federal automatch deal

[murf]

went to cal ranch lookin for a deal on 22rf ammo. found one of my favorites on sale: $19.99 for a box of 325. bought two boxes. had to take the automatch for a test drive with the k-22:



in spite of the nut behind the trigger, the automatch works fine in the k-22. if i factor out the 5-10 mph crosswind, this ammo is pretty darn accurate.

just thought i'd let you all know about the deal on 22lr ammo. it's about time!

murf

 

[22250Rem]

Cheapest I've seen around here was $24.95 IIRC, but it seems to be good stuff. I have a couple boxes of it from last year and haven't shot that much of it yet but what I have shot has been excellent in a couple different 22's.

 

[murf]

yes, excellent in my ruger mkI and bearcat as well. good ammo at a good price.

murf

 

[VoodooMountain]

I have a 10/22 that really likes it and it has been pretty good in my other 22's as well. I would get boxes with a lot of duds once in a while during the panic. Not sure if that is still an issue.

Automatch
Federal blue box
Blazer
Mini mag

Those are the only 22 ammo I buy anymore.

 

[bannockburn]

Was paying about $25 for a 325 round carton of Federal Automatch awhile back. Accuracy was alright in most of my guns but did have a lot of duds to contend with. Pretty much stick with my tried and true CCI MiniMags and Wolf Match Target.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

Automatch must have gone down hill... Pre-Sandy Hook, I was shooting a box or two a week year round. I don't recall ever having two duds in one box. Back then, I was getting it as low as $10.68 a box shipped.... I still have a case with the price on the end

 

[Hanzo581]

Was paying about $25 for a 325 round carton of Federal Automatch awhile back. Accuracy was alright in most of my guns but did have a lot of duds to contend with. Pretty much stick with my tried and true CCI MiniMags and Wolf Match Target.

Automatch must have gone down hill... Pre-Sandy Hook, I was shooting a box or two a week year round. I don't recall ever having two duds in one box. Back then, I was getting it as low as $10.68 a box shipped.... I still have a case with the price on the end

Yeah, were these duds spread out among all the guns or was it particular one? I use this stuff all the time and never have any issues. Hope this isn't a sign of a quality drop.

 

[jak67429]

This stuff has some really bad batches. Had 1 box that was so bad I threw it out after I had to drive a bullet out of a rifle. You could actually hear the difference in sound between rounds.

 

[Wisco]

My favorite general purpose 22 ammo is CCI standard, closely followed by Federal automatch.

It's on shelves locally for $19.99. 5 years ago it was $13-15, then up to $26.

Glad it's come down.

 

[MedWheeler]

That was all I could buy in any respectable quantity during the drought. Prior to then, I'd probably not even heard of it.

Started shooting some of it a couple of months back, but have only run it in a couple of guns, including a Taurus PT22 and a Mossberg 702. It gave me a very good impression, running in those guns as good (as far as I can tell) as my MiniMags.

 

[bannockburn]

Hanzo581

Probably experienced 8 to 10 duds per 325 round carton. Happened across the board in both semi-autos and revolvers.

 

[murf]

wow! i guess i'll have to run through the entire two boxes and see how many misfires i get. maybe the quality has changed since the obama drought.

murf

 

[murf]

well, my brother came up from the valley for the weekend and helped me shoot one box of automatch. he had one stovepipe in his mk III, i had three stovepipes in my mk I shooting 300 rounds. no other failures of any kind (the stovepipes were caused by two dry slides).

i was shooting golf balls @ 20 yards and was hitting them regularly (almost 50 percent). anyway, i will be purchasing another two boxes of this stuff this weekend.



murf

 

[ford8nr]

Bought 3 boxes a while back ( almost bought a case) for testing. Ran it throught 4 rifles and a pistol. Groups were terrible at 25 and 50 yds. Shot a control group from each gun with CCI MM's. Sent pic to Federal Customer Service. They pre paid for me to send it back and refunded me plus $10. Never Auto Match again.
Problem is even plinking ammo (Blazer price point) I expect to shoot one hole 5 shot groups at 25yds.

 

[Bush Pilot]

I have had nothing but issues with auto match in smaller semi-autos. Most of the issues are failure to feed or eject with a few failures to fire tossed in. When shooting them thru model 17s there's no problems.