Eley/Aguila 22 ammo?

Plasticizer that keeps the primer cake from falling apart...
(Just guessing! Based upon the reliable ignition.)

I like the Aguila Colibri (hummingbird) ammo. I shoot it in my old Remington 510P and I can't recall any misfires or failure to fire incidents. I like it because it is quiet and I can actually shoot the stuff in my basement. As to the Eley stuff there must be a dozen flavors and overall they have a very good rap. I have an old Anschutz / Savage and like the Eley Club ammunition. Never tried the high end Tenex, not yet anyway. Like any other ammunition, try it in your rifle and see what your results are. When something works and works well run with it and during happy days buy all you can afford.

Ron

I was reading the same reviews while looking to add Some more hunting ammo to the stash. I’m inclined to get behind the idea that perhaps some of those misfires could be attributed to mechanical issues in the guns they were using.
The Aguila 40gn subsonic is very accurate out my 10/22 and it seems to be able to reliably cycle the action. The attached post was 5 shots at 25 yds.

Demi-human said:

I like the shape of the Winchester hollow points.

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I just picked up some recently to try and was really impressed by how big the hollowpoint is and I like the truncated cone shape, but after shooting two squirrels and seeing how explosive they can be I think I’ll be saving them for General farm pests and sticking to something with a smaller hp cavity for squirrels. Perhaps going through a pistol they will be slowed down enough to not be so explosive.

That’s the Winchester hp compared to the mini mag on the right.
And the squirrel I shot this morning with the Winchester, it blew a 2” hole in the side of the chest and exited through the spine.

Buy a box and shoot it.....Problem solved.

My Marlin Golden 39a Mountie loves Aguila standard velocity:



In fact, the Ruger 10/22 likes it as well:



Cheers-

Bayou52

Bought a couple of bricks of Aguila a month or so so ago from a recommendation and a link from a member on here. It was a good price so I got some.

I havent shot any yet as I dont shoot .22 much but comparing it to the other bulk Federal I have on hand it doesnt "look" bad.

Axis II said:

Did you notice any accuracy change between the CCI and the Aguila?

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For me, CCI SV and Blazer 40 gr Lead RN consistently produced single hole 10 shot groups at 25 yards while Aguila 40 gr Lead RN produce comparable, slightly larger groups with 40 gr copper plated RN/HP producing larger 10 shot groups yet smallest of all copper plated RN/HP 22LR I tested - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...-thickness-for-accuracy.850634/#post-11113638

With 10/22 Collector #3, Aguila 40 gr CPRN is capable of sub 1" 10 shot groups at 50 yards.

25 yard 10 round group shot with CCI Blazer 40 gr Lead RN (10/22 Take Down)



25 yard group shot with Aguila 40 gr Lead RN (10/22 Take Down)



25 yard group shot with Aguila 40 gr CP RN HV (Eley Prime - 10/22 Take Down)



25 yard group shot with Aguila 40 gr CP RN HV (Aguila Prime - 10/22 Take Down)



50 yard groups shot with Aguila 40 gr CP RN HV and 10/22 Collector #3 (I broke up 10 shot groups with two 5 shot groups so combine both for 10 shot composite groups) - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...lector-3-break-in.859106/page-2#post-11351163

But group size produced with 22LR is ammunition specific to particular firearm.

Here are my initial 25 yard groups with Thompson Center T/CR22 (additional 25 yard and 50 yard testing pending) - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...mmo-comparison-break-in.864241/#post-11405528



Notice the Aguila 40 gr Lead RN group (Aguila Pistol Match Competiton 40 gr LRN is showing good promise also) and why I changed my composite accuracy listing of 22LR - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...15-20-500-shipped.853059/page-3#post-11534906

LiveLife said:

For me, CCI SV and Blazer 40 gr Lead RN consistently produced single hole 10 shot groups at 25 yards while Aguila 40 gr Lead RN produce comparable, slightly larger groups with 40 gr copper plated

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I found pretty much the exact same. Blazer is consistently the most accurate of the cheap 22 lr rounds in one particular Savage rifle so I can believe this statement.

I was buying the CCI SV for suppressed shooting in both rifles and pistols, this is what the Aguila stood in for and I saw no noticeable difference in accuracy between the two.

