Bulk .22 ammo does stink!
Today was very calm so I got out 3 kinds of bulk .22s from Wal-Mart and 2 regular brands of 22s, all were LRHP. I brought Winchester X-pert bulk, Federal bulk hp and Remington bulk 'golden' hps.
The regular brands were Winchester superX copper plated hp and CCI mini-mag copper plated hp. Of the bulk stuff the Remingtons were the worst by far with lousy groups and flyers[4] eextending the group out to 1 3/4 inch at 50yds, the best of the bulk was the Xpert at about 1 1/8 including flyers [2] and the Fedeal would have been best of bulk but had 3 flyers opening group to a little more than the Winchester X-pert.
Of regular brand 22lrhp CCI was best actually shooting about 5/8 inch and the SuperX went about 3/4 inch. I have been shooting the bulk stuff for about 7 years but now I don't care if it's cheaper, Im sticking with the Mini-Mag LRHPs.
All goups were 10 shots off a bench with sand bag, rifle was CZ 452 American with a Leupold 2-7x28mm scope set on 6X.
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