As a recent owner I have fired American Eagle, Winchester Super X, Federal Bulk, CCI mini mags at the range to see which work best, all performed without a problem. I'll probably go with the Federal bulk at Wally World for the price.
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- Thread starter Thiokol
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For first ~ 500 rounds I suggest CCI Mini Mag. Break in time/rounds. i have had good results with Federal American Eagle, and Campions.
After about ~ 5000 rounds, the tip of my ejector broke off. Back to S&W. Customer service was great. Got it back, and now it shoots about anything HV, but Remington Products.
For some reason my rifle and Remington just don't get along. Mileage may vary.
My Ruger 10/22 will eat them all.
I buy 1000 rounds of CCI Mini Mags for ~ $65.00 OTD. So that is the goto ammo for me.
It also runs good in my .22lr pistols.
Guy22
dan01
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I have come to the conclusion that all brand name ammo is subject to erratic quality.
Majorlk
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Bulk ammo, to a certain degree, yes. Individually packaged ammo, such as CCI MiniMags, Green Tag and similar have tighter quality control. Match ammo has the tightest QC. For the most part, there is a direct correlation between cost and QC. This opinion is based on shooting well over 300k over the years.
If all I am doing is busting cans and similar plinking, I never sweat the occasional problem round. Too much angst over the issue, especially among new shooters, IMHO. People want match-quality ammo for three or four cents a round - ain't gonna happen.
stavman11
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I wanted to chime in due to what I discover after my last time loading .22 for my 15-22
I have 6 bad Boxes of CCI Blazers... need ta send em back to CCI (already confirmed) so they can replace them
have always had a few FTF issues with my Slide fire and CCI Blazers and Federal Value/Bulk
Well Sunday was loading my Mags. had a Fresh box of Federals i started to load in my 50rd drum... Kept Jamming Up.... Cleaned it.. still jamming... Grabbed some of the Bad/Dirty CCI Blazers loaded fine....Hmmmmmm
just Now i opened a Fresh box, Different Batch, of Federals and all worked just Fine....
So it appears, as some have stated, Bulk packs are not created equal.....
if you find you are having issues, check the rounds, try another Box with different Batch number, and That may solve it....
Ill use those rd's for My Pistols and use the Good stuff for my 15-22
Anyways thought i'd share with you all...
I have 6 bad Boxes of CCI Blazers... need ta send em back to CCI (already confirmed) so they can replace them
have always had a few FTF issues with my Slide fire and CCI Blazers and Federal Value/Bulk
Well Sunday was loading my Mags. had a Fresh box of Federals i started to load in my 50rd drum... Kept Jamming Up.... Cleaned it.. still jamming... Grabbed some of the Bad/Dirty CCI Blazers loaded fine....Hmmmmmm
just Now i opened a Fresh box, Different Batch, of Federals and all worked just Fine....
So it appears, as some have stated, Bulk packs are not created equal.....
if you find you are having issues, check the rounds, try another Box with different Batch number, and That may solve it....
Ill use those rd's for My Pistols and use the Good stuff for my 15-22
Anyways thought i'd share with you all...
OP
I put 750 rounds of CCI Tactical and 400 rounds of Federal Game Shok through my new rifle earlier today and had zero issues.
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5,650 rounds in a morning shooting session...Well done sir!
I fat fingered the Game Shok. It was was really only 400.
stavman11
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5,650 rounds in a morning shooting session...
NO WAY... I could load 5650 rds in a Day.... my Thumb would fall FREAKING off
LOL
That made me SMILE Big time Thiokol.... thanks for the Fun
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Whew... what a relief. For a minute there I thought you had broken my record of 5,500 before Sunday brunch.
Glad to see you're enjoying the 15-22. Welcome to the addiction.
Majorlk
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man i get tired after 200 rds.
My normal shoot is 325 through the 15-22 and another 100-150 through one of my .22 pistols.
Today I didn't take the 15-22, but went through 150 rounds of .22 in the Ruger SR22P, close to 100 rounds of .40 S&W and 100 rounds or so of 9mm.
I try to shoot that much .40 and 9mm through my carry guns at least once a month.
+1 Ruger SR22P
This is a cool little pistol - and it's nice to share ammo with the 15-22
DelFuego
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Dang, I thought running 1,200 rounds through my rifle in a morning was a lot!
Majorlk
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+1 Ruger SR22P
This is a cool little pistol - and it's nice to share ammo with the 15-22
I have three other .22 pistols, a S&W M34, a Match Ruger MkII and a High Standard match, but this is the one I pull out when I just want to have some fun punching cans. And it has a very nice 3.5 pound SA trigger, too.
i usually run about 1-200 rds through the 15-22. i have 4 mags pre-loaded so just depends if i have the time to reload. now that i added the 1911 .22 i put 100 rds through that too. since i go about once a week, i usually take at least 1 of my xd9's every other week to run 50 rds through.
dan01
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I shoot and load a lot....I got the thick callus' on the tip of my left thumb and forefinger to prove it.
Hockey is Life
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Update for the fourm, made trip to the range and spent 400+ rounds of Winchester X-22, overall worked very weel but did have two fail to feed. I can't tell you if it was the amom or if maybe the mags didn't get the proper alternations when they were loaded.
Again only two feed issues in over 400 rounds today.
Again only two feed issues in over 400 rounds today.
Majorlk
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Just my old-fart opinion, but folks get too worked up over a couple of feed failures in a whole big box of relatively cheap ammo.
+1 for CCI mini mags.
My 15-22 and M&P22 both love them (both RN and HPs) The M&P gets them exclusively as it seems to be slightly more picky. I will use federal bulk in the 15-22 with very good results (so far) when I am shooting for quantity as opposed to quality!
My 15-22 and M&P22 both love them (both RN and HPs) The M&P gets them exclusively as it seems to be slightly more picky. I will use federal bulk in the 15-22 with very good results (so far) when I am shooting for quantity as opposed to quality!