I've ended up shooting probably twice as much of the Aguila over CCI mainly for one reason, the local Academy almost always had it in stock at $2.29 and the CCI seemed to usually be more around the $4 mark per 50.

This thread got me fired up about testing various hunting rounds I have collected on squirrels. Taking chest shots behind the shoulder with them all with the goal of finding what works for me to make a clean kill with a chest shot as it’s the worst case generally if I can’t get a head shot, while ruining the least amount of meat. I took out mini mags this morning with the same predictably good results as I always get with them, but wanted to document the wounds made as I did with the Winchesters.Tomorrow I’m taking out CCI Stingers and Aguila Interceptor flat points. See if I can find two before work.

The only RF gun I have that is finicky about what I feed it from a feeding prospective is my Model 41 Smith. It only seems to like CCI Standard Velocity. That being said, all my other .22s including the 41 have very different accuracy from Brand to Brand, Variant to variant and LOT to LOT of ammo. For target shooing I have a pretty rigorous selection and inventorying process.

Bob

Sorry, I didn’t realize you had to buy it online. Around here there are at least 6 places within 10 miles that have a huge selection of 22LR in stock,, and fairly priced too. And if I drive 26 miles, on our weekly shopping trip to the big town,, Dunham’s has every brand imaginable.
And there is even a little guy there that stocks 22 short and 32 H&R Magnum.

OneFreeTexan said:

at least 6 places within 10 miles that have a huge selection of 22LR in stock,, and fairly priced too.

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Not after I got there... You lucky duck! Best get some...

I just got back from putting another 400 rounds through, and becoming further enamored with, my Buckmark Contour.

Two more failures, and restruck to be sure.


Winchester M-22. Other than this and two loose bullet feeding jams today, they have been pretty good. If I would have noticed the loose one I would have taken them out, but I use a McFadden magazine loader.

When I say I buy in bulk, I should say I buy by the case. I greatly prefer to have rimfire packaged by fifty, straight, and in their own box for protection. There is so much less chance for bullet damage and primer mix dislocation that way.

And, speaking of primer mix, I have a theory to the dislodging of the primer cake in a rimfire.
At least for these Winchester.
When I looked at the pictures I noticed they have thick plates of broken cake. Maybe the mix was not spun-formed to the rim properly, leaving a flat and easily dislodged pancake instead of an annular ring around the rim. I suspect the ring is more durable to shock and temperature changes peeling the mix than a drop just resting on a bottom yet still flattened enough to somehow ignite.
And obviously one is not going to work at all, broken up and dislocated from the area.
So far, I have not found any “duds” that have a broken ring shape of primer mix.
No that it’s in my brain, I’ll be looking.

I've been shooting a lot of Aguila Super Extra in both SV and HV over the past several years as the prices has dipped below CCI pricing. To date, over many thousands of rounds, I've yet to have a single misfire. Though I typically have good reliability with everything including the much hated Golden Bullets.

I actually had my Mark II out accuracy testing a few weeks ago. It's a standard barrel profile, but I discovered mine doesn't care for standard velocity nearly as much as high velocity. The best SV group I was able to muster was from Elay Club which was giving me about 1.1" 50 yard groups. CCI SV was coming in at around 1.5" groups. My rifle absolutely hated all the subsonic stuff I through through it, giving close 1.5-2" groups except for Elay Sub, which was giving me groups right around 1.05". All of this is 5 shot groups, averages of 4 groups.

On the other hand, Mini Mags and Federal Gold Match HV were both giving me consistent 0.9-1" 50 yard groups. And Aguila Super Extra HV was the real winner with a few 0.5" groups, and one coming in at 0.34"!

@bassjam the rifle I was referencing earlier is a Mark II as well, it loves the CCI blazer and gives solid .75" groups with that ammo consistently.

Sounds like I need to try some of the super extra HV through it!

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@bassjam the rifle I was referencing earlier is a Mark II as well, it loves the CCI blazer and gives solid .75" groups with that ammo consistently.

Sounds like I need to try some of the super extra HV through it!

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It's certainly worth trying some more HV. I didn't mention Blazer but I just measured the only 2 groups I have shot of that, one is 0.65 and the other is 0.85". Our Savages may shoot very similarly.