Model 41 ammo recommendation

[AJ]

Just find all the different SV ammo you can find. The go to the range and have a good day figuring out what your pistol prefers to shoot well. The gun will shoot some ammo better than others.

It is important to know that every gun is different. A consensus of what people like, say CCI SV, is no way to pick your ammo. Try it, for sure. But you are going to need to try 5-10 different brands to see what your gun likes, not what we like.

Thought I said that????

 

[Gamecock]

Thought I said that????

I added a Southern accent.

 

[AJ]

I added a Southern accent.

But you're a Yankee to me. I am tenth generation Floridian! Very few of us left in the wild!

 

[cmj8591]

In the bullseye league that I shoot in about 7 in 10 are shooting CCI SV. The rest is a smattering of ammo brands. Aguila seems to pop up a lot. I used a couple of 41's for years and CCI SV was always my go to ammo. Sometimes I would chase sales and go with another brand but I always went back to CCI. Functionality is mostly what you will be looking for. Most earthly shooters will never be able to tell the difference in accuracy from one brand to the next unless you run into some odd ball brand that flies all over the range on it's own agenda. The biggest difference between the high end target ammo and the regular off the shelf stuff is quality control. Consistency is the main reason you would use it but that is a factor that only comes into play at a very high competition level. There are a lot of 41's in use in the bullseye world and I've seen very few that wouldn't shoot CCI SV well.

 

[Drm50]

I’ve got several bricks of GI issue Standard Velocity, plain white box with Govt stock numbers. Head stamp is Remington. Must have fell of a truck.

 

[Racer X]

But you're a Yankee to me. I am tenth generation Floridian! Very few of us left in the wild!

those of us born and raised here in Seattle feel the same way.

 

[Racer X]

I’ve got several bricks of GI issue Standard Velocity, plain white box with Govt stock numbers. Head stamp is Remington. Must have fell of a truck.

CMP was selling off a bunch of that at one point.

 

[AJ]

CMP was selling off a bunch of that at one point.

That was Remington ammo and have a couple of bricks of it yet on hand. They also so Eley in 325 bulk boxes a while back. We bought several cases of it when we could.

 

[Baltimoreed11754]

AJ, The spell check or swear filter deleted the ‘’yall’’.

 

[AJ]

AJ, The spell check or swear filter deleted the ‘’yall’’.

Will have to have ya'll update it.

 

[KalamazooKid]

In addition to CCI SV, I’ve had great results with the Federal AutoMatch.

 

[AJ]

In addition to CCI SV, I’ve had great results with the Federal AutoMatch.

The older Federal AutoMatch seemed to me to be better than the newer stuff. But I still buy it for plinking.

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

Something to keep in mind with rimfire ammo...after the last two ammo panic buys some manufacturers let quality control slip (no matter what they say otherwise) to pump out product. There have been many more instances of rimfire QC issues than centerfire...but some there as well.

It depends on when any particular ammo was made...during the shortages is when QC slipped...and the boxes don't tell you when the product was made...it's lot number identifications for the maker.

It's kind of a double-edged sword...the older rimfire ammunition might degrade with age and have problems...newer made during the panic buying might have misfires...you pays yer money and takes yer chances.

I would stay away from the lesser...budget lines regardless of maker...the Remington Thunderbolts...The Federal Lightning...the Winchester Wildcats...they'll certainly go bang but are generally dirtier shooting. Some people don't like Aquila but I've never had any issues with it. But CCI standard velocity is a great standard to use as many said.

 

[Dave Lively]

I would stay away from the lesser...budget lines regardless of maker...the Remington Thunderbolts...The Federal Lightning...the Winchester Wildcats...they'll certainly go bang but are generally dirtier shooting.

Will they?

I have seen some budget bulk 22 ammo that had 2 or 3 misfires per 50 round box. That kind of misfire rate is unusually high, even with budget ammo, but can happen.

 

[Troystat]

I have put over 10k rounds of CCI SV in mine and it is very reliable. With this ammo at 25 yards it is easily a X ring gun. Since I shoot mine offhand I will not gain much if anything with more expensive ammo.

 

[dogdoc]

A lot of people will say shoot only standard velocity ammo in a 41 but the owners manual just says 22 long rifle so Smith and Wesson , the maker does not mandate that. I shoot a little of everything through my two including standard velocity when I can find it.i do run buffers in mine and one of mine functions best with high velocity. (Which is normal velocity in this day and time