Armscor 22lr ammo
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I primarily shoot CCI and Aguilla for my plinking .22lrs. But, I like to keep a stock of as brands of .22s as I can, so I can experiment with accuracy of different brands in my various .22 guns. You'd be surprised by doing that, some real shooters emerge.
That said, I bought a brick of Armscor a year or two ago to try it. Have only shot around 300 rounds and haven't had a problem with duds yet. Accuracy has been okay, not great. The worst .22lr ammo I've experienced so far has been Remington Thunderbolts. Absolute garbage. Dirty and duds. Couldn't pay me to use it. I do get decent results with Remington Golden Bullets, however…. Who knows, .22s can often be a **** shoot, but they're a lot of fun!
That said, I bought a brick of Armscor a year or two ago to try it. Have only shot around 300 rounds and haven't had a problem with duds yet. Accuracy has been okay, not great. The worst .22lr ammo I've experienced so far has been Remington Thunderbolts. Absolute garbage. Dirty and duds. Couldn't pay me to use it. I do get decent results with Remington Golden Bullets, however…. Who knows, .22s can often be a **** shoot, but they're a lot of fun!
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I've done this twice in the last twenty or so years, the last time was about five or six years ago - I got at least a few boxes each of around twenty-five .22 LR ammos. None of the ammos were the expensive target stuff.
I used at least two good quality (non-target) scoped rifles and two good quality handguns with adjustable rear sights. I fired five, five shot benchrested groups with each ammo in each gun; 50 yards for the rifles and twenty-five yards for the handguns, and compared accuracy figures.
Lot of work, yes, but I enjoy this and the results really tell you a lot. The weak point in testing the real cheap bulk stuff is that production runs from one batch to another may be and often are very inconsistent. One will shoot pretty well while the next lot will do poorly.
A few ammos, like CCI SV, will almost always do reasonably well regardless of what they are fired in. It won't be the most accurate in every gun, but it will often be more accurate in a large number of guns that just about anything else in the affordable price range of .22 ammos. Testing may reveal two or three others that will be close to or even equal CCI SV.
People will continue to buy the trash ammo and continue to complain about poor accuracy, jamming, duds, etc. regardless of good advice to the contrary. All to "save" a dollar or two. Is that really saving? Do your own testing. You'll find it's worth it to spend a little more and get good ammo.
I used at least two good quality (non-target) scoped rifles and two good quality handguns with adjustable rear sights. I fired five, five shot benchrested groups with each ammo in each gun; 50 yards for the rifles and twenty-five yards for the handguns, and compared accuracy figures.
Lot of work, yes, but I enjoy this and the results really tell you a lot. The weak point in testing the real cheap bulk stuff is that production runs from one batch to another may be and often are very inconsistent. One will shoot pretty well while the next lot will do poorly.
A few ammos, like CCI SV, will almost always do reasonably well regardless of what they are fired in. It won't be the most accurate in every gun, but it will often be more accurate in a large number of guns that just about anything else in the affordable price range of .22 ammos. Testing may reveal two or three others that will be close to or even equal CCI SV.
People will continue to buy the trash ammo and continue to complain about poor accuracy, jamming, duds, etc. regardless of good advice to the contrary. All to "save" a dollar or two. Is that really saving? Do your own testing. You'll find it's worth it to spend a little more and get good ammo.
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Never had problems with armscor, not my first choice.
I usually buy CCI.
Never had problems with armscor, not my first choice.
I usually buy CCI.
Misfires are good for observing muzzle dive for trigger control...
...Ben
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I have been using it off and on for several years.
No problems at all in at least 6 different handguns and rifles. Good accuracy, too.
No problems at all in at least 6 different handguns and rifles. Good accuracy, too.
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Everything will be accurate at 5 yds.
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I suspect all the ammo companies have been having trouble getting and training new hires. And keeping them. Still a lot of welfare money out there for those who don't want to go to work every day. The
Add the massive amounts of overtime and pressure to get ammo out the door to the equation and you do not have a formula for best quality a lot of the time.
Same goes for primers.
Add the massive amounts of overtime and pressure to get ammo out the door to the equation and you do not have a formula for best quality a lot of the time.
Same goes for primers.
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Other than some steel-cased Russian 22LR ("Junior" brand IIRC), I haven't found any of the bulk fodder to be consistently or significantly better or worse than any other. Armscore, Thunderbolts, Golden Bullet, Blazer, Winchester, Federal, they've all been pretty comparable, with typical lot-to-lot variation.
YMMV
YMMV
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