's that were chambered specifically for the .22 mag...different gun than the standard Ruger 10-22.

Whew!!!  :chuckle:
times before with just leather, wool and cotton.

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Re: What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2012, 09:29:37 AM »
Stingers are OK but not the best for accuracy.  CCI subsonics or CCI mini mags are both ultra reliable and very accurate.

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Re: What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2012, 09:41:59 AM »
THis is what a guy who did a lot of competitive shooting told me:

Companies (Like CCI) that make match grade ammo make them in "lots".  They set their loading machines to a setting and run off a "lot" of .22 ammo.  Before they stamp "Match grade" on the box, they weigh the rounds.  After they are checked (weighed), they mark them as "Match Grade" and that shipment goes out.  The next day they come in, and with the machine on the same setting, they run off several more lots of ammo.  These do not get weighed.  They just package them up and sell them as regular ammo (much cheaper).
So, in effect, the only difference between "match grade" and "regular" .22 ammo is that the match grade stuff has been weighed.
What he used to do was go to a store that had plenty of .22 ammo for sale.  Check the lot numbers and buy a small box of several different "lots".  Shoot a few rounds out of each box and determine which "lot" your rifle shoots best.  Then go back to the store and buy as much of the same "lot number" as you can afford.

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Re: What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2012, 09:48:27 AM »
If you are buying 10-22 mags BUY STEEL LIPS! they have less problems feeding than the hotlips. they don't wear as quick as the plasitic ones and if you heat the gun up they don't melt the plastic. (My brother did that to some of his hotlips mags) I shot plenty of bulk rem ammo and they worked fine for me. I like using the hollow points on sage rats, more damage.  :twocents: Also make sure you clean your rifle if you have shot a bunch and your gun starts jamming.  Have FUN!
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Re: What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« Reply #13 on: April 27, 2012, 08:04:56 PM »
A few years ago I started shooting CCI mini mags through my 10/22, the rifle ran fine on the mini mags but would jam with pretty much any other ammo I used. Just a couple of weeks ago I bought a brick of Blasers to try in my S&W 22A
That stuff feeds great in my 10/22 and is plenty accurats so I went to wholesale sports a bought a few more bricks.

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Re: What is the best ammo for 10/22?
« Reply #14 on: April 27, 2012, 08:06:53 PM »
A few years ago I started shooting CCI mini mags through my 10/22, the rifle ran fine on the mini mags but would jam with pretty much any other ammo I used. Just a couple of weeks ago I bought a brick of Blasers to try in my S&W 22A
That stuff feeds great in my 10/22 and is plenty accurats so I went to wholesale sports a bought a few more bricks.
how much were the bricks

 


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