22 Ammo for K-22 S&W

[fem]

Looking for the Forum members suggestions on ammo for target practice.

I know each gun likes a certain brand.

So what do you guys find most accurate in your K-22's ?

Thanks

Frank

 

[steveno]

Winchester Power Points seem to work the best for me

 

[AzShooter]

Wolf Match works real well.
For practice I've had good luck with Federal Champions.

 

[TSQUARED]

22's can be very temepramental when it comes to choosing ammo. In my older revolvers and the K-22's I only use standard velocity ammo such as Wolf Match Target, SK Jagd Pistol Match or Aguilla SE.

 

[JSR III]

I like Remington in my wheel guns and my 41 will only digest Green Tag.

 

[Ernie]

CCI, any version, work well in all my guns, including K-22's.
Never had a problem with this brand.

 

[jbouwens]

Winchester silver box gives excellent groups from all my 22s.

 

[Iowahunter]

CCI Standard Velocity works well in mine and for a cheaper round thats HV CCI Blazers shoot almost as well and better in some. Actually I havn't found any 22 ammo that shoots really bad.
Just some is better than others.

 

[Larry from Bend]

Federal has always been accurate for me. Even the 550 round boxes at the Marts perform very well and especially for the price.

CCI standard velocity is very accurate.
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WW Power Point is my favorite hunting bullet (40 grain LARGE hollow point cavity and very accurate).

I shoot all of these rounds out of a 17 no dash, a 18-4, and a 34-1 and I find none of these guns is very finicky.

I don't care for with Remington rimfire ammo.

 

[raymeketa]

To find the best ammunition for your revolver you really need access to a Ransom Rest. Without something like that you are really just guessing.

Also, you'll find that certain chambers are more accurate than others, sometimes by quite a wide margin. Back when I was shooting NRA pistol competition I would run my revolvers through a Ransom Rest with several different brands of ammo. I then checked each chamber and marked the one that was the most accurate. That was the chamber that I used for slow fire. The least accurate chamber was always left empty.

I found that the Remington standard velocity was the best but, as others have said, that's not necessarily true for them. Asking others will get you a lot of anecdotal answers but you really have to do your own testing.

JMHO

Ray

 

[Troystat]

They all seem to be different, my 17-4 likes just about anything, I usually shoot inexpensive standard velocity such as T-22 or Rem SV. A friend of mine has a very nice early 50's version and his is fine with anything American but has a tough time extracting expensive euro stuff (go figure)

Try a bunch and let us know what yours likes.

Troy

 

[redlevel]

My pre-17 shoots whatever is cheapest at Walmart best.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Same as Ernie - CCI.

 

[jag312]

My K22, s/n K15???, shoots well with anything I put in it. I have noticed that the point of aim will change with the brand. If I change from Remington to Winchester for example, I have to make slight adjustments to the rear sight.

 

[islandguy]

I've tried several cheap and expensive brands in my 17-6, and the Federal 525 bulk HP copper plated work best and are the most accurate, hands down.