.22LR @ $.04 a round 5000

[Bassyaks]

What gun wins the steel challenge titles year in and year out? If you're just trying to burn through a 25rd mag as fast as you can, I can see here, but I think you're off base. Some may hate it, but the 10-22 is still the most popular 22 auto ever made. The trigger on a stock 15-22 isn't anything to scream about either. And you can put a good bit of cash into one of those as well. Nobody that does any real amount of shooting leaves a stock trigger in either rifle. An unpopular statement in the S&W forum, but thats how it is.

And those are $3000. guns a stock 10-22 is garbage, I've heard different manufacturer.

 

[Weimar]

$50 shipping seems excessive to me?

how heavy is 5k of 22lr?

 

[kramden]

Target Sports USA. 5000 rounds for $229 with free shipping. My favorite .22 ammo. Goes thru my MP22, SR22, 10/22 and MP 15/22 flawlessly. Great ammo and yes it has a different odor when fired. I get great groupings out of it too. I find it to be on par with CCI.

 

[Bassyaks]

$50 shipping seems excessive to me?

how heavy is 5k of 22lr?

Shipping is $25.

 

[smoothshooter]

That's a great price for ammo in a non target gun. Recent manufactured Aguila is not Eley primed, and some Bullseye shooters are not giving it good reviews.

Not too many serious bullseye shooters left anymore anyway.
Plenty good enough for hunting and target practice from field positions.

 

[kramden]

I have the Aquila pre and post Eley primer. Haven't noticed any difference.

 

[Flash_80]

And those are $3000. guns a stock 10-22 is garbage, I've heard different manufacturer.

No more so than a stock 15-22 is. Only difference is, there are parts available to make the 10-22 a whole lot better, and in more than one direction. I honestly don't know what you could do to a 10-22 to put $3000 into one to be honest. Unless you're into gold plating.

 

[nachogrande]

3,000$ ????

I suppose you COULD drop that much into either gun. I also agree that totally stock, neither of those guns would be favored for serious steel challenge shooters. I do see WAY more, (almost exclusively) Rugers than the S&W's. I bought 1 of each for "general use" & kept the S&W stock.

 

[Jim NNN]

I don't remember having any problem with Aquila ammo, per se, but I will say that my older semi-auto pistol from the 1960's can be pretty picky on ammo...a lot of them were back then. Sounds like a great price on .22lr, but I think I already have enough. Thanks for the heads up, though.

 

[Dieseltech56]

That particular Aguila ammo shoots just fine in my K-22 Masterpiece.

 

[GypsmJim]

That's a great price for ammo in a non target gun. Recent manufactured Aguila is not Eley primed, and some Bullseye shooters are not giving it good reviews.

I bought the std. velocity version, ONLY because it was priced right and high velocity is not allowed in my club's indoor range.

Accuracy in any of my revolvers seems OK. Accuracy in my semis was OK as well, but it wouldn't feed thru the magazines.

I could get away with maybe 2 or 3 rounds loaded. If I tried to load more they would hang up. For some reason they are "sticky", for lack of a better term.

With no equipment change or cleaning, when I put 10 Federals in the mag they all feed and shoot perfect.

 

[sgtsandman]

I bought the std. velocity version, ONLY because it was priced right and high velocity is not allowed in my club's indoor range.

Accuracy in any of my revolvers seems OK. Accuracy in my semis was OK as well, but it wouldn't feed thru the magazines.

I could get away with maybe 2 or 3 rounds loaded. If I tried to load more they would hang up. For some reason they are "sticky", for lack of a better term.

With no equipment change or cleaning, when I put 10 Federals in the mag they all feed and shoot perfect.

Your rifle might be short stroking. The semiautomatic .22LR firearms I have recommend high velocity ammo in order to make sure the action operates properly. Since your range put a nix on high velocity ammo, that may be a mute point for that instance but it might help you out for shooting elsewhere.

 

[GypsmJim]

Your rifle might be short stroking. The semiautomatic .22LR firearms I have recommend high velocity ammo in order to make sure the action operates properly. Since your range put a nix on high velocity ammo, that may be a mute point for that instance but it might help you out for shooting elsewhere.

I didn't try it in a rifle. I tried it in 2 pistols, one a S&W, the other a Ruger.

When the next round failed to feed I removed the mag and found the loaded rounds were not up to the top of the mag. No issue with stroking - there was no round there to catch.

Pushing up and down on the ammo made it quite clear that they were sticking. I had other types of high and low velocity ammo and they all worked fine.

 

[sgtsandman]

Ok. Just throwing out a possibility. No harm. No foul.


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[Flash_80]

Yeah, its sticky. Its ammo, not magazine or gun. I can load up any of my 11 ruger mags or my 5 Buckmark mags and pretty much see it. Might due better in hot weather, but load 9 and pull the button down. Let it go and the rounds will slowly move upward. Its not the mags. This only happens for me with Aguila. It also clogs up in a BX25 mag in the same manner. Didn't have any much of an issue in my cousin's 15-22 last weekend, but did have a couple. Revolver, bolt action, neither should have any trouble, but that sticking in magazines is a downer for semi-auto's. The 15-22 was having major light strikes as well, but we narrowed that down to crud on the bolt where the case sits. Scraped that out and cleaned it off and never another issue. The gunk was keeping the case too far away for the firing pin to get it good. As far as light strikes in my guns, I think I'm up to 7 in about 7000rds now.

But... with Blazer being available right now for $10 more a case, I don't see any reason for me to buy Aguila.