What is the cleanest shooting .22 LR ammo that anyone has used ? I'm shooting a 10 shot 617, which tends to collect residue. Thanks for the suggestions............one eye joe

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What is the cleanest shooting .22 LR ammo that anyone has used ? I'm shooting a 10 shot 617, which tends to collect residue. Thanks for the suggestions............one eye joe

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In that gun, any of the copper painted bullets, like Federal Premium target or the high velocity types like CCI Mini-Mags. They don't have the dirty lube coating.

Like any .22, I would suggest trying a variety of ammo. Buy a box of each, then shoot a cylinderful against a paper target at 25 yards from a good rest.
This will show you which ammo is the most accurate -- and the cleanest burning.
More than any other caliber, .22 rimfires seem to be particularly persnickety about what flavor of ammo they're fed.
To me, particularly in revolvers, accuracy comes first. If a load is dirty, but delivers outstanding accuracy, I'll take tight groups over cleanliness any day.
If a load is accurate but dirty, and used in a semi-auto, then I'll reconsider it because I also want reliable functioning.
Revolvers, being far more reliable than semi-autos, can shrug off dirty loads much longer before functioning is affected.
I like to shoot at least two cylinderfuls from a 5 or 6-shooter, but in your case 10 rounds will be enough to show the accuracy trend.
Label each target with the type of ammo used, and save it for later reference.
It's handy because the proof is staring at you, with each target. Forget which ammo is the most accurate? Just go to the filing cabinet to refresh your memory.
Cleanliness is not as important in a revolver as it is in a semi-auto, in my opinion.
Accuracy is King and only hits count.

I have had the best luck with Winchester powerpoints as far as both accuracy and clean burning is concerned. vene then I run a swab through the chambers every 50 rounds or so.

I've had the best luck with:

Federal Auto Match
Winchester Super-X
CCI Mini-Mags

Caution: avoid Remington Golden Bullets

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Hi guys, Thank you all sooo much for responding to my inquiry. Hey Red Tex--why the warning about Remington Golden ammo---I looked at a 525 round bulk pack of HP. It looked good , BUT I remembered your warning and passed on it..........one eye joe

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Golden Bullets are dirty. They also aren't very good quality. As luck would have it, Golden Bullets are what me NAA .22 lr. mini shoots best with.

I'll second the Powerpoints. Great ammo though not inexpensive anymore!

I find CCI SV and Mini Mag both clean as well as Winchester Super X.

Maybe I should use the Rem Gold's for trade stock?