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Can I ask what you think of Eley and Lapua ammunition, or is it not available in the USA. When target shooting I normally used either Eley Tenex or Lapua Midas M and never thought of using Russian ammunition.
I did use Winchester T22 in the semi auto carbine because it was cheaper but it was dissapointing in the target rifle.
 
How well it works depends on the lot numbers. I have shot very good Eley Tenex (Red) and some not so good. I have shot Lapua Midas M but not enough (only a few bricks) to get a good feel for it. What I did shot did well. I once had some Eley Pistol Match that did real well in my rifle about 25 years ago.

The US makers gave up on Match ammo quite a few years back so Most competitive shooters use imported ammo. Federal was the last maker of Match .22 ammo. Don't know if they are still making it but 7-8 years quality was all over the map, one lot shot very well and another might as well have been shotgun ammo.
 
Time for a silly question but what is a brick, it isn't a term we use here, I assume it's a 100 rounds?

Of the two, my preferred match ammo was the Lapua over the Tenex. Accuracy was similar but it was cleaner and if you were doing a competition shoot over the length of a day, I felt it made a slight difference.

I have never used Wolf Match or to be honest never seen anyone use it over here. In the UK Eley tends to be the default ammo in its different versions
 
I've always associated it with 500rds (about the size of a brick). But nowadays, you see 550rd, 450rd, etc. But 500rds was the original standard.

.22LR is notoriously dirty and since rim fired primer, unreliable. If it weren't for the unreliability, I wouldn't dismiss it as a last resort defensive round. You can squeeze off quite a few .22LR with very little practice. But if they don't go bang...

I have found that virtually every brand will have an ammo related misfire in about 1-in-100 to 1-in-250rds. Not acceptable odds to bet my family's nor my own life upon. Fun and cheap though. Well it certainly used to be at any rate.
 
You will find this hard to believe but I think I can remember 3 misfires in about 10 years on the target rifle. A lot more with the semi auto say one in 500 approx
 
Matt308 said:
All of mine were failure to fires... not stovepipe, failure to feed nor failure to eject. Thus not a dirty gun nor magazine issue. Surely ammo.
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When you are paying $8.00-12.00 per box of 50 several years ago the misfire rate better not be that high :)

Granted I have seen some misfires even with the top shelf stuff and even saw a split rim take the extractor out of an Anschutz.

Matt is right, a "brick" is 500 rounds, usually 10 50 round boxes in their own larger carton. 10 "Bricks" to the case of 5000 rounds. Plastic 100 round boxes sort of screw things up. Or Eley's habit of shrink wrapping two 50 round boxes together.
 
Shortround6 said:
When you are paying $8.00-12.00 per box of 50 several years ago the misfire rate better not be that high :)

Granted I have seen some misfires even with the top shelf stuff and even saw a split rim take the extractor out of an Anschutz.
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8 to 12 bucks for 50?!?!?! Holy shite. I have only bought match .22LR twice. I have found intrinsic accuracy in Remington Thunderbolt crap bricks that would shame most match ammunition. How about 3/8in at 40yds, 5 shot, out of a Ruger 10/22 with only a 1in aftermarket 10/22 bull barrel and cheap Bushnell 3-9X variable scope. I know others can do better, but that you have to admit that is pretty damn good for a lowlife like me. I do have to say though that the tolerances in this bull barrel will not allow more than about 100rds before I must do a major cleaning. The tolerances are just too tight. Did a bit of informal small caliber steel silhouette with it and got quite the bit of admiration for my cheap setup.
 
American Eagle always goes bang,not exotic but functional.....
 
i'm just happy right now because my LGS will keep/sell me a couple of CCI mini mags every couple of weeks,friggin redicoulous.
 
Chris, I cannot speak for American Eagle .40 but I shoot lots of A.E. .22LR and I have never had a problem with it, in fact, I don't recall any mis- or hangs, FTEs or anything else. I try to buy Federal .22LR because of the 550 bricks for the same price as 500. Along with Matt, a brick is 500rnds IMHO.
Nothing from BassPro so I'm wondering if the guy was dreaming but I'm hopeful
 
New here, from the way conservative stat of Kansas. At the moment i own 5 hand guns, 2 shotguns and 10 rifles. Should be enough but it is not!
 
Well sorry to report but the "Guy" (Oh Derek, he don't work here any more) from BassPro was smoking the lawn. No such shipment, no bricks of .22LR., no WMR They did however get more .40S&W still at $17 per 50rnds, some .22 Thunderbolt and some .45ACP. Still rationing at 2 boxs to a customer. Will try to grab more tomorrow. Doncha hate horders!
 
Mikewint,
Make sure that you buy all that you can before those danged horders show up.:rolleyes:

After several rounds of panic buying in the US in the last several years, I wonder how many citizens have now accumulated several thousand rounds of "just in case" ammo?

I am afraid to ask anyone for fear that they think I am some government spy... and shoot me.:D
 
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