Most accurate commercial ammo?

[Bobthegod]

Ok....I know reloading is the best way to go. However I don't shoot 1000's of rounds. I may get in a couple hundred a month if that. Although someday I will reload for now I use commercial ammo. What I'm wondering is what is the best commercial ammo out there? I have a .327 magnum that shoots 32 short and long and the 32 H&R Magnum....a 1911
.45 acp....a 44 magnum that shoots 44 specials...a .357 magnum shoots 38 specials and +p.....and a 500 magnum shoots 500 special also.

So I have a good variant of calibers, just wondering what the best accurate loads would be and from what manufacturer?

I use my guns for target and for personal protection in the woods.
I can run into anything from coyote to black bears and cougars.

I must add I purchased ammo online and at the local gun shows. These are the best deals I've found and use a variety of brands (whatevers on sale) and some reloads. They all seems pretty good and I can get on target and make some good groups but I thought I'd like to hear what you guys that have shot 1000's of rounds have to says......Thanks

 

[Arik]

Every gun is different. What us more accurate in my may not be for you.

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[murphydog]

Complex questions with lots of variables. However, my recommendation would be to get the least expensive practice ammo that works for your guns (the 1911 in particular), since you are not looking for pinpoint accuracy or ballistic effects. As far as ammo for "social" use, try several expanding varieties in each caliber to find out which work best for the gun and you - no use getting the 300 gr 1500 fps .44 Magnum that you can't accurately use. .38 and .44 Specials make great practice and sometimes defensive rounds for .357 and .44 Magnums, depending on the situation. Hope this is helpful.

 

[thndrchiken]

Every gun is an animal unto itself, there is no way anyone can tell you what your gun will shoot the best. You have to buy different brands, bullet, weight, etc and shoot them in your gun, preferably blocked and off a bench to see which is most accurate out of your gun.

 

[ACP230]

I had some Federal Gold Medal .22 ammo to test.
My Winchester 52 preferred the load that was one step below the top shelf version of the load.
Shot tighter groups with it, although the difference was minor.

One of my handguns hated some old CCI Mini Mags I had. It shot
Remington Thunderbolt a whole lot better.

My Ruger VT in .308 does not like 147 grain boattail rounds, except some military surplus made in Germany. Unfortunately, I shot most of
that stuff up in an M1A before realizing the VT would shoot it.

I have had good luck with Wolf Match Target .22s in a lot of handguns and rifles. Black Hills target .308 always shot well for me.

So, it's a question with an answer that has to be determined gun by gun.

 

[NashvilleMike]

I have a Sig 228 that likes Winchester white box from WalMart better than WalMart's Remington range stuff, and an Argentinian Hi Power that is just the opposite. I can hit beautifully (for myself) with each gun using its favorite range fodder. It's a process of hit and miss LOL.

 

[JJEH]

Most accurate commercial ammo?

There will be no answer to this question. But I can tell you what I use if this helps you.

For SD purposes I only use high quality products like Black Hills and Corbon. I also have some Speer Gold Dot in the safe.

For range time I have used and partially still use Black Hills, Winchester, Federal, Speer, Remington,...

But since I had several issues with Winchester and Federal ammo I will - slow but surely get rid of them and only use ammo from manufacturers like I use for SD.

In the future I will try Wilson Combat FMJ as well as JHP ammo, especially in the 1911.

 

[Titegroups]

If you're not shooting thousands and thousands of rounds it will make little difference in handgun.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Every gun is an animal unto itself, there is no way anyone can tell you what your gun will shoot the best. You have to buy different brands, bullet, weight, etc and shoot them in your gun, preferably blocked and off a bench to see which is most accurate out of your gun.

This has been my experience, even in centerfire. It is practically a law of physics in rimfire.

 

[chief38]

I have noticed that the only hand guns that show substantial accuracy differences are my 38/357's.

My .22's, .45 acp's and most others don't really vary much when switching ammo brands - assuming the bullet style and weights are the same.

The one rifle I have that absolutely hates the Eley competition grade (black box) target .22 LR ammo is my CZ 453 American. This rifle eats up and is dead nuts accurate with just about ANY other kind of cheap promo ammo like Fed. Champion, Win. Wildcats, Amer. Eagle, etc. I think that the CZ barrel is so tight the standard velocities of the Eley just are not for this rifle - it likes the High velocity 40 grain stuff.

Chief38

 

[ArchAngelCD]

As you know and like said above, every gun is different but, if you buy "match ammo" is will probably be more accurate than common plinking ammo would be. Problem that that, match ammo is very expensive and probably out of the question for most shooters. I have had good accuracy from Speer handgun ammo as well as most Federal ammo too. Actually, most factory ammo from well known manufacturers is fairly accurate these days unlike the past. Even less expensive Remington UMC ammo is capable of very good accuracy in handguns that like it.

I was in total agreement with you when you were talking about not reloading because of how little you shoot until you got to the 500 Magnum. That caliber is extremely expensive to feed without reloading for it. I'm not trying to derail your thread, I'm just mentioning it...

12 rounds of 500 Special can cost you $30, ouch!
20 rounds of Factory 500 Magnum ammo can run you between $45 and $70, that's unreal!

20 rounds of 500 Special practice ammo w/lead bullets will cost you $8.18 to load.
20 rounds of 500 Special practice ammo w/plated bullets will cost you $8.38 to load.
20 rounds of 500 Magnum 300gr Speer TMJ bullets will cost $12.98 to load.
20 rounds of 500 Magnum 300gr hunting ammo w/LEVERevolution bullets will cost $14.38 to load.
20 rounds of 500 Magnum 385gr hunting ammo will cost $16.78 to load. (Remington Core-Lokt Ultra bonded bullet)


Well, I think you see what I mean. The only reason I did the research on prices was to honestly answer your question. Your reloads can be specifically tailored to your handgun and will be the most accurate. If it's the cost of start-up that's holding you back from reloading, as you can see you will make up the start-up costs very quickly with 500 Magnum ammo. (probably within 100 rounds of 500 Magnum ammo)