Favorite .22LR Round

In my Opinion

The best match quality ammo
* Eley Match
* Lapua Master
* Wolf Match

The best practice quality (meaning inexpensive) ammo
* Remington Thunderbolt
* Federal American Eagle

My 10/22 Target and Mark III Hunter both eat Federal Auto Match (Bulk 325) very well. My standard 22 gets bulk Winchester, bulk Remington, or Wildcat. My Anschutz and Contender both eat Federal Gold Metal Match ammo for IHMSA Competitions.

in my autoloader, anything EXCEPT Federal. in my lever, and my son's bolt, anything that is CHEAP!

i ve shot a lot of different rounds through my marlin 99 c federal 40gr champion solids shoot perfect. just a foot note dont shoot win. wildcats

Federal Bulk Packs for the most part. I might have a problem out of one or two out of the box. All my rimfires run fine with them.

Never a problem with minimags, but for about 12 or 13 bucks I can get a Federal bulk pack (550 rounds), or two boxes of mini mags (200 rounds). I like the minimags, but due to the cost, I prefer the federals.

I had several boxes of Remington GBs that ran great in whatever I shot them in. Then I got to a few boxes from a different lot. I wont be buying any more, and I hope the 10-22s will eat what I have left. I dont know how long its going to take to get rid of those 4 boxes, but I'd guess its going to be a while since I have a rimfire 1911 and AR15 upper, and therefore dont shoot my 10-22s very often.

Anything in bulk is fine for plinkink.
I have a 10/22 deluxe and a marlin model 39 lever.
I also have an old stevens single shot with a red dot. It is my around the house urban varmit gun. It like aquila super quiets.

For killing stuff I like CCI standerd velocity in my 10/22 and cci mini mags in the marlin.

I'm going to try some cci subs and SGBs' .

Wolf Match Target and Extra Match--in addition to being very accurate out of all the firearms I've shot it from, it is very quiet when using it suppressed.

Quieter than Remington SubSonic, and quieter than the Aguila 'Sniper Sub-Sonic' that they market for suppressed use.

Eley match ammo is top of the line for accuracy in most rifles from what I read, but I will not pay those prices that they command. After an exhaustive test of at least 20 different types of 22LR in my Remington 541-T HB, PMC Moderator was the consistent winner for that rifle. I'm not sure if PMC is still making ammo. I have heard that Aguila was making that ammo and is the subsonic version. I have not tried that brand yet. Only the Super Colibri out of my single shot Marlin. The Marlin likes the Win T-22 the best.

NCsmitty